Youth Showcase

Frank Brown International Foundation for Music, Annual Youth Showcase

An important aspect of the FBIFFM Educational Outreach is the production and presentation of an annual Youth Showcase, by which student Songwriters are given the opportunity to perform in a professionally produced showcase before an audience of their peers from surrounding schools. The showcase is produced by the Frank Brown International Foundation For Music and sponsored by Lucy Buffett's Lulu’s.

Songwriters 18 and under are invited to apply to perform and the event is open to songwriters of all genres', including instrumentalists. All performances must be original compositions and participating artists are selected based upon songwriting skill and performance ability. From those performances, several artists are selected to receive cash scholarships and one songwriter/artist will receive an invitation to become a paid and featured songwriter in the following year's Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, and will perform alongside some of the most accomplished songwriters in the music industry. As an added opportunity, the event's entire production and sound team is comprised of student interns from area schools, providing a hands-on experience in producing such an event. All applicants will be considered by a panel of festival judges and those chosen to perform will receive a ‘guest songwriter’ pass to the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival and an official FBISF artist’s swag bag.

Please continue to watch this page for any announcements regarding any necessary procedures, showcase scheduling, and when we will be accepting applications for participating students. We look forward to hearing your original music and performances!

Outreach Director - Karen E. Reynolds

Having been a featured performer in the Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival for over 25 years, In-Schools Outreach Director Emeritus, Karen E. Reynolds, is an award-winning singer songwriter and East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame Songwriting Inductee with national credits to her name. Over that period, she has dedicated herself to building and sculpting this program. Due to her extensive background as a respected music industry consultant and having taught workshops and music educational courses for a variety of universities and music conferences and organizations, she is as proficient in the classroom as she is onstage. The Frank Brown Foundation for Music Board of Directors voted Karen into this position with the fullest confidence that she is a leader with experience and passion for this program and will continue to be an excellent steward of the Foundation’s mission to provide this community service. The Board is excited to have Karen serve as the Director for this important extension of the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival. Her leadership and experience are fundamental to the growth and integrity of the program, as well as, in fostering critical community support and partners who share and fully realize the Frank Brown Foundation’s vision to have a positive impact on area youth.