Mullumbimby High School captain, Harriet Killips, has won second place in a national songwriting competition for a song titled ‘I Hate the Piano.’
Ironically, she wrote it while practising for her piano exam.
‘Instead of practising for my test, I allowed myself to be distracted and wrote something that reflects how I felt at the time!’ Harriet said.
The prestigious Australian Children’s Music Foundation National Songwriting Competition received almost a thousand entries from kids around Australia.
Harriet performed her winning entry this year at Mullumbimby High School’s CAPA showcase to rapturous applause.
As a budding musician, Harriet sings vocals and plays piano, guitar, ukelele, and harmonica.
Her musical inspirations include The Beatles, The Seekers, Laufey, Kate Miller-Heidke and Joni Mitchell.
I cut my hair like Judith Durham so that I could be a star,
If I wear long dresses like her will I be hidden or go far?
My name could be in Hollywood down that Long and Winding Road,
But that Carnival is Over and I’m living in a World of my Own.
– From ‘I Hate the Piano’.
You can visit Harriet’s Instagram to connect, listen or book: @musicalharriet.
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