The 2nd annual Pat O’Brien Composition Competition will be taking place again this year as part of the John Dwyer Traditional Weekend October 18th–20th, 2013. All entrants must be 18 or under on October 1st, 2013. All tune types are acceptable but must fit within the traditional idiom. Recordings should be no less than

3 minutes in length and tunes must be performed solo. Each entry will be given a number and the entries will be blindly adjudicated by John Dwyer (one of the countries finest composers!).

Entries for the competition can be sent on MP3 to email: johndwyertradweekend@outlook.com  or post on CD to POB Composition Competition, Imagine Arts Festival, C/O Waterford City Arts Office, The Mall, Waterford.

Closing date for entries is Tuesday October 15th,  2013.