Music News - Aspiring New Zealand musician named finalist in NESCAFÉ Big Break
15 July 2005 - 0 Comments
Renée-Louise Carafice's dream of producing an album to help improve people's understanding of mental illness through music is becoming a reality now she has been named a finalist in this year's NESCAFÉ Big Break.
The young Grey Lynn musician is now guaranteed at least a AUD$5000 cash injection and is also in the running to secure a total prize package of AUD$50,000 to help fund her passion.
Renée-Louise's band Operation was formed only eight months after she was released from Te Whetu Tawera, Auckland's mental health institution. Renée-Louise has performed with some of New Zealand's top musicians including Goldenhorse, Anika Moa and Pluto and through her music she hopes to tell an inspiring story of her battle with mental illness.
"This is a musical project based around a personal experience. I have the support of many amazing industry professionals and I really want to affect people positively. NESCAFÉ Big Break will help me make a difference to the lives of others, " she says.
Offering a total prize pool of AUD$220,000, NESCAFÉ Big Break has been inspiring young people to achieve their dreams for six years in New Zealand. This year prizes include nine awards of AUD$5000, five awards of AUD$25,000 and one award of AUD$50,000.
Renée-Louise is now one of 15 trans-Tasman finalists. New Zealanders Rochelle Bright, Ben Griffin and Corban Walls have also made it through to the finals, surpassing 400 other semi-finalists and more than 4000 trans-Tasman entrants.
Rochelle is a budding composer while Ben's dream is to win a gold medal in alpine skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Corban's ambition is to start a national portable skate park business.
Renée-Louise and her three Kiwi counterparts will be flown to Sydney later this month to present their ideas to a judging panel that includes past NESCAFÉ Big Break winners, where from the 15 trans-Tasman finalists six will win AUD $25,000.
The New Zealand public can then get involved and show its support by voting to help one of the AUD$25,000 winners take their total prize winnings to AUD$50,000. As well as helping the six contenders, voters will also have a chance to win prizes when voting starts in September.
Anyone aged between 16 and 24 years with a big idea, who needs a cash injection to give them a kick-start, can apply for a NESCAFÉ Big Break in 2006.
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