The ‘Music Muratti’ is being hosted by the School of Popular Music, and will see musicians performing in front of a panel of UK industry judges for inter-island glory.
‘The Muratti name means something to people here,’ said SOPM founder and director Tyler Edmonds.
‘It stands for pride, for community, for two islands coming together and competing properly. We want Music Muratti to carry that same weight. This is not a school show. It is a proper competition, on a proper stage, and we want every band that enters to feel every bit of that.’
Selected finalists will be flown to Guernsey, put up for the night and treated like artists, before hitting the stage at Beau Sejour on Saturday 28 November. In future, the final will alternate between the islands.
The competition is open to bands of between two and seven members and all members must be under 18 on the night. Sets are strictly limited to 12 minutes.
Bands should submit a video demo.
Judges will award a best Guernsey and best Jersey band and then one island will be awarded overall Music Muratti champion.
Both winning bands will receive a full studio and video session in their home island’s SOPM studio.
‘When you teach young musicians every week, you see how much they are capable of,” said Phoebe Collins, joint manager of SOPM Jersey. ‘What they need is an occasion that feels worthy of that. Music Muratti gives them something real to aim for, and it connects our students in Jersey to their counterparts in Guernsey. Both islands have brilliant young musicians. It is going to be a proper night.’
John Cattini is a senior executive at Sony Music Entertainment and will be one of the judges, with others still to be announced.
The event is sponsored by Grant Thorton, who said it reflected a shared commitment to investing in young people and the wider Channel Islands community.
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