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The Voice of the Future Songwriting Contest will not be held this year. Thank you to all our young writers for sharing their talents with us. We wish you the best of luck with your music.
Many thanks to our 2008 Voices of the Future Songwriting Contest winners. Natalie Myziuk from Auburn Hills, MI and Brittany Ann from Easton, PA.
The contest was created to encourage and facilitate growth for young aspiring songwriters, and was open to persons between the ages of 13 and 17. A recognition of talent rather than merely a competition, entrants were evaluated and rewarded for creativity, originality and artistry rather than novelty or commercial viability. Administered and judged by: Songwriters Anonymous of South East Michigan
Sponsorship and prizes provided by: Springfed Arts and Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters, AnnArborAlive Internet Radio, NorEast'r Music and Arts Festival, and Elderly Instruments. FIRST PLACE: |
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Brittany Ann is a seventeen-year-old folk singer/songwriter from Easton, PA. Entranced by her father's guitar as a little girl, she picked it up when she was nine years old and taught herself how to play. Now she is a junior vocal major at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts in Bethlehem, keeping very busy with practicing, writing, and gigging. She has made quite a buzz on the regional music scene lately, earning herself gigs in Philadelphia, NYC, and of course, her hometown's own Musikfest. Please listen and read more at 
Natalie is a 17 year-old Junior at Avondale High School in Auburn Hills, Michigan. She started singing publicly at the age of nine. Singing the star spangled banner at a high school hockey game led to becoming the primary anthem singer at all of the high school sporting events. She has participated in numerous talent shows and competitions in and around the Detroit area. She has been playing guitar for about a year and a half and has begun writing songs. Singing at coffee shops and local restaurants has inspired her to continue on the path to a music career. While music is the center of her life, she also enjoys running, drawing, shopping, and being around the people that she cares about the most. She hopes one day that her music will be enjoyed by many, because she truly loves performing and that is the very reason that she sings. She loves it; the feeling of being on stage is something indescribable.