The SaPa Contest

A chance to create great music and share it with your community

This Dussehra, SaPa is delighted to invite you all to participate in a fun, FREE music contest - open to all agesand styles of music! Here's a chance for you to make music a bigger part of your day, and share your workwith a community that roots for you. Whether you're a singer or an instrumentalist, here's your chance to shine.

Age Groups

Contest Categories

Round 1: Submit entries online

• Submit your entry in the form of a YouTube video, Vimeo link, or Google Drive/Dropbox uploadwith the necessary permissions given
• Deadline: October 15, 2021

Round 2: Online performance

• A team of judges from SaPa will shortlist individuals and groups in all categories and announce the winners. Please watch this space for announcements.
• All shortlisted candidates will receive a discounted link to one self-paced course of their choice (conductedby Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti, Usha Uthup, Anup Jalota, and more).
• Winners will receive free access to any self-paced course of their choice.
• One grand prize winner (1 solo, 1 group category) will receive a free scholarship to learn any discipline of theirchoice at SaPa (for one quarter)

IMPORTANT RULES AND GUIDELINES

General

• Duration of the performance should not exceed 5 minutes
• Recording must be a new one made specifically for this competition, recordings from previousperformances will not be accepted
• Recording must be clear and in standard audio/video formats only (mp3/wav/mp4/mov)
• Kindly refrain from adding any effects to the voice recording
• If language is found abusive, the entry will be disqualified
• Recording must be uploaded on Google Drive/SoundCloud/Dropbox and link must be copied in the spaceprovided in the form (please make sure to give permission to access the file)

Category-specific rules

Indian Vocal Solo - Devotional

• Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, devarnamas, bhavageete, bhajans, semi-classical songs all fall in this category
• The only accompaniment allowed is tanpura (manual/electronic)

Indian Vocal Solo - Film

• Indian film songs fall in this category
• Karaoke tracks are permitted as backing music
• Only other accompaniment allowed is tanpura (manual/electronic)

Western Vocal Solo

• It can be western classical/pop/rock/folk/film and any other international music
• Self-accompaniment (with a guitar/piano) is permitted

Instrumental Solo

• Any instrument – melodic or percussive, and any style of music is permitted
• Only accompaniment allowed is tanpura (manual/electronic)
• A track may be used to play over, but is not mandatory

Group Performance

• A team of minimum 2 persons and a maximum of 6 persons is allowed
• It can be Indian/Western music
• Vocals/instruments are allowed
• If applying in this category, please mention only group leader’s name in the Name Field. Do not apply multiple times under names of all team members