$10,000 won by Huntsville resident in nation-wide music challenge

Breona Brogan, a Huntsville resident, just took home $10,000 dollars in prize money after winning the Music Matters Challenge!

This challenge is put on by the nonprofit Let Music Fill My World—read more about them later.

Talented artists from all over the country turned in their submissions over the course of months, and the winner was selected via popular vote + input from a panel of qualified judges.

Applicants were tasked with singing an original rendition of the chorus of the song “Let Music Fill My World,” as well as sharing a story on how music has personally influenced their lives. Breona’s video can be found here.

Along with taking home the prize money, Breona also gets the privilege of helping select a school to recieve a grant worth up to $300,000. This money will be put towards a full-time music teacher’s salary.

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More on Let Music Fill My World + the challenge

The nonprofit was founded by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting and Cayley Tull of the Tullman Family Office in 2023.

Each year, they put on the Music Matters Challenge to encourage individuals and schools to celebrate the transformative power that music can have.

Earlier we mentioned a panel of qualified of judges—Ondrasik and Tull are on that panel, but they are also joined by former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum and indie pop-star Tiger La Flor.

In addition to the $10,000 prize awarded to the individual winner, they also pick a school to receive a $25,000 grant, which is put towards supporting its music program.

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