Y Tunes Song Contest

For a century Yeats has inspired musicians to song from traditional airs such as Down by the SallyGardensto more recent interpretations as in the very successful Waterboys’ An Appointment with Mr Yeats. Sligo Live are now continuing this tradition with a novel twist by holding a song writing contest in his honour called Y Tunes. This competition, now in its second year, is part of Sligo Live’s contribution to the literary festival Tread Softly...part of Sligo’s Season of Yeats. To quote Yeats "the world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper" so start a fire in your head and get composing your own Y Tune.

Y Tunes is an open competition for songwriters/composers/performers to write and produce an original song/composition inspired by or based on an element in the words and works of W B Yeats; drawing on a complete work, lyrics, chorus or refrain. The winning entry will receive a prize of €500 and a performance (Aug 9th) at this year’s Tread Softly... coinciding with the internationally renowned Yeat’s International Summer School. Runners up may also get a chance to perform at the festival if so recommended by our adjudicators.

The format of the competition is very flexible and the only condition is that a Yeatsian theme/connection/reference will be obvious in the composition. The contest is open to all types of song, in any style - folk, country, pop, rock, reggae etc.
 

• The song must be an original work written (in English or Irish) by the entering composer.
  
  
• Songwriters may only enter one song for consideration.
   
• Songs, typically should be about 3 minutes long (4 maximum) and submitted in CD and MP3 format before Monday July 24th 2012.
   
• All posted entries should be addressed to Y Tunes Song Contest, Sligo Live, The Model, The Mall, Sligo while MP3s should be emailed to jodea@live.ie.

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