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Women Who Rock™ Announces 2023 Rising Star Contest - Empowering the Next Generation of Female Singer-Songwriters
Pittsburgh, PA – June 29, 2023 - Submissions will be open July 1st through August 31st for the 2023 Women Who Rock™ Rising Star Contest presented by The Vault Recording Studio, Sing Sing Sing!, and the Point Park University Rowland School of Business. As part of Women Who Rock™’s mission to empower and educate women in music, the Rising Star Contest provides live performance, mentoring, and recording opportunities to the next generation of great female singer-songwriters.
The contest is open to female singer-songwriters living in the Western Pennsylvania region between the ages of 13 - 24 and eligible participants must have an original song, and a YouTube video of them singing it live. The top three finalists will perform live at Sing Sing Sing! Pittsburgh on September 29 from 6-8 PM where the winner will be chosen by a panel of music industry judges.
“Being awarded the ‘The Women Who Rock™ Rising Star’ is an amazing honor that has provided me so many opportunities as an artist including being able to open for Platinum Recording Artist Jordin Sparks at a sold out Stage AE concert and work with wonderful producers Bob McCutcheon and 6-time GRAMMY winner Jimmy Hoyson at The Vault Recording Studio. Women Who Rock™'s passion for driving awareness and contributions to women's health is truly inspiring and makes me proud to represent the organization as their current rising star.” says Ashley Marina - 2022 WWR Rising Star Contest Winner.
This year, included in the prize package, is a one-on-one mentoring session with Nashville based songwriter Kate Cosentino from The Voice Season 23, a recording session at The Vault Recording Studio with 6-time GRAMMY Award winning producer and engineer, Jimmy Hoyson, and a Women Who Rock™ prize package. The contest winner will also have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share the stage with some of the brightest stars in music and perform at the 6th Annual Women Who Rock™ Benefit Concert Presented by Gibson Gives on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Stage AE Pittsburgh. An event experience like no other, Women Who Rock™ rolls out the pink carpet, featuring a stellar all-female fronted music lineup.
Proceeds from the Women Who Rock™ Benefit Concert support Magee-Womens Research Institute, the world’s first and largest research institute focused solely on women's health and reproductive biology.
To learn more about the Women Who Rock™ Rising Star Contest, please visit: https://womenwhorock.info/risingstarcontest