Language Factor Song Competition 2014

Win a chance to perform in the L Factor Festival* and take part in a unique music workshop!

Between September 2013 and July 2014, Capital L will be holding a languages and music competition aimed at London’s secondary school students aged between 14 and 19 years old: “The Language Factor Song Competition”.

Visit our YouTube page to see past entries and testimonials: http://www.youtube.com/user/routessoas

Entries should:

• consist of an original song written by the young performers in any language other than English.
• be submitted as a DVD video of the young people performing the song. The quality of the video will not be judged.
• last no longer than two minutes.
• be accompanied by a sheet with the full lyrics in the original language and translated into English.
• be submitted by post by 11th April 2014. Please see the competition guidelines for submission details. For a copy of the submission form, see below.

There will be two age categories for the competition: 

a. 14-16 years old (years 9-11)
b. 17-19 years old (years 12 & 13)

We strongly encourage schools to make this a cross-curricular activity between music and languages departments. For more information on the competition rules, please see the document 'L Factor Competition Guidelines', which will be uploaded in September 2013. 

• Registration must take place via schools.
• Teachers and pupils will be offered the s  upport of Music Mentors   to help with the various aspects of the activity, including song composition and performance techniques.

Please register here to receive the teacher pack, and for further information about the support available. To request copies of the poster, please contact: routes.admin@soas.ac.uk

*The L Factor Festival will take place in July 2014 at SOAS Brunei Gallery Theatre. Teachers, parents and classmates will be welcome. All shortlisted songs will be uploaded onto a private YouTube page.