In order to bring CEGEP students together around Quebec music, the College Song of the Year Award will be given for the first time to an emerging artist named by a student jury at the Industry Gala on November 2.
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The initiative comes from the Intercollegiate Network of Sociocultural Activities of Quebec (RIASQ) and the Quebec Association of the Record, Entertainment and Video Industry (ADISQ).
Over the next few weeks, hundreds of CEGEP students will analyze the 25 titles in the running from a list compiled by ADISQ. The winner will win a $5,000 scholarship offered by the RIASQ. The artists selected all have two or fewer albums in their careers.
“It is the mission of the RIASQ to notably support Quebec’s cultural life and to promote the diversity of experiences. With this new project, we expose young people to local culture and we hope to give them a thirst for discovery and open their eyes to the richness of our music. They are invited to express their views, to argue, to debate in addition to significantly marking the career of an artist, ”said Maxime Burgoyne-Chartrand, director general of the RIASQ, in a press release on Monday.
“This new collaboration allows us to reach a select audience to promote local music. Allowing students to analyze the texts of our new artists while allowing them to develop their critical sense is an absolutely delightful and very promising opportunity for ADISQ for the future,” said Julie Gariépy, executive producer and director of the Galas. of ADISQ.
Here are the 25 tracks in the running for the Collegiate Song of the Year Award:
1. Afrikana Soul – Sister Asora
2. Alicia Moffet – Lullaby
3. Ariane Roy It’s not luck
4. Bon Enfant – Porcelain
5. Clay and Friends – Move your thang
6. Étienne Coppée – Nothing greater
7. Hubert Lenoir – SECRET
8. Jay Scott – Broken
9. La Zarra – You will leave
10. Laura Niquay – Moteskano
11. Morning After – A Ride Home
12. Les Praises – Causeway
13. Swompe’s Rats – See You Again
14. Lou-Adriane Cassidy – I still hope that somewhere the waiting stops
15. Lysander – Tintagel
16. Natasha Kanapé – A troubled horizon
17. Naya Ali – Air Ali
18. Ninan – Innu auass
19. Noé Lira – Ríndete
20. OktoEcho – niki pawâtin
21. Richy Jay – Take It Easy
22. Roxane Bruneau – If ever someone is looking for me
23. Scott-Pien Picard – Shipekunua
24. TEKE::TEKE – Kala Kala
25. William Cloutier – We will go