DESCRIPTION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA AUDITIONS 1. The Candidates and Pre-selection: Applicants should be female between 18 - 25 years old. They should have a good command of the English language. The candidates will sing a traditional song, from their own heritage, and a more modern ballad. The candidates should also have official approval from parents and family to attend the auditions. 2. Jury for Pre-selection: The jury will exist of both modern and traditional musicians. They will be looking for candidates with a remarkable voice, exciting stage appearance, captivating personality and a character that shows they would be willing to learn. It is also important that the selected candidates should at least be musical, pick up musical lines/melodies easily, can hold key, have feeling for presentation and can move/dance. 3. Final Auditions: Those who pass the pre-selection and proceed to the final auditions in August will be expected to prepare 4 songs: one traditional song of their own heritage; one song from their own country (ballad or so, no hip hop or jazz); one international hit song and one song they would love to do themselves. They should prepare these songs in a stage version, including steps and a professional presentation. IThe content of the song must be brought with emotion and must be personal!! The winners, before going on tour, are trained and developed by professional producers.
Contact information: Zanzibar: +255 754 091 883 Dar es Salaam: +255 754 949 593 -- Music Crossroads International (MCI) is a unique youth music empowerment through music program initiated in 1995. Since then, MCI has reached almost 30.000 musicians and 600.000 audiences. MCI is comprised of workshops, festivals and competitions to promote the African traditional and contemporary urban music of young African musicians. Tomorrow's Stars. Today. www.music-crossroads.net
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