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“I was blown away by the level
of talent last year. I’m very much looking forward
to judging this year's trail-blazers”
Howard Goodall,
Competition judge and spokesperson
Online voting now closed - winners announced soon!
Voting has now closed for the competition. Thank you to everyone who voted for their favourite entry.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 14th – so keep an eye on this site for further announcements. There will be an awards ceremony for the winners at the Royal Academy of Music in London on the evening of February 12th.
What file formats are accepted?
You don't have to use Sibelius to enter this competition; we accept music created in any program. All we ask is that you provide entries in one of the following formats:
- Sibelius (.sib) file - any version, including Sibelius Student. Note: Entries in the Film category should upload the video clip they have used alongside the .sib file. Our web upload system allows this
- MP3 (minimum 128k quality recommended)
- AAC (minimum 128k quality recommended)
- You can easily create MP3 and AAC files from other audio formats such as the .WAV files using the free iTunes software from Apple and many other free programs. Unfortunately, non-compressed formats such as .WAV are too big to upload.
- Quicktime (.mov) - Film genre entries only
- WMV - Film genre entries only
- AVI - Film genre entries only
- MP4 - Film genre entries only
(Please do not supply mpeg 1 or 2 files)
Voting and results
November 2008
Public web voting on www.sibelius.com. The combined public vote in each category carries the same weight as a vote from one of the star judges.
December 2008
Winners are announced! If you’ve won, this is when you’ll find out. We hope to have a fantastic awards ceremony and get your name into many newspapers and magazines.
Prizes
Prizes for schools: Winners’ schools will each receive a multi-pack of Sibelius 5 plus audio interfaces, keyboards, speakers and software from M-Audio and Digidesign.
Runner-up prizes: Students who make the shortlist in each category will win a copy of the new Sibelius Student.
Terms & Conditions
- Entrants must submit final entries by 31 October 2008.
- Only one entry per student.
- Entry is only available to residents outside of the USA, Japan and Australia.
- Entrants must be in full-time education and aged 18 or under on 31 August 2008 (extended).
- Entries must be original compositions. Any entries found to contain non-original material will be disqualified.
- Judging will take place in November 2008 and winners will be announced on www.sibelius.com.
- The judges' decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into in regards to judging.
- Prizes on offer may be substituted for product/experience of equivalent value at the discretion of the competition organiser (Sibelius Software).
- No cash or other alternative will be offered.
- Details subject to change without notice.
- E & OE
