Talented Local Youngsters to Perform at Westfield on Sunday

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Songwriters from Fulham among showcase of 50 Song Academy competition winners

Three talented local youngsters will perform before crowds at Westfield shopping centre on Sunday 4 June after coming out top in a prestigious songwriting contest judged by professional musicians including Tom Odell and Imogen Heap.

16 year-old Sophie DeMasi from Hammersmith was awarded the top spot in in the 13-18 category of the Song Academy Young Songwriter competition, which is now in its sixth year.

She impressed the judges with Enough For Me – a song about pursuing the things in life you are passionate about.

Sophie deMasi

And Sophie, who last year was among the top GCSE pupils at St James Senior Girls' School is now set to perform her winning song during a live showcase taking place at Westfield London from 2pm till 5pm on 4 June.

She will be joined by nine year-old Zachary Zab from Fulham, who won the 8-12 category of the Song Academy Young Songwriter 2017 competition with his song, My Light, and Zoe Tredgett, 10, also from Fulham who was a runner-up with her song Dreams

More than 532 youngsters from across the world entered this year’s competition, with entries from as far afield as Mexico, China, Canada, India, the United Arab Emirates and the US, as well as Europe.

Altogether, around 50 young performers will take part in the showcase, including the winners and finalists of the contest, and other singers from the west London-based Song Academy, which runs after-school sessions, workshops, and birthday parties as well as the annual competition.

Rowena Atkins, Hammersmith resident and founder of Song Academy, said: "We give young people a voice and help them express themselves."

Find out more about Song Academy and its sessions in Fulham and Hammersmith at the website.

June 2, 2017