CLEVELAND, MS \u2014Two current entertainment industry majors at Delta State University\u2019s Delta Music Institute (DMI) and two alumni are among six songwriting finalists selected to compete for a main stage performance at the 2018 Mighty Mississippi Music Festival. It will take place Oct. 11-13 at Warfield Point Park in Greenville, Mississippi.
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Delta State students Liz Spague and \u201cBroadway\u201d Joe Hemphill and alumni Jessica Faith and Aaron Taylor submitted original songs via a video link and have been chosen as finalists in the contest by a panel of professionals in the music industry. Contestants will perform their songs at the festival on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 PM. The winner plays at the festival\u2019s Mighty Main Stage on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first songwriting competition I\u2019ve entered,\u201d said Sprague, who hails from North Berwick, Maine, \u201cand it\u2019s exciting to have my music recognized in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSongwriting competitions like this are a great way for young songwriters to begin to have their work evaluated in a professional arena. It\u2019s also an excellent way to have their work exposed and \u2018tested\u2019 with a live audience,\u201d said DMI Director Tricia Walker. \u201cWe encourage our students from day one to pursue real-world experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mighty Mississippi Music Festival is a three-day multi-genre concert celebrating the fields, the farmers, the legends, and all the music they inspired. The Mighty Mississippi Music Festival is a project of Down River Entertainment, LLC, founded by Delta natives Steve Azar and Jason Fratesi. Headlining this year\u2019s festival are Americana stars Lucinda Williams, James McMurtry, and Ashley McBryde. Go online to www.mightymississippimusicfestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Delta Music Institute:<\/strong> The Delta Music Institute (DMI) is an independent center of study under the College of Arts & Sciences of Delta State University. DMI provides students with a broad and thorough education in the technological, creative, and business areas of the music and entertainment industry. Go online to www.deltastate.edu\/artsandsciences\/delta-music-institute\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CLEVELAND, MS \u2014Two current entertainment industry majors at Delta State University\u2019s Delta Music Institute (DMI) and two alumni are among six songwriting finalists selected to compete for a main stage…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":81456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-academics","category-delta-music-institute","category-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81459,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455\/revisions\/81459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}