GALATYN PARK SINGER SONGWRITER STAGE!

“Many people can write a song, however, it is a truly brave person who will expose themselves by putting their song down on paper …then stand in front of the world and sing it for all to hear.” 
~Al Johnson

2008 Singer/Songwriters Contest Winners!
 

Bob Sima, Woodbine, Maryland
Map In My Lap
Periphery		 Winner of a New OM2H Collings Guitar and $100 cash award
Ann Zimmerman, Salina, Kansas
Blue Wild Indigo
If I Had Been Beautiful		 Winner of a $500 cash award and named the “People's Choice”
BettySoo,
Austin, Texas
Never the Pretty Girl
The Story of Us

 & 

 Thomas “Scott” Pearce,
Winterville, North Carolina
Rings in the Water
Short Time Here
Winners of $500 cash awards
(listed in random order)
Helene Cronin, Plano, Texas
Genevieve, Los Angeles, California
TR Ritchie, Moab, Utah
Johnny Miles, Las Vegas, Nevada
Michael McGarrah, Maricopa, Arizona
Rupert Wates, Seattle, Washington		 Other Top Finalist in the 2008 Wildflower Singer Songwriter Contest (listed in random order)

 

News Flash!!!

Announcing the 2008 Performing Songwriting School with Instructors:

  • Kathy Mattea – multiple Grammy-winning artist
  • Jon Vezner – Grammy-winning songwriter
  • Pat Pattison – Professor at the Berklee School of Music in Boston and author of 3 books on songwriting.

Enrollment is limited to 40 students. Additional information and an application are now available here.

Congratulations to the 2007 Winners of the
Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival
Singer Songwriter Contest!

ELLEN BUKSTEL - Southwest Ranches, Florida
DENICE FRANKE - Houston, Texas
ROBBY HECHT - Nashville, Tennessee

Click here to view the 2008 singer songwriter stage schedule.

The award-winning Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest encourages the growth of the art of independent performing singer-songwriters. Some of our past finalists include Ruthie Foster, Jack Hardy, Christopher Williams, Beth Wood, Erik Balkey, and Karen Mal.

The Singer Songwriter Stage is located in the Countrywide Theatre within the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, and information on the 2008 contest is coming soon.

This year's Host Hotels are the Courtyard and the Residence Inn. Click here for Wildflower! specials.
 

The deadline for 2008 entries was April 1.

Please check back after the Festival for information on the 2009 Wildflower! Performing Songwriter Contest.

2008 Contestants are competing for:

Judges Choice will receive $100 and a new OM-2H Collings Guitar valued at $3,700 (but it plays like a  $5,000 guitar).

Three other finalists will be selected to each receive a $500 cash award.