A song of success

Monday 17th October 2005, 12:00AM BST.

A LOCAL songwriter has achieved success in a major international songwriting competition.

Without You’, written by Sally Edmondson from Trinity, has been selected for the finals of the pop category of Song of the Year, an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1′s Save the Music Foundation, a programme dedicated to improving music education in American schools.

The Song of the Year judges are important people in the music industry, and this year they include Norah Jones, Grammy Award winner Warren Riker, who has worked with Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin, and Louie Bandak, senior director of A & R at Capitol Records.

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