The Festival of Broadway is a musical theatre event unlike any seen, or heard, in the Southern
Hemisphere.

Created through shared ideas of Michael A. Kerker (Director of Musical Theatre, ASCAP) and Australian Musical Director Kevin Purcell (Head, Conservatorium of Music at UTAS) the Festival
celebrates the American stage musical, by bringing together industry leaders with budding
Broadway aspirants in a mix of concerts, masterclasses, forums and the world-renowned ASCAP
musical theatre writing workshop directed by Stephen Schwartz.

The now-annual festival has previously hosted Lynn Ahrens (lyricist) & Stephen Flaherty
(composer) in 2009, and this year celebrates the stellar career of composer/lyricist Stephen
Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked). Renowned Emmy Award-winning Actress, singer and recording
artist, Liz Callaway, and celebrated New York-based singer, Michael Rose, will join Stephen
Schwartz on stage.

During the 2010 Festival of Broadway the inaugural UTAS Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award
will be presented to an Australian contemporary songwriter.

This new prestigious Award valued at $10,000 is being offered to advance the career of an
emerging individual songwriter or song writing team. In addition to the award, second and third
runners up will be gifted $1500 and $500 respectively.

Stephen Schwartz will present the Award at the Festival of Broadway concert, An Evening with
Stephen Schwartz, in Sydney on June 20 during the 2010 APRA Song Summit.

During this concert, the ARIA nominated Southern Gospel Choir (Dir. Andrew Legg) will perform
the Award-Winner’s song in front of an audience that include prominent Australian music
industry representatives.

This Award will offer the recipient the opportunity to build networks with the world’s finest
composers of musical theatre, hear their work performed by some of Australia’s best musicians
and financial assistance toward further career development.

The UTAS Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award is sponsored by the University of Tasmania,
Conservatorium of Music.

Submissions close: Friday 14 May, 2010

HOW TO APPLY
Interested Songwriters must submit the following:

• The song recorded on CD as an audio file or in mp3 format for:
  * guitar and voice or
  *  piano and voice or
  *  sequenced backing and voice
   
• Biographical information on the composer/lyricist
   
• Contact information including (email / phone numbers / mailing address)

The submitted song may be either:

(A) A lead sheet typeset in any standard notation software program, including the melody, lyric
and chord chart in pdf format

or

(B) A fully notated piano/vocal songbook chart in pdf format
 

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be not less than 18 years of age on 1 January 2010.
• Applicants must be Australian citizens or have been legally resident in Australia for a minimum of two consecutive years on 1 January 2009.
• Applications may only be made by an individual writer or by a collaborative writing team (composer and lyricist).
• The qualifying song must be from one of the following categories ONLY:
  * Soul
  * Pop
  * Gospel
  * Songs for film, television or the musical stage
  NOTE: Songs submitted outside these genres will not be considered

The song must be written principally by an APRA writer member principally domiciled in Australia (i.e., minimum 50% share)

Submission deadline: 14 May 2010

Finalist Notification 4 June 2010

SEND ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS TO:

UTAS Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award
C/- UTAS, Conservatorium of Music
Private Bag 63
Hobart TAS 7001
NB: Electronic submission via email is not available