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GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION University of Miami MIAMI, FL JUNE 17–22, 2019 Hosted by Dr. Federico Musgrove Stetson and Professor and Program Director Rafael Padrón International Concert Artist Competition International Youth Competition International Ensemble Competition Concerts | Lectures | Vendor Expo Private Lessons | Masterclasses Technique Workshops Featured Artists: Manuel Barrueco Brasil Guitar Duo Marcin Dylla Yamandu Costa Raphaël Feuillâtre Duo Sonidos Petrit Ceku Zoran Dukic Les Freres Meduses Iliana Matos Raphaella Smits Laura Snowden Rafael Padrón Irina Kulikova
The Augustine Foundation GFA Executive Committee Martha Masters, President Brian Head, Artistic Director Jeff Cogan, Vice President Pam Gerken, Vice President–Treasurer Robert Lane, Vice President–Secretary
GFA Board of Trustees Stephen Mattingly, Chair Stephen Aron Joanne Castellani Mark Delpriora Alex Dunn Eric Dussault Christopher Garwood Stephen Goss 2019 Julian Gray Nathaniel Gunod GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Bryan Johanson William Kanengiser INTERNATIONAL Frank Koonce Kenneth Kwan CONVENTION & COMPETITION Randall Leff Christopher Mallett University of Miami John Olson Kim Perlak MIAMI, FL Helene Rottenberg Kami Rowan JUNE 17–22, 2019 James Stroud Hosted by Dr. Federico Musgrove Stetson Marc Teicholz Sonia Wilczewski and Professor and Program Director Rafael Padrón GFA Staff Ryan Ayers, Advertising Manager; Vendor Expo Manager Robert Ferguson, Editor of Soundboard Colleen Gates, Publications Art Director Brian Geary, Convention Manager Teresa Hayward, Tour Director Thomas Heck, Editor of Soundboard Scholar Chuck Hulihan, Director of Guitar Summit and GFA Orchestras Michael Kagan, Artistic Director, International Ensemble Competition Ebaa Khamas, Operations Administrator Martha Masters, Artistic Director, International Concert Artist Competition Lynn McGrath, Artistic Director, International Youth Competition Matt Nishimoto, Education Coordinator Connie Sheu, General Manager
2019 GFA Convention Program Note: All information is current at time of printing. Changes may occur to the schedule and will be announced before concerts. Convention Host: Dr. Federico Musgrove Stetson & Rafael Padrón 6 Convention and Competition Schedule 7 MIAMI, FL JUNE 17–22, FL JUNE MIAMI, 2019 COMPETITION & CONVENTION INTERNATIONAL FO GUITAR University of Miami Campus Map 8 Youth Social Event | Vendor Expo 9 Vendor Expo: Floor Plans 10 GFA 2019 Convention Sponsors, Program Advertisers, Vendors 11 Private Lessons 12
XXXVII International Concert Artist Competition (ICAC) | ICAC Jurors 13–14 UNDATION Set Piece Composer: Pat Metheny 15 XV International Youth Competition (IYC) | IYC Jurors 16 III International Ensemble Competition (IEC) | IEC Jurors 17
Technique Workshops (TW) & Masterclasses (M) 18–19 MONDAY June 17 8:00pm C: Raphaël Feuillâtre 20-21 OF
TUESDAY June 18 9:00am TW: Zoran Dukic bio page 68 AMERIC 9:00am L: Ioannis Theodoridis 22 10:00am L: Bráulio Bosi 23 10:00am L: Fábio Bartoloni 24
11:00am C: Rafael Padrón 26–27 A 11:00am C: Duo Sonidos 28–29 1:30pm L: Avril Kinsey 30 1:30pm M: Marcin Dylla bio page 48 2:30pm L: Marco Sartor 31 4:00pm C: Petrit Çeku 32–33 8:00pm C: Yamandu Costa and Shelly Berg 34–35 2019 WEDNESDAY June 19 9:00am TW: Ewa Jabłczyńska 9:00am L: Robert Trent 36 10:00am L: Jack Andrew Leonard and Matt Pidgeon 37 11:00am C: Laura Snowden 38–39 11:00am C: Les Frères Méduses 40–41 1:30pm Luthier Showcase 43 2:30pm L: Kenneth Kam 44 2:30pm L: Education Round Table 45 4:00pm C: Raphaella Smits 46–47
8:00pm C: Youth Guitar Orchestra 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8:00pm C: Marcin Dylla 48–49 THURSDAY June 20 9:00am TW: Petrit Çeku bio page 32 9:00am L: Thomas Kikta 52 10:00am L: Research Resources Round Table 53 10:00am & 2:30pm ICAC Semifinals 54 1:30pm L: Vojislav Ivanovic 55 2:30pm L: Benjamin Lougheed 56 6:00pm Youth Social 9 8:00pm C: Brasil Guitar Duo 58–59 FRIDAY June 21 9:00am TW: Les Frères Méduses bio page 40 9:00am L: Juan Oscar Azaret 60 10:00am L: Education Lecture 61 11:00am C: Irina Kulikova 62–63 11:00am C: Iliana Matos 64–65 1:30pm M: Raphaella Smits bio page 46 1:30pm L: Stephen Goss, Jonathan Leathwood 66–67 and Stanley Yates 4:00pm C: Zoran Dukić 68–69 6:00 pm Spotlight Recital and Orchestra Performance 69 8:00pm C: Manuel Barrueco 70–71 SATURDAY June 22 9:00am TW: Irina Kulikova bio page 62 9:00am L: Jonathan Godfrey 72 10:00am L: Michael Kudirka 73 10:00am L: Frederick Sheppard 74 11:00am IEC Winners Concert 75 1:30pm IYC Finals 75 2:30pm–4:30pm M: Manuel Barrueco bio page 70 6:00pm ICAC Finals 75 9:00pm Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony 76 GFA Personnel: Executive Board, Board of Trustees, and Staff 77–83 GFA Donor Acknowledgment 84 GFA ICAC and IYC Competitions Past Winners 85 Competitors 2019 89–108
KEY: C–Concert; L–Lecture; M–Masterclass; TW–Technique Workshop; ICAC–International Concert Artist Competition; IYC–International Youth Competition; IEC–International Ensemble Competition
GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION
MIAMI, FL JUNE 17–22, 2019 2019
Letter from the President
Dear Friends,
This week, we members and friends of the GFA gather to begin our annual celebration of creativity, artistry, scholarship, and community. We come from all corners of the earth, and with all kinds of backgrounds. We come to learn, to share, to be inspired.
