NEWSONG MUSIC AND LINCOLN CENTER TO HOST 12th ANNUAL MOUNTAIN STAGE NEWSONG CONTEST

PARTNERSHIP BRINGS LIVE PERFORMANCE EMERGING ARTIST CONTEST TO LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS IN 2 PERFORMANCES FREE TO THE PUBLIC

New York, NY. October 15, 2013. NewSong Music and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts are hosting the live performance competition finals of the 12th Annual Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. The event will be held on Saturday, October 19 in Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium, and feature a 2 PM matinee semi-final round followed by a 7:00 PM evening Award Round. Both shows will be free to the public.

“It is truly exciting to collaborate with NewSong as host venue for the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest finals and to further our mutual goals of offering meaningful visibility to such talented emerging artists,” said Lincoln Center’s Hillary McAndrew Plate, Senior Manager of Meet the Artist and Community Programs.

“It’s such an honor to be working with Lincoln Center again in this capacity, and a privilege to be able to offer this opportunity to this year’s twelve NewSong Contest finalists,” said NewSong director and co-founder Gar Ragland. “And to be able to invite our grand prize winner back to the Lincoln Center campus next year to perform his or her own show demonstrates Lincoln Center’s and NewSong’s shared commitment to introducing talented emerging artists to a broader audience.”

 

 

In addition to a return to perform at Lincoln Center, this year’s grand prize winner will also receive the following:

• An EP Recorded and Mixed by Producer, Musician and Songwriter Charlie Sexton at Asheville, NC’s Echo Mountain Studios

• An appearance on National Public Radio’s highly acclaimed Mountain Stage show 

• A showcase slot at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café in Park City, UT

• A Sonus Musician’s Chair, custom fitted to the winner’s specs by Brian Boggs Chairmakers

• A Little Phatty analog synthesizer from Moog Music

 

Here are this year’s finalists, who were selected from nearly 2,000 song entries.

INTERNATIONAL	NORTHEAST	SOUTHEAST
Breagh Mackinnon Sydney, Nova Scotia (CAN)	Hannah & Maggie New York, NY	Josh Threlkeld Collierville, TN
MIDWEST	SOUTHWEST	WEST
Count This Penny Madison, WI	Boris McCutcheon Albuquerque, NM	Adam Brock Portland, OR
EARLY BIRD FINALIST	EARLY BIRD FINALIST	PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Cardinal Sons New Orleans, LA	Justina Shandler Coral Gables, FL	Victoria Vox Baltimore, MD
GENERAL ROUND	GENERAL ROUND	GENERAL ROUND
Eliot Bronson Atlanta, GA	Yellow Marbles Venice, CA	Lindenbrook Fairfax, VA

 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE AUDIO COMPILATION OF THIS YEAR’S NEWSONG CONTEST FINALISTS!

The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, a community, visitors and ticketing facility, is home to an array of programs, services and amenities designed for area residents, out-of-towners and visitors to Lincoln Center.  Serving as a gateway to Lincoln Center and the entire Upper West Side community, this public space offers—for the first time in Lincoln Center history—day-of discount tickets to available performances across the campus in addition to access to full-price tickets via onsite kiosks and telephone services.  Along with free performances, including Target® Free Thursdays every Thursday night of the year, and Meet the Artist Saturdays—free, family-friendly participatory programs at 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month—other attractions and amenities in the Atrium include:  a ‘wichcraft café, a departure point for expanded Lincoln Center tours, a staffed Information Desk, free Wi-Fi, and restrooms.

For more information visit: LincolnCenter.org/Atrium
 

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 5,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA’s series include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, White Light Festival, and the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA is leading a series of major capital projects, now nearly complete, on behalf of the resident organizations across the campus. AboutLincolnCenter.org

NewSong Music is an independent music and artist development organization founded in 2001 and now based in Asheville, NC. Its mission is to identify exceptional singer-songwriters, and then to work closely with them to introduce their music to a broader, international audience. Prior to relocating to downtown Asheville’s Echo Mountain Recording, NewSong called home in Brooklyn, New York’s creative Gowanus hamlet. NewSong’s programs include a record label (NewSong Recordings), artist management, and presenting and curating concerts and concert series. Its presenting partners include Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York), Brookfield Properties (New York, Los Angeles, Toronto), the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts (Winston-Salem) and Isis Music Hall in Asheville. newsong-music.com