Discovering Hidden Voices,
Empowering Musical Dreams
SAM (School About Music) is a tech-enabled national music competition for government schools. We find young music prodigies and secure their futures with multi-year comprehensive scholarships up to 5 years.
30+
Delhi Govt Schools Onboarded
10
Fixed Devotional Song Catalog
Up to 5Y
Full Support Music Scholarships
Four Levels of Progression
Rise through ranks, verified at every stage by music teachers and blind-reviewed by external master evaluators to win multi-year scholarships.
Inter-School
1 Year ScholarshipHeld internally inside each registered school. Winners qualified by Music Teacher.
Inter-Zone
2 Years ScholarshipCluster of school winners compete. Independent judges score via the SAM portal.
Inter-State
3 Years ScholarshipZonal champions represent their state in the grand zonal arena.
Nationals
5 Years ScholarshipThe ultimate showdown. Top state prodigies compete for absolute victory.
10 Devotional Songs.
One Performance.
Year 1 starts with the Vocal Solo category. Candidates select one devotional masterpiece from our fixed catalog, equipped with full guides, lyrics, and digital backing tracks.
Transparent, Anti-Cheat Workflow
How a student transitions from local school enrollment to state selection securely.
Student Signup
Quick registration with school tagging and mandatory parent OTP consent.
Song Selection
Choose 1 of 10 traditional devotional songs from the fixed reference catalog.
Vocal Recording Upload
Record or upload vocal performance directly onto the platform.
Teacher Lock
Music Teacher reviews authenticity, approves, and locks the submission.
Independent Judging
Entries proceed to external double-blind expert evaluation via rubrics.
100-Point Scoring Rubric
To eliminate subjective bias, all evaluation relies strictly on an objective point-based rubric. Play with the interactive slider to see how scores map:
Ability to stay perfectly on key, hold stability on scales, and capture transitions.
Accuracy in catching beats, maintaining tempo, and rhythmic sync.
Devotional sentiment, dynamics, emotional phrasing, and artistic maturity.
Rubric Live Calculator
Interactive Mockup10 Devotional Selection Catalog
To guarantee absolute fairness, students submit vocal captures strictly based on this predefined set of reference pieces. Press play to hear the reference melody.
Assigned User Roles
The platform provides structured modules dedicated to different administrative, tutoring, and assessment actors.
Registers, verifies parental consent via OTP, searches their school, rehearses reference catalog, and uploads audio vocal submissions.
Verifies child details, authorizes OTP approval queue, gives live advice, listens to entries, triggers re-uploads, and locks school qualifying rounds.
Logs into blind-scoring queue with zero access to student or school identifiers. Reviews tracks strictly based on the 100-point rubric system.
Sets competition duration, uploads audio catalog variables, maps schools and zones, monitors blind judges, and operates the Scholarship wallet disbursal.
SAM Year 1: Delhi Pilot Initiative
For Season 1, we are targeting a focused rollout across 20-30 KV & Delhi Government schools in South/West Delhi. The pilot focuses strictly on the Vocal Solo category with a curated 10-song devotional catalog to ensure flawless judging before scaling PAN-India.
Give Wings to Devotional Voices
Are you a student willing to represent your school? Or a music teacher eager to cultivate your students? Enter our interactive portal to explore the platform flow.