Thirty years ago, I was inspired when I first heard Manuel Barrueco play in concert. At GFA 2019, we celebrate and honor the legendary career of this icon in our world. We also welcome many returning artists, and some exciting new young artists in their debut performances with us. Let’s celebrate the fact that we are able to hear these wonderful artists live and in person.
The advent of YouTube has given us all immense access to great art, and has simultaneously changed how we as a society appreciate concerts. Those of us here still very much value the tangible qualities of music that one can only experience in a live performance. Let’s celebrate that common appreciation, as well as our diverse experiences and opinions.
Let’s debate string tension; the validity of the guitar orchestra as a tool for instruction; Sor vs. Giuliani; the progress of our instrument in the bigger world of classical music; and which kind of buffer gets the perfect polish on our nails. Let’s learn from one another, and challenge our long-held positions on subjects which are so near and dear to us.
GFA is a safe place. We understand each other. We support each other. If this is your first time here, let us help you find your way. Stop me in the hall, or join us at afterhours, and introduce yourself. For those of us involved in the leadership of the GFA, it is our biggest reward of the week to hear from you, our members, in person.
We are thrilled that you made it work to be here in Miami. Help us share with those who aren’t as lucky as you by contributing to our social media presence:
Facebook: Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) | Instagram/Twitter: @Gtrfound YouTube: GFA Video | #gtrfound #gfa2019 #guitarsummit | Blog: https://gtrfound.wordpress.com/
When you’re done scrolling and posting, put down the phone, and get back to that debate on nail care! Wishing you an invigorating and inspiring week exploring creativity, artistry, scholarship, community, and humanity, all through the lens of the guitar.
Martha Masters President, GFA
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A Message from Dr. Federico Musgrove Stetson and Professor and Program Director Rafael Padrón University of Miami
Welcome to the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
It is with a deep sense of pride that we welcome you to our highly-acclaimed Frost School of Music— a dynamic place, where brilliant students and faculty mentors come together to change the world of music. This year we add another chapter to our school’s history by hosting the 2019 Guitar Foundation of America Convention & Competition, a dream come true for both of us.
We have planned everything with you, our friends and audience in mind. Throughout this week, you will enjoy concerts and master classes by some of the world’s premier performing artists, along with a vast array of lectures, workshops, and other activities. We are confident you will enjoy all of the programming you will experience during the convention.
For those of you that have attended previous GFA conventions, you know what lies ahead. For those of you joining us for the first time, welcome, and buckle up! Although this will be a fast- paced, action-packed week, we do hope that you will also find some time to relax and enjoy a mojito here in the Sunshine State, and get to know your fellow members and colleagues.
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all volunteers, everyone at the Florida Guitar Foundation, Richard Schriber, our Dean Shelly Berg, and the Frost School of Music’s administration, faculty, and staff, who have been essential in making this event possible.
We are here to make your stay a memorable one, let us know if we can be of any assistance. Now silence your phones…and enjoy the show!
