Year 13 singer-songwriter Jenna Ackerman is one of 10 solo/duo performers selected for the final of the 2017 New Zealand Smokefree Rockquest.
In June Jenna won the People’s Choice Award in the Auckland division of the competition with an original song performed using only a loop pedal. She then had to prepare a 20 minute video of original songs for possible selection for the New Zealand finals.
In past years Jenna has won the Auckland Women’s Musicianship prize, the Apra Lyric Award, and come 2nd and 3rd and the solo/duo category.
Click here to listen to a compilation of the finalists’ songs