Annual New Music on the Block Competition - Block M Records
September 2008

Block M Records, the University of Michigan’s recording label, is now accepting entries for its annual New Music on the Block  ompetition. All entries must be new music composed, performed, recorded, and produced by University of Michigan (U-M) students.  The contest officially kicks off on Friday, September 19th.  The goal of New Music on the Block is to celebrate student creativity in the arts by promoting new musical works composed, performed, recorded and produced by U-M students. Students whose work is successfully reviewed will be awarded a recording contract in the Audio Studio of the U-M Duderstadt Center with the possibility of distribution in the iTunes Music Store. Selected soloists, ensembles, and bands will be invited to perform at the Duderstadt Center Video Studio on Friday, January 9th at 7:00 p.m.

Submissions will be judged by an expert panel including producers, composers, media personalities, and U-M faculty.  Submissions are accepted from soloists, ensembles of any instrumentation, and bands ranging in size from 1 member to 100. All musicians must be currently enrolled students at the University of Michigan. All music must be original and written by currently enrolled students.  Submissions are due by 5:00 PM, Friday, October 24th. Winners will be announced the week of November 17th. Detailed instructions for submitted materials and judging criteria are located at the Block M Records website at www.blockmrecords.org.

Block M Records is a University of Michigan organization that promotes the vitality, diversity, and artistic excellence of the University of Michigan through recording, production, and dissemination of musical compositions and performances by our faculty, staff and students.

Block M Records, the University of Michigan record label, is managed by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance with the generous support and guidance of the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Provost, the Division of Research Development and Administration, the James and Anne Duderstadt Center, the Office of Tech Transfer, and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University Library. Block M Records is a subsidiary of the Internet Publication Project– a campus-wide collaborative research program that explores the convergence of multiple technologies to support webbased publication of media-rich scholarly and creative research.