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Another
songwriting contest scheduled for the 2008 Kerrville Folk Festival is the Public
Domain Foundation’s MUSIC TO LIFE contest.
The Public Domain Foundation, in conjunction with the Kerrville Folk Festival,
has now produced three MUSIC TO LIFE
contests and concerts (2001, 2003, 2006) and will conduct its fourth in 2008.
This fourth MTL series once again seeks original or previously unpublished
compositions dedicated to a social or political issue of concern. Finalists
receive travel stipends and free passes to the Kerrville Folk Festival, and top
award winners receive donations of up to $1,000 to the charitable organization(s)
of their choice. The MTL contest
solicits and receives entries from songwriters domestically and abroad.
Subsequently, MTL judges choose ten finalists to perform their compositions on
May 31, 2008 at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Finalists typically each represent
a different state from around the country and offer songs which speak to such
issues as the emotion of children in foster care, the vitality of volunteers,
and the brutal impact of war. All
MTL entries should be received by the Public Domain Foundation by February 1,
2008.
The Public
Domain Foundation promotes and facilitates the creation of cause-related music
and furthers its impact upon issues and organizations of social and political
justice. To learn more about the PD
Foundation or to obtain guidelines and an entry form for the 2008 MUSIC
TO LIFE contest, visit
www.pdfoundation.org/mtl/2008.cfm
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