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ChicagoMade Music A&R Auditions 2019

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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 2019 ChicagoMade A&R Auditions, taking place in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 26, 2019. 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

- Meeting in Nashville, TN, with Curb Records A&R staff member

- Performance opportunities at the 2020 Taste of Chicago in Grant Park, Chicago

2019 Participating A&R Executives

Phil Guerini - VP, Music Strategy Disney Channel World Wide & GM, Radio Disney Network
Tuo Clark - Senior VP A&R, Def Jam Records and 1/2 of Da Internz Production Duo
Laurel Kittleson - VP of Artist Development and A&R at Curb Records

Artists/Bands Requirements

Artist/Bands must submit a completed application AND a two-minute live performance YouTube video before Friday, September 20 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 (A parent or guardian must accompany artists/bands under 18 year old at the October 26 audition.)
reside in one of the following counties in Illinois:

Cook County
DeKalb County
DuPage County
Grundy County
Kane County
Kendall County
McHenry County
Will County

be available to perform on Saturday, October 26, 2019, 12-4pm, 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 26. 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.)