Sincerely,
MIAMI 5 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOST
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SCHEDULE
Irina Kulikova Irina Senior Finals, Senior Junior Finals, Junior Manuel Barrueco Manuel Saturday, June 22 June Saturday, Michael Kudirka Michael Sheppard Frederick Jonathan Godfrey Jonathan (2:30–4:30) (Foster 206) (Foster (9:30am) Division Hall) (Clarke L : 239) (Foster L : 206) (Foster (Gusman Hall) (Gusman L : Hall) (Gusman Hall) (Clarke Division Hall) (Gusman Ceremony Awards Hall) (Gusman (9:00 pm) Hours: After Company Titanic Brewing (Gusman Hall) (Gusman IYC M: TW : Winners Concert IEC IYC (6:00 pm) Finals (6:00 pm) ICAC
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–International Youth Competition; Youth –International
IYC SCHEDULE (WML 210) (WML Les Frères Méduses Frères Les Friday, June 21 June Friday, Prelims (9:00–4:00) Prelims Prelims (9:00–4:00) Prelims Prelims (9:00–4:00) Prelims (9:00–4:00) Prelims Prelims (9:00–4:00) Prelims Irina Kulikova Irina Matos Iliana Zoran Dukić Zoran Alan Hirsch and Thomas Thomas and Alan Hirsch Goss, Leathwood, Yates Leathwood, Goss, Goss, Leathwood, Yates Leathwood, Goss, Juan Oscar Azaret Oscar Juan (WML 210) (WML IYC 206/239) (Foster (WML 210) (WML IYC 206/239) (Foster TW : L : C: Smits M : Raphaella Barrueco C: Manuel L : Guitar Orchestra Orchestra Guitar 210) Competition IEC (Gusman Hall) (9–10:30) (Gusman L : Hall) (9:00–12:30) (Clarke IYC 206/239) (Foster Hall) (Gusman C: Hall) (Gusman IYC 206/239) (Foster Hall) (Clarke L : Hall) (Gusman Hours : After by sponsored Reception Strings. Augustine required. RSVP (Gusman Hall) (Gusman (5:30–6:00) Rehearsal Hall) (Gusman Kikta IYC 206/239) (Foster C: and Recital Spotlight Performance Orchestra Hall) (Gusman
(Foster 206) (Foster
(Foster 206) (Foster Petrit Çeku Petrit Thursday, June 20 June Thursday, Research Resources Round Round Resources Research Vojislav Ivanovic Vojislav Thomas Kikta Thomas Lougheed Benjamin TW : Semifinal (10:00-12:45) ICAC Semifinal ICAC Brasil Guitar Duo Guitar C: Brasil Table L: Hall) (Gusman (Gusman Hall) (Gusman L: (10:00-12:45 ) Hall) (Gusman L : 206) (Foster Semifinal (2:30-5:45) ICAC Hall) (Gusman Hall) (Gusman Hours: After Company Titanic Brewing L: 206) (Foster Social (6-7:30) Youth (Foster 239) (Foster Guitar Orchestra Rehearsal Rehearsal Orchestra Guitar Hall) (5:30-6:30) (Gusman
(Foster 206) (Foster
(3:00-5:00)
(Foster 206) (Foster Competition; Artist Concert –International ICAC (Foster 206) (Foster
Ewa Jabłczyńska Ewa Raphaella Smits Raphaella Marcin Dylla Marcin Laura Snowden Laura Méduses Frères Les Kenneth Kam Kam Kenneth Table Round Education Jack Andrew Leonard and Leonard Andrew Jack Robert Trent Robert Wednesday, June 19 June Wednesday, Educators Happy Hour Happy Educators L: (Gusman Hall) (Gusman C: Hall) (Gusman (Gusman Hall) (Gusman L : Hall) (1:30-2:30) (Clarke Orchestra Guitar C: Youth Hall) (Gusman C: Hall) (Gusman Hours: After Company Titanic Brewing (Clarke Hall) (Clarke Rehearsal YGO 300) (PLF Hall) (Gusman (6:00-7:45) L : TW : C: Showcase Luthier C: Matt Pidgeon Matt Guitar Orchestra Rehearsal Rehearsal Orchestra Guitar Hall) (5:30-6:30) (Gusman L:
Tue (6/18) thru Friday (6/21) 10am–4pm; Saturday (6/22) 10am–2pm. SOM building; Henry Fillmore Band and Nancy Greene Halls Greene and Nancy Band Fillmore (6/22) 10am–2pm. SOM building; Henry (6/21) 10am–4pm; Saturday (6/18) thru Friday Tue
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PLF 300 PLF Zoran Dukic Zoran Vendor Expo Hours: Vendor Tuesday, June 18 June Tuesday, Marcin Dylla Marcin Rafael Padrón Rafael Sonidos Duo Yamandu Costa Yamandu Petrit Çeku Petrit Bráulio Bosi Bráulio Bartoloni Fábio Ioannis Theodoridis Ioannis Kinsey Avril Sartor Marco L : L : C: C: (Clarke Hall) (Clarke (Gusman Hall) (Gusman L : 206) (Foster (9:00–12:45) Prelims ICAC Hall) (Clarke 239) (Foster (9:00–12:45) Prelims ICAC Hall) (Gusman C: Hall) (Gusman (9:00–12:45) Prelims ICAC Hall) (Clarke 206) (Foster M : Hall) (Clarke L : Berg and Shelly Hall) (Gusman Hours: After Company Titanic Brewing (Gusman Hall) (Gusman Rehearsal YGO (4:00-6:00) ( L : C: TW :
Workshop; TW –Technique –Masterclass;
M (3:00-5:00)
–Lecture; Monday, June 17 June Monday, Raphaël Feuillâtre Raphaël (10:00–12:15) Prelims ICAC Hall) (Clarke ICAC Prelims (1:45–4:15) Prelims ICAC (1:45–4:15) Prelims ICAC C: (Clarke Hall) (Clarke (Clarke Hall) (Clarke Rehearsal YGO 300) (PLF Hall) (Gusman Hours: After Company Titanic Brewing (6:30–8:00) Registration lobby) Hall (Gusman Concert; L Concert; – C & COMPETITION CONVENTION INTERNATIONAL –International Ensemble Competition | Competition Ensemble –International 10:00-10:50 11:00-12:30 1:30-3:30 2:30-3:30 8:00-10:00 4:00-5:00 5:00-6:00 6:00-8:00 9:00-9:50 KEY: KEY: IEC
MIAMI 7 2019 CAMPUS MAP UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 2019
UM venues used in this year’s convention are: • Nancy Greene Hall • Gusman Concert Hall • Patricia L. Frost Music Studios North (PLF-N) • Clarke Recital Hall • Weeks Music Library (WML) • Foster Building • Merrick Garage • Fillmore Hall • Pavia Garage 8 MIAMI YOUTH SOCIAL 2019 VENDOR EXPO 2019
Foster 239 School of Music Building 2019 Thursday, 6pm Henry Fillmore Band Hall, Nancy Greene Hall IYC competitors, Youth Guitar Orchestra players, and any other young convention attendee, we invite you to the GFA The 2019 Vendor Expo includes luthiers, publishers, Youth Social on Thursday at 6pm. Meet for pizza and some distributors, guitar societies, guitar accessories, and more. fun and games with GFA staff and artists! We’ll also have Visit the Vendor Expo to find a perfect new instrument, an informative Q&A time with Raphaël Feuillâtre, the 2018 browse sheet music, or sample guitar accessories. The Rose Augustine Grand Prize Winner. Expo is located in the School of Music Building, in Henry Fillmore Band Hall and Nancy Greene Hall.
