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DCASE News - Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events

ChicagoMade Music A&R Auditions 2018

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018, AT 5PM

The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) invites Chicagoland-based artists and bands, age 14 and up, to apply for the 2018 ChicagoMade A&R Auditions, taking place in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 27, 2018. A limited number of artists will be chosen to showcase their work live in front of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) executives from major and independent record labels to be considered for the following possible opportunities*:

a talent consultation with Radio's Disney Network's Phil Guerini, with possible performance opportunity on a Radio Disney-hosted show and/or an on-air interview and "First Listen" of your song on Radio Disney
a meeting in Nashville, TN, with a Big Machine Label Group A&R staff member
performance opportunities at the 2019 Taste of Chicago in Grant Park, Chicago

In conjunction with Chicago's Year of Creative Youth, designated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, this year's ChicagoMade A&R Auditions will reduce the minimum age requirement to age 14, allowing younger artists to participate as well as adults.

2018 Participating A&R Executives

Phil Guerini - VP, Music Strategy Disney Channel World Wide & GM, Radio Disney Network
Tina Davis - VP of A&R, Empire
Kosine - Music Producer and 1/2 of Da Internz Hit Making Production Duo and Apple Music Radio Personality
Laurel Kittleson - A&R Director, Big Machine Label Group

Artists/Bands Requirements

Artist/Bands must submit a completed application AND a two-minute live performance YouTube video before Tuesday, September 18, at 5pm, in order to be considered for an audition slot. Both the Application and the Audition are FREE.

A committee of industry professionals will review all submissions based on (in no particular order) stage presence, voice, originality and creativity to select the artists/bands to fill the very limited number of audition slots.

Artists/Bands must

be at least 14 years old
reside in one of the following counties in Illinois:
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- McHenry County
- Will County
be available to perform on Saturday, October 27, 2018, 11:30am - 4pm, at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.

All music genres are welcome to apply.

Absolutely no walk-in auditions will be allowed on October 27. All participants will be selected in advance through this application process.

(*DCASE does not guarantee any audition outcomes. If interested, music label representatives will contact participants directly.)