Temecula Valley Music Awards 2017 open for submissions

MURRIETA – The Temecula Valley Music Awards, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) to benefit local music education, has opened submissions for their 2017 TVMA Awards.

New categories added include Blues, Bluegrass, Country, Cover Band, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Tribute, Youth Original, Youth Cover and Out of town: Singer/Songwriter, Rock and Bluegrass. Submission fee is $25 and 100 percent of profits go toward school music programs and music student scholarships.

Thousands of dollars in cash and prizes are awarded from industry sponsors like D’Addario, Evans, Promark, Dunlop, Ableton, T...