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USA Songwriting Competition winner Christopher Tin wins 2 Grammy
Awards at the latest Annual Grammy Awards. This marks a historic win,
making Christopher the only USA Songwriting Competition winner to win
2 Grammy Awards in the same year. Christopher Tin won an honorable
mention award at the 15th Annual USA Songwriting Competition with the
same song that won two Grammy awards.

Christopher Tin is an American, Grammy-winning composer whose work is
primarily classical, with a world music influence. He won two Grammy
Awards for his classical crossover album, Calling All Dawns. He is
also a composer for films, video games and commercials. Tin is best
known for his composition Baba Yetu, featured in the 2005 computer
game, Civilization IV. Christopher Tin made video game history today,
becoming the first composer to win a Grammy Award for a song composed
for a game. Tin took out the Best Instrumental Arrangement
Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 53rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for
his composition "Baba Yetu", the opening track from Sid Meier's
Civilization IV. Tin also won the Grammy for Best Classical Crossover
Album for his debut album, Calling All Dawns, which also features the
song "Baba Yetu".

He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, becoming the first to be
awarded one for film scoring,[9] to study composition and conducting
at the Royal College of Music in London, and he graduated with a MMus
with Distinction. He was also the winner of the Horovitz composition
prize, and graduated with the highest grades in his class. He was also
commissioned by the US Embassy in London to compose music for a string
quartet. In 2003, he became a Sundance Institute Film Music Lab
Fellow.

Darrell Scott (2005 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize Winner,
Country) was nominated for a Grammy Award of Best Country Instrumental
Performance of his song "Willow Creek" at the latest 53rd Grammy
awards.

Past USA Songwriting Competition winners that have gone on to win
Grammy awards include: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxler who won first prize
in the Children's catgeory of the USA Songwriting 2004 and won a
Grammy in 2005. Current top winner of the USA Songwriting Competition,
Alannah Myles won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in
1991. Dave Merenda (Honorable Mention Winner, 15th USA Songwriting
Competition) won a grammy award as a co-writer with Sarah McLaughlin
with their song "I will Remember You". Dave will be performing live at
USA Songwriting Competition's songwriters showcase during the SXSW
(South By South West) on Friday 18, 2011 at Borders Books & Music
(4477 S. Lamar, Austin, TX)

USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners
getting success, recording and publishing contracts, have their songs
placed on the charts as well as having their songs placed on film and
television. 2009 First Prize winner (country) was signed to Universal
Records. 2005 First Prize winner (Pop) Kate Voegele was signed to
Interscope Records the year after she won and had her winning song hit
top 40 on the Billboard Charts, her latest album hit Top 10 on the
Billboard 200 Album charts this summer. 2007 Overall Grand Prize
Winner Ari Gold had his winning song “Where The Music Takes You” hit
#10 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Judges include A&R managers from
record labels such as Warner, Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY
Music.

For more information on the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition,
visit:
http://www.songwriting.net