AFTER HOURS 2019 VENDOR EXPO HOURS: Titanic Brewing Company 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday (June 18) 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-668-1742 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday (June 19) 10 am to 4 pm Thursday (June 20) Join us each evening after the 8pm concert for 10 am to 4 pm Friday (June 21) a time to unwind and 10 am to 2 pm Saturday (June 22) socialize with fellow GFA Convention attendees. After the 8pm concert from Monday through Thursday, we’ll be headed to Titanic Brewing Company.
The Denver Guitar Festival & Competition
September 20-22, 2019 Robert & Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts University of Denver
$6,000 IN PRIZES
Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition
Youth Competition - Concerts - Master Classes - Lectures
Laura Husbands, Artistic Director, [email protected] Jonathan Leathwood, Chair of Guitar
www.du.edu/lamont/guitarfestival
MIAMI 9 2019 VENDOR EXPO Frost School of Music Building
All vendors are Entrance located in the Frost = Sponsor School of Music Rehearsal Center: Henry Fillmore Hall Wiseman Cases Kevin J. Cope Gregory Byers, and Nancy Greene luthier Hall. Sponsors listed Stringletter in bold type. Traphagen Guitars Publishing Sean Spurling Editions Henry NOTE: Floor plans and ven- Guitars Lemoine dors shown are current at the time of program printing. MicroTōne Bill Glez Guitars Guitars Vicente Carrillo Garrett Lee, Guitars Luthier
Aaron Shearer VENDORS Foundation 52 Instrument Co. Vincent Xu Joshia de Jonge Luthier Guitars Aaron Shearer Foundation Texas Guitar Augustine Gallery Zebulon Toby Rzepka,Turrentine Luthier Azaret Guitars 52 Instrument Co. Thomas Baldwin Guitars Joel Barbeau Joel Barbeau Luthier Luthier Azaret Guitars Kris Barnett Guitars Expo 2019 Vendor GFA Henry Fillmore Hall Gregory Byers, luthier Cadiz Guitars Savarez Vicente Carrillo Guitars GFA Luthier. David Chaves Reverie Classical Guitars Kevin J. Cope D'Addario Joshia de Jonge Guitars Entrance EDITIONS HENRY LEMOINE = Sponsor The FJH Music Company Inc. Timeless Instruments Bill Glez Guitars Hill Guitar Company Cadiz Guitars The FJH Music Timeless Kopecky Guitars Company Inc. Instruments DOGAL STRINGS
Garrett Lee, Luthier Ubach Method for Guitar Mel Bay Publications, Inc Reverie Classical MicroTōne Guitars Guitars Kris Barnett Productions d’OZ / Doberman Guitars Hill Guitar Yanlei Luthier Wood Ring Guitars Rokkomann, Company Inc. Rokkomann, Inc. Thomas Baldwin Guitars Toby Rzepka, Luthier Luthier. Savarez David Chaves Kopecky Sean Spurling Guitars Guitars Stringletter Publishing Wood Ring Guitars Productions d’OZ / Strings By Mail Doberman Texas Guitar Gallery
GFA Vendor Expo 2019 Vendor GFA Traphagen Guitars Nancy Greene Hall Dogal Strings Zebulon Turrentine Strings By Mail Ubach Method for Guitar Mel Bay D'Addario Augustine WISEMAN CASES Vincent Xu Luthier Yanlei Luthier
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The Augustine Foundation
* * Advertisers Vendors Sponsors listed in bold type. All vendors are located in the Frost School of Music Rehearsal Center: Henry Fillmore Hall and Nancy Greene Hall. Sponsors listed in bold type. Augustine 52 Instrument Co. Dogal Strings Classical Guitar Store Aaron Shearer Foundation Garrett Lee, Luthier D'Addario Augustine Mel Bay Publications, Inc Denver Guitar Festival and Competition Azaret Guitars MicroTōne Guitars Dogal Thomas Baldwin Guitars Productions d’OZ / Doberman Frost School of Music—University of Miami Joel Barbeau Luthier Wood Ring Guitars Guitar Salon International Kris Barnett Guitars Rokkomann, Inc. Guitars International Gregory Byers, luthier Toby Rzepka, Luthier James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition Cadiz Guitars Savarez Mel Bay Vicente Carrillo Guitars Sean Spurling Guitars Savage Guitars Luthier. David Chaves Stringletter Publishing Savarez Reverie Classical Guitars Strings By Mail Stringletter Publishing Kevin J. Cope Texas Guitar Gallery Strings By Mail D'Addario Traphagen Guitars Tour Mic Wireless Joshia de Jonge Guitars Zebulon Turrentine Visesnut Cases Editions Henry Lemoine Ubach Method for Guitar Wiseman Cases The FJH Music Company Inc. Wiseman Cases
Timeless Instruments Vincent Xu Luthier Bill Glez Guitars Yanlei Luthier Hill Guitar Company Kopecky Guitars
*Lists on this page are current at time of Program printing. See Vendor Expo floor plans on pages 10. Find website and email contact information for all of the Vendors listed in this Program on page 86. MIAMI 11 2019 PRIVATE LESSONS GFA is proud to offer private lessons packages (thirty-minute lessons with three convention artists) that are available to all registered convention participants. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from world-class artists. Visit the GFA table for schedule information or to check for available openings. Lessons will be held in PLF-N 207, 211, 212. Volunteers and signage will guide you to your lesson location. Photos/names below are followed by their biography page numbers. Additional teachers may be assigned during the week at dates and times to be determined. SCHEDULE 10 am | Tuesday–Saturday
