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A Music Competition in which semi finalist from all over Kent will have the opportunity to perform live in front of a supporting audience is taking place on 22nd October in Ashford.

Equator has announced the competition aimed at supporting and developing exciting, interesting and unique young artists from Kent and Medway.

Soloists, instrumentalists, singers, and music groups under the age of 18 years living in Kent or Medway are invited to submit a music entry for this competition. Schools can also submit an entry of their groups or soloists. The entry must be one piece of music or a song of any genre not longer than 5 minutes on CD, DVD or MP3 format. Deadline for entries is 10th October.

The competition will be judged by a panel that will include highly experienced musicians and the competition is supported by Kent Music and Priti Paintal - composer and Artistic director of Equator/ShivaNova.

Finalists will be selected after this event and a Finalists' performance event will be scheduled for Spring 2011. Finalists will be given further help, and support from professional musicians before their Spring performance, and a good quality recording will also be produced of their performances.

If you are interested, please include the following details: name of group/soloist, address and contact name, telephone and mobile number, email address, number of members, ages, genre and school if the entry is from a school.

The postal address to send the entry is: Equator Kent Music Talent Competition, c/o ShivaNova, Peregrine, Grange Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6TJ. Email entries must be sent to: admin@shivanova.co.uk