Stortford’s Got Talent! - Our 2024 Winners
The winners of the first ever Stortford Young Songwriters Competition (SYSC 2024) decided by our expert panel of judges, and the verdict is in: Stortford’s Got Talent!
Message from SuRie
"It was a pleasure to support and be on the panel for the inaugural year of the Stortford Young Songwriters Competition." SuRie
2025 Competition Is Open
We are open for our 2025 competition registration and entry.
Entries close 15 June 2025. The results of the judging will be published no later than 7 July 2025.
Unexpected Rhythm
Watch our 2024 senior category winner, Mimi B, perform her song at Retune in March 2025.
Calling All Young Voices In Stortford
The Judges
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SuRie
SuRie is a Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Composer and Musical Director and graduated from The Royal Academy of Music. She has over 7 million sales, streams and downloads, and has performed to crowds across the world, including at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. With a passion for truthful, musical storytelling and soundscapes, SuRie was also awarded an Associateship to The Royal Academy of Music for her significant contribution to the music profession.
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Josie Cowley
Josie Cowley is a highly trained Soprano who studied with teachers at Junior RNCM, RAM and GSMD, and is an acclaimed community choir conductor, having formed Herts and Soul Community Choir and The Harmonaires, which have collectively raised over £100,000 for local and national charities in the last 15 years. Josie has taught classroom Music to children aged 3-18 for much of her career, and co-ordinates yearly choral festivals for children in Bishop’s Stortford.
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Georgia Newman
Georgia finished her studies in Music and Music Technology at Saffron Walden County High School in 2024. An accomplished clarinet player and singer, she was also a member of the Senior Orchestra, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and Show Choir, touring to Strasbourg and the Black Forest in July 2023, and again in Brittany in July 2024. Georgia is now clarinetist in both the Harlow Concert Band and Take Note Essex, and is developing a career in sound and theatre.
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Jon Bliss
Having studied music at Canterbury Christ Church College Jon started his career in the music industry with Yamaha’s No.1 retailer. Jon’s passion has always been the synergy between the private music education sector and musical instrument retail. Jon now owns the DeRosa Music franchise, one of the fastest growing music education and music retail offerings in the industry. DeRosa Music has 7 locations across the South East and caters for over 2,000 learners every week.
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