Sparks & Wiry Cries SongSlam Competition, Hosted by Ricky Ian Gordon
Boston Conservatory at Berklee is collaborating with Sparks & Wiry Cries to host Boston’s first-ever songSLAM. This engaging community event, hosted by composer Ricky Ian Gordon, provides an opportunity for up to 12 composer/performer teams to premiere new works and compete for cash prizes. Teams will perform a new art song for voice and piano, each no longer than five minutes. The audience will then vote for their favorites, awarding a total of $2,000 in prizes: $1,000 for first place, $600 for second, and $400 for third. Stay after the concert to meet the talented composer-performer teams at a reception, featuring light refreshments.
First premiered in New York City in 2015, the songSLAM has now been presented with regional partners in four countries and 13 different cities around the globe: New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Bloomington, Tallahassee, Rochester, London, Ljubljana, Ann Arbor, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Waco, with even more growth on the horizon.