Finalists announced for Songwriting Challenge 2015

Ten talented local songwriters have won a place at the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2015 Showcase Final taking place on Friday 27th November at Mathew Street’s View Two Gallery.

Songwriters from across the region submitted brand new songs inspired by works of art on display at the View Two Gallery during the entry period in September and October. Judges Stephen Langstaff, Kaya Herstad Carney, Robert Vincent and Jon Lawton listened to all of the entries and gave each one a score based on lyrics, melody, composition and originality. The points from the judges were added together and the songwriters with the ten highest scores were awarded a place at the Showcase Final.

Each of the ten finalists will perform their song at the Showcase Final with an image of the work of art that inspired it projected onto the wall for everyone to see. At the end of the night the winner of the Judges’ Award will be announced and a vote will be taken to find the Audience Favourite winner. The winning songwriters in each category will have their songs professionally recorded at Crosstown Studios and will receive a free vocal or songwriting tuition session from Balance Vocal Studio. In addition, there will be a special performance on the night from Operation Lightfoot, including songs developed with two former Songwriting Challenge winners Jo Bywater (2014) and Vanessa Murray (2012).

The finalists are (in alphabetical order):-

• Charlotte Lynch – Still Counting
• Denis Parkinson – My Disease
• Hilde Gundersen – Queen Of The Middle
• Ian Janco – Lines
• Isabel Lim – Pretty Talk
• John Jenkins – Summer of 76
• Keir Howard – Fall On My Horse
• Maria Silker – The Right Goodbye
• Richard Chirybust – Alley-Rat Blues
• Tom Stichbury – An Apple a Day

Each of the ten songs is available to listen to on the Songwriting Challenge SoundCloud page where you can also see the work of art that inspired it and read the lyrics.

soundcloud.com/songwritingchallenge/sets/showcase-final-2015

Entry to the Showcase Final is £5 in advance only and tickets go on general sale from 9.00am on 13th November. All money raised will be divided between Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Woolton Centre and Garston Animal Rescue in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones.

Please note this event starts promptly at the earlier time of 8.00pm with the doors open from 7.30pm.

• Event: Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge – Showcase Final 2015
• Date: Friday 27th November 2015
• Times: Doors 7.30pm, start 8.00pm, finish before 11.00pm
• Venue: View Two Gallery, 23 Mathew Street, Liverpool
• Tickets: £5 advance ONLY wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic
  Tickets available from 9.00am on 13th November
• The facebook event can be found here
• Details of all Liverpool Acoustic music events can be found at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/live
• For press enquiries & guestlist email contact@liverpoolacoustic.co.uk