• Paloma Faith is part of the judging panel for Shure Songwriting Award 2010
• Win a scholarship for a one-year Professional Diploma in Songwriting course at the ICMP
• Upload an original song to the award website before April 2nd 2010
• Entry guidelines, terms and conditions at www.shuresongwritingaward.com 

“I'm really excited to be involved with the judging of the Shure Songwriting Award with the ICMP. I think that competitions like this are important to help nurture and support new talent!”

Paloma Faith

Download the full ext press release "Paloma Faith to Judge Shure Songwriting Award" as PDF Version.

• www.shuresongwritingaward.com
• www.icmp.uk.com
• www.palomafaith.com/gb
   

About Shure Incorporated

Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated (www.shure.com) is widely acknowledged as the world's leading manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. Over the years, the Company has designed and produced many high-quality professional and consumer audio products that have become legendary for performance, reliability, and value. Shure’s diverse product line includes world-class wired microphones and wireless microphone systems for performers and presenters, award-winning earphones and headsets for MP3 players and smartphones, and top-rated phonograph cartridges for professional DJs. Today, Shure products are the first choice whenever audio performance is a top priority.

Shure Incorporated corporate headquarters is located in Niles, Illinois, in the United States. The Company has additional manufacturing facilities and regional sales offices in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, The United Kingdom, and the United States.

About Shure Distribution UK

Shure Distribution UK (SDUK) was acquired by Shure Incorporated in early 2003 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shure Inc. While Shure Inc focuses on the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of Shure products, SDUK is a multibrand distributor and embraces a number of additional brands in its portfolio in order to provide a full audio solution to its customers.

The SDUK portfolio includes products from Shure, QSC Audio, Radial, Sound Devices, Servoreeler, SKB, Phonic and Primacoustic. These additional brands handled by SDUK have been selected with care and represent the best products available in the field of Pro Audio.

About the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance

The ICMP is widely recognised as Europe's leading school of modern music. Established almost a quarter of a century ago, the ICMP has been developing and delivering cutting-edge courses to students of contemporary music for longer than any other UK-based school.

Located in London, the school has built its reputation on providing world class teaching using the very best teachers and state-of-the-art facilities. It now offers a range of professional courses including a 3-year Degree (BMus), a fully-funded one year Diploma, a specialist one year Higher Diploma and a Professional Diploma in Songwriting plus a wide portfolio of part-time courses designed to meet a variety of training needs for guitarists, bass players, drummers , vocalists and songwriters. Past or present Institute students can be found everywhere, touring with the likes of Katie Melua and Moby, playing with bands like Radiohead and Babyshambles and artists like K. T. Tunstall and Beverley Knight, and also working as teachers all over the world.