SOLD OUT

8pm showtime

Source Song Festival, in collaboration with New York-based Sparks and Wiry Cries, presents the third-annual songSLAM. This evening of art songs is a unique competition for emerging composer/performer teams to premiere new art songs and, in the poetry-slam tradition, audience members vote on their favorite performances, and $1,000 in cash prizes is awarded.

HOSTED BY CHRIS KOZA

Chris Koza is a musician, composer and performer living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Koza's storytelling and observations are thoughtfully navigated by melodies that both migrate through the seasons and burrow through the earth.

Koza has headlined the legendary First Avenue Mainroom. But he’s rocked all of Minneapolis’ famous venues—including the Varsity Theatre, The Fitzgerald, the Fine Line, the Cedar Cultural Center. Although he has six solo albums and a film score under his belt, Koza does plenty of writing and performing with Rogue Valley. A Minnesota State Arts Board Arts on Tour recipient, Koza regularly plays and guest lectures at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul and at the Institute of Production and Recording (IPR) in Minneapolis.