Tuesday, June 18 Raphaël Feuillâtre Laura Snowden Jonathan Leathwood (Alexander Technique)
Raphaël Feuillâtre (20) Laura Snowden (38) Jonathan Leathwood (66)
Wednesday, June 19 Douglas Lora João Luiz Adam Levin
Douglas Lora (58) João Luiz (58) Adam Levin (28)
Thursday, June 20 Jonathan Leathwood Iliana Matos Stephen Mattingly
Jonathan Leathwood (66) Iliana Matos (64) Stephen Mattingly (80)
Friday, June 21 Jonathan Leathwood Chris Mallett Joanne Castellani
Jonathan Leathwood (66) Chris Mallett Joanne Castellani (78)
Saturday, June 22 Jonathan Leathwood Ewa Jabłczyńska Daniel Bolshoy
Jonathan Leathwood (66) Ewa Jabłczyńska Daniel Bolshoy 12 MIAMI GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA XXXVII INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ARTIST COMPETITION
PRIZES 2019 Rose Augustine Grand Prize: $10,000 Cash* GFA sponsored International Concert Tour, including approximately fifty concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall debut concert, sponsored by Guitar Foundation of America in conjunction with the New York City Classical Guitar Society NAXOS CD Recording | Contrastes Records CD Production/Distribution | Publication with Mel Bay Three year supply (fifty-two sets a year) of D’Addario guitar strings in addition to Planet Waves guitar accessories Generous string package provided by Augustine Generous string package provided by Savarez
2nd Prize: $7,000 Cash* Three year supply (twenty-six sets a year) of D’Addario guitar strings in addition to Planet Waves guitar accessories Generous string package provided by Augustine Strings | Generous string package provided by Savarez
3rd Prize: $5,000 Cash* Three year supply (twenty-six sets a year) of D’Addario guitar strings in addition to Planet Waves guitar accessories Generous string package provided by Augustine Strings | Generous string package provided by Savarez
4th Prize: $3,000 Cash* Three year supply (twenty-six sets a year) of D’Addario guitar strings in addition to Planet Waves guitar accessories Generous string package provided by Augustine Strings | Generous string package provided by Savarez
Other prizes awarded include gift certificates from Guitar Solo Publications (GSP) and Strings By Mail, and products from Kling-On. All semifinalists will receive a $500 travel stipend.
JURY Preliminary Round: Vojislav Ivanovic, Irina Kulikova, Iliana Matos, Helen Sanderson, and Georg Schmitz Semifinal and Final Rounds: Randy Avers, Shelly Berg, Zoran Dukic, Marcin Dylla, Rene Izquierdo, Dariusz Kupinski, and Raphaella Smits
COMPETITION SUMMARY The Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition takes place in three rounds. The Preliminary Round is open to all applicants, ages 17 and older, of any nationality. All rounds are open to the public. Competitors’ performance includes ten minutes of free choice repertoire, plus the performance of the GFA-commissioned set piece by Pat Metheny (see photo/biography on page 15).
Twelve players will be selected to advance to the Semifinal Round. In the Semifinal Round, each competitor will play twenty-five minutes of music, including the required piece, Fantasia, by Roberto Gerhard. Material from the Preliminary Round may not be repeated in the Semifinal Round.
Four players will advance to the Final Round. Each of the four finalists will perform a thirty minute free choice program, plus the set piece by Pat Metheny. Material from previous rounds may not be repeated in the Final Round.
Note: See a complete list of past ICAC winners on page 85. *All prizes subject to mandatory 30% federal tax withholding for foreign prize-winners; U.S. prize-winners will be issued an IRS-1099 Form. MIAMI 13 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA XXXVII INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ARTIST COMPETITION 2019
Photos/names below are followed by their biography page numbers. PRELIMINARY ROUND JURORS
Vojislav Ivanovic Irina Kulikova Iliana Matos Helen Sanderson Vojislav Ivanovic (55) Irina Kulikova (62) Iliana Matos (64) Georg Schmitz
Helen Sanderson Georg Schmitz SEMIFINAL & FINAL ROUND JURORS
Randy Avers Shelly Berg Zoran Dukic Randy Avers (40) Shelly Berg (34) Zoran Dukic (68) Marcin Dylla Rene Izquierdo Dariusz Kupinski Raphaella Smits
Marcin Dylla (48) Rene Izquierdo Dariusz Kupinski
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MIAMI, FL JUNE 17–22, 2019 2019 Set Composer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz cene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility -a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional "jazz guitar" sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to redefine the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument.
Metheny's versatility is nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces and even the robotic instruments of his Orchestrion project, while always sidestepping the limits of any one genre.
As well as being an accomplished musician, Metheny has also participated in the academic arena as a music educator. At 18, he was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher ever at the Berklee College of Music, where he also received an honorary doctorate more than twenty years later (1996). He has also taught music workshops all over the world, from the Dutch Royal Conservatory to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz to clinics in Asia and South America. He has also been a true musical pioneer in the realm of electronic music, and was one of the very first jazz musicians to treat the synthesizer as a serious musical instrument. Years before the invention of MIDI technology, Metheny was using the Synclavier as a composing tool. He also has been instrumental in the development of several new kinds of guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar, the 42-string Pikasso guitar, Ibanez’s PM series jazz guitars, and a variety of other custom instruments.
It is one thing to attain popularity as a musician, but it is another to receive the kind of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics and peers. Over the years, Metheny has won countless polls as "Best Jazz Guitarist" and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won 20 Grammy Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Instrumental Composition at one point winning seven consecutive Grammies for seven consecutive albums. In 2015 he was inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame, becoming only the fourth guitarist to be included (along with Django Reinhardt, Charlie Chrisitan and Wes Montgomery) and it’s youngest member. Metheny has spent much of his life on tour, often doing more than 100 shows a year since becoming a bandleader in the 70’s. At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic visions.
MIAMI 15 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION
PRIZES 2019 Senior Division (Ages 15–18) 1st Prize: $2,000* 2nd Prize: $1,000* 3rd Prize: $750* 4th Prize: $500*
Junior Division (Ages 14 & Under) 1st Prize: $1,000* 2nd Prize: $750* 3rd Prize: $500* 4th Prize: $250*
Other prizes awarded to all Finalists will include: Strings generously donated by D’Addario, Savarez, and Augustine Gift Certificates from Guitar Solo Publications (GSP); Kling-On Products All competitors receive gift certificates from Strings By Mail.
COMPETITION SUMMARY The Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition takes place in two rounds.
The Preliminary Round is open to applicants who meet the age requirements for each division of the competition. This round is closed to the public, and takes place on Friday, June 21. Competitors will perform their choice of any piece from the Heitor Villa-Lobos Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Editions Max Eschig, plus up to seven minutes of free choice repertoire.
Four applicants in each division will advance to the Final Round. Finalists for both divisions will be announced at the end of the Zoran Dukic 4pm concert in Gusman Hall on Friday, June 21. The Final Round for the Junior Division takes place on Saturday, June 22 at 9:30am in Clarke Hall and is open to the public. All competitors must perform two contrasting works, not to exceed twelve minutes in playing time. The Final Round for the Senior Division takes place on Saturday, June 22 at 1:30pm in Clarke Hall. All competitors must perform three contrasting works, not to exceed fifteen minutes in playing time.
The Awards Ceremony for both divisions will be held prior to the ICAC Finals at 5:45pm on Saturday, June 22 in Gusman Hall. Finalists for both divisions will be announced at the intermission of Manuel Barrueco 8pm concert in Gusman Hall on Friday, June 21. JURY Senior Division: Stephen Aron, Petrit Çeku, Laura Snowden; Junior Division: Raphaël Feuillâtre, Adam Levin, Helene Rottenberg Photos/names below are followed by their biography page numbers. IYC SENIOR DIVISION JURORS
Stephen Aron Petrit Çeku (32) Laura Snowden (38)
IYC JUNIOR DIVISION JURORS
Raphaël Feuillâtre (20) Adam Levin (28) Helene Rottenberg (80)
Note: See a complete list of past IYC winners on page 85. *All prizes subject to mandatory 30% federal tax withholding for foreign prize-winners; U.S. prize-winners will be issued an IRS-1099 Form. 16 MIAMI GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA III INTERNATIONAL ENSEMBLE COMPETITION
2019 PRIZES 1st Prize: $3,000* and Concert at the 2020 GFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN** 2nd Prize: $1500* 3rd Prize: $750*
Other prizes awarded to all finalists will include: Strings generously donated by D’Addario, Savarez, and Augustine
COMPETITION SUMMARY The Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition takes place in one round. The Single Round is open to applicants who meet the age requirements and ensemble size requirements for each division of the competition. This round is open to the public, and takes place on Friday, June 21 (International Ensemble Competition or IEC). Competitors are allowed to perform for up to 15 minutes of free-choice repertoire.
The results of the International Ensemble Competition will be announced at the end of the 4:00pm Zoran Dukic concert in Gusman Hall on Friday, June 21.
Prize winners will give a Winner’s Concert on Saturday, June 22 at 11:00am in Gusman Hall, which is open to the public. JURY IEAC: Benoit Albert, Alex Dunn, Douglas Lora, João Luiz, Helen Sanderson. Photos/names below are followed by their biography page numbers.
IEC JURORS
Benoit Albert Alex Dunn Douglas Lora (58) João Luiz (58) Helen Sanderson
*All prizes subject to mandatory 30% federal tax withholding for foreign prize-winners; US prize-winners will be issued an IRS-1099 Form. **The concert prize is awarded for the 1st Prize of the International Ensemble Artist Competition only. Included with this prize is lodging for the following year’s convention and travel expenses up to $2,000. Jurors are not obligated to award a first place prize.
MIAMI 17 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION 2016 TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS and MASTERCLASSES Technique Workshops are “hands-on”, so please feel free to bring your guitar. Note: Numbers after artist names are biography page numbers.
Fabio Zanon (45) Jason Vieaux (18) Goran Krivokapic (74) Tuesday, June 21, 9am Tuesday, June 21, 1:30pm Wednesday, June 22, 9am TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP MASTERCLASS TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP (Recital Hall) (Recital Hall) (Recital Hall)
Raphaella Smits (35) Marco Sartor (24) Benjamin Verdery (65) Wednesday, June 22, 1:30pm Thursday, June 23, 9am Thursday, June 23, 1:30pm MASTERCLASS TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP MASTERCLASS (Recital Hall) (Recital Hall) (Recital Hall)
Aleksandr Tsiboulski (50) Judicaël Perroy (63) Friday, June 24, 9am Saturday, June 25, 9am TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP (Recital Hall) (Recital Hall)
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MASTERCLASS PERFORMERS (Order of performers is subject to change)
Marcin Dylla | Tuesday, June 18, 1:30pm | Clarke Hall Daniel Monaghan El Decameron Negro: El Arpa del Guerrero L. Brouwer Jack Davisson Sonata for Guitar: I. Esordio, II. Scherzo A. Ginastera Chanhyeok Lee Sevilla I. Albeniz Nolan Juaire Suite Venezolana: II. Danza Negra, IV. Vals Antonio Lauro
Raphaella Smits | Friday, June 21, 1:30pm | Clarke Hall Henry Bayless Canarios G. Sanz Francesca Boerio Prelude in E major from Violin Partita J.S. Bach Matthew Gillen Sonata Romántica: I. Allegro Moderato M. Ponce Taylor Klinsky Scottish-Choro H. Villa-Lobos
Manuel Barrueco | Saturday, June 22, 2:30pm | Gusman Hall Francisco Venegas Prelude No. 1 from A. Villamil Tres Preludios Latinoamericanos Giulia Ballare Pavane triste and Finale A. Jose Jesus Serrano Caprice 24 N. Paganini Yuexuan Huang Selections from Five Bagatelles W. Walton
Please note that the order of performers is subject to change.
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LECTURE Tuesday, June 18 9:00am | Room: Foster 206 Ioannis Theodoridis 2019 MIAMI
How a better anatomical understanding can assist guitar performance and pedagogy What are common misconceptions around optimal use of the body for playing guitar, and why is natural technique so hard to find? How come, regardless of experience, some performers exhibit physical fluency whilst others don’t? Despite the need for complex and intricate muscular coordination when playing an instrument, the average musician’s knowledge of relevant anatomy and movement is generally low and often misinformed. With an emerging treasure trove of information and discoveries found in the research of sports physiology and biomechanics, it is no longer a matter of lack of knowledge—but instead applying an up to date understanding of the body to the everyday demands of musicians.
This lecture will introduce a biomechanics method designed for musicians called Timani, and how transferring relevant sports and movement research to music making can present us with a more concrete understanding of how the body works when playing an instrument. Alongside anatomical explanations, customized exercises are taught to re-train certain muscles for better biomechanical coordination and strength. This approach has had musicians report experiencing an increased sense of stability, freedom of movement, technical security, and ability to express their musical intention. Increased anatomical understanding and better coordination can also help to prevent pain or injury caused by mal-alignment and compensatory muscular patterns.
This physiology method for musicians is developed by Tina Margareta Nilssen, teacher at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH), and has been research by NMH associate professor Vibeke Breian’s at the Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education (CEMPE) in Oslo, focusing on the implementation of this method for conservatoire level students. The results of the study saw the method being adopted and taught at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Musik Akademie Basel.
Biography Awarded the National Scholarship Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music four years in a row, guitarist Ioannis Theodoridis’ concert appearances include Wigmore Hall, the Stockholm Concert House, Barbican Centre, and Uppsala Concert House. In 2018 he was the recipient of Sweden’s biennial guitar award, the Jörgen Rörby Prize.
Ioannis specialises in physiology for musicians, having studied at the The Musician’s Health and Movement Institute in Norway, Timani with Tina Margareta Nilssen, and Alexander Technique at the Royal College of Music in London. He has taught physiology for musician’s at Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music, TU University of Music and Dance Dublin, the Swedish Guitar and Lute Festival and Nyköping Guitar Seminars.
He has received prizes from the Kempe-Carlgrenska Fund, Anders Sandrews Trust, Lennox Berkeley Society, Gålö Foundation and Helge Ax:son Johnson’s Foundation, and has won guitar awards at the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire during his studies. In 2017-2019 Ioannis studied a Master of Advanced Studies at CSI in Lugano, Switzerland with Lorenzo Micheli, and his performances and productions have been broadcast by Swedish Radio P2, BBC Radio 3, and Classic FM.
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LECTURE Tuesday, June 18 10am | Room: Foster 206 Bráulio Bosi 2019 MIAMI
Guitar Technique and Injury Prevention Guitarists are susceptible to multiple injuries directly related to guitar technique: carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral epicondylitis, medial epicondylitis, neuropathy of the ulnar nerve and stenosing tenosynovitis, among others. A literature review shows that most injuries affecting guitarists are caused by common faulty techniques that include excessive flexion, extension or sideways deviations of the wrist, compression of the forearm muscles, exaggerated bending of the elbow, prolonged periods of maximal supination of the wrist and large amounts of tensioned positions. The footstool, while widely used, may contribute to chronic injuries as it moves the spine away from its natural shape. Placement of the music stand, ergonomic supports as well as the chair guitarists choose play an important role in ensuring a technique free of tension. In summary, the guitarist should search for the neutral position when playing, a position where the joints are around the mid-point of their entire range of motion and where the body finds more stability and relaxation. Based on the evidence available, this lecture will discuss the main causes of injuries, analyze the footstool and different ergonomic supports, and identify faulty techniques while proposing solutions that place the guitarist’s body closer to the neutral position, reducing tension and theoretically decreasing the chances of playing-related injuries.
Biography Bráulio Bosi is the guitar professor at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He graduated in Music Education from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Brazil) and possesses a master’s degree from Oklahoma City University and a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, both in classical guitar performance. Dr. Bosi currently researches in the field of performing arts medicine. He has co-authored a book on musician’s health entitled The Musician’s Health in Focus: Multiple Perspectivesand his papers have been published by peer-reviewed journals worldwide including American Music Teacher, MTNA E-Journal, Per Musi, Musica Hodie, among others.
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LECTURE Tuesday, June 18 10am | Room: Foster 239 Fábio Bartoloni 2019 MIAMI
“The Chant of the Carpideiras”: the most Brazilian étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos This lecture proposes a discussion on a presence of Brazilian elements in the Twelve Études for Guitar by Villa-Lobos. Controversy has surrounded the work for many years since its dedication to Andres Segovia, who has never performed the whole work, until the discovery of the manuscript version at the end of the last century, which contains several differences from the edited version of the 1950s.
On the order hand, it is undeniable that the work is a milestone in the guitar repertoire of the 20th century. The études are considered a universal work, with no explicit Brazilian aspects, but the analysis of some elements may deny this assumption. The central point of this lecture will be an analysis of the eleventh étude, work that contains typically Brazilian elements, for instance, a tune that evokes the chant of the “carpideiras” (mourners) of the northeast of Brazil. Also, they were composed at the end of a decade when Villa-Lobos was chosen as the musical icon of the Modern Art Week of 1922 in Sao Paulo, an event that caused a revolution in the Brazilian Nationalism.
Biography Fábio Bartoloni is a Doctor of Musical Arts, receiving this degree in Guitar Performance from the Arizona State University, where he worked under Frank Koonce’s supervision, holding a TA position. His research discussed the broadening of the repertoire for guitar and piano duo, focusing on an arrangement of the first Bachianas Brasileiras by Villa-Lobos. During this degree, he was chosen an Outstanding Graduate, representing the whole Herberger Institute for the Design and the Arts. He has also been the recipient of several other prizes, such as the Joan Frazer Award 2016-2017, Mozarteum Competition and Souza Lima Competition. Fábio is currently Adjunct Guitar Professor at Sao Paulo State University in Brazil, where he also teaches at the Villa-Lobos Conservatory. With his father, Giacomo Bartoloni, he has formed the Duo Bartoloni which has led to the release of the CD 5 Compositores Brasileiros por 2 Violonistas and to tours in Brazil and Europe (Paris, Laon and Darmstadt, etc). He also performs in a duo with his wife, the pianist Daniela Lucatelle. They have been playing worldwide, including performances in Europe (X Festival Guitares en Picardie in France, St. Mary-at-Finchley Church in London, Mannheim Musicschule in Germany), in the United States (The Phoenix Musical Instrument Museum, Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe Center for the Arts, MusicaNova Series), and Brazil. The Duo Lucatelle-Bartoloni also recorded the CD Sonatas and Fantasias that featured exclusively original works for guitar and piano duo. He is a founding member of the Quarteto Tau with whom he toured France and the UK including concerts at St. Martin in the Fields church in London and the Cambridge University along with international festivals in France. They recorded the albums Brasileiro and Cordas Brasileiras, produced by Paulo Bellinati.
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CONCERT Tuesday, June 18 11am | Gusman Hall Rafael Padrón
Cuban born guitarist, Rafael Padrón, began studying the guitar at the age of eleven. He attended the National School of Art in Havana, Cuba, where he completed his studies with the distinguished Argentinean teacher and performer, Victor Pellegrini. In 1986, he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Advanced Institute of Art in Havana, where he graduated with a degree in music in 1991, receiving the “Student of High Achievement” award. He has studied in masterclasses with such artists as composer Leo Brouwer, guitarists Maria Luisa Anido, Alvaro Pierri, Costa Cotsiolis and David Russell.
Mr. Padrón has won top prizes in many national and international competitions, among them the Best Interpretation of Latin American Music in Havana; The Diploma of Honor at the International Classical Guitar Competition in Chile; a top prize at the National Guitar Competition in Havana and winner of the Montpelier Cultural Arts Center Recital Series Competitions in United States of America.
He has been featured in festivals like the International Festival of the Guitar in Havana, Cuba; The International Festival of Music of the Hatillo in Caracas, Venezuela, where he premiered Leo Brouwer’s Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 3, “Elegíaco”; The International Guitar Festival in Costa Rica were he premiered Leo Brouwer’s Suite “From Yesterday to Penny Lane”; The International Festival of the Guitar in Panama, