Sharim v'Sharot Foundation announces the Third Jewish Youth Song Writing Contest for students, ages 8 – 18, who reside in or attend school in Mercer County, New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Students will be divided into three categories according to age, and will be given identical texts to set into songs. Submissions are due by February 25th, 2010 and will be judged, blind, by a panel of Jewish professionals including Cantors, Music Educators, Rabbis, etc.
First prize winners in each age category will have their songs performed at Sharim V'Sharot's Tenth Anniversary Celebration Concert on May 16th at 3 PM on the campus of Rider University and will receive $72. Second prize winners will receive a prize of $54 which will also be presented on May 16th.
Visit www.sharimvsharot.org on or after December 6, 2009 for contest applications, rules, tips on song writing, or to learn more. This contest is made possible by a generous grant to Sharim v’Sharot Foundation from the United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks.