Save the date!

Friday, November 14, 2025

How to Enter

Submit a video/audio recording to Professor Khari Allen Lee (leekhar@auburn.edu) via email, YouTube, Box, or similar. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, September 2.

• Solo or duo performance of original music and lyrics for voice and accompanying acoustic instruments only.
• Keyboard, if required by performer, will be provided by venue. 
• All performers must be full-time AU students (registered for at least 12 hours) during the 2025 fall semester.

All students selected to compete will perform one original song for a live audience at the event, and judges will determine three finalists for a second and final round. The winner will perform a third and final song to close the evening.Students should be prepared to perform a total of three original songs. 

Winner will receive $500 and each of the other two finalists will receive $250.  Each award will be matched with store credit from Spicer’s Music.  The winner will receive an invitation to serve as the opening act for a future Sundilla Concert Series performance.

Up to ten participants will be chosen by AU Commercial Music Program faculty members and notified September 15.

Learn about our 2023 winner, Walter Lloyd, and 2024 winner, Tyler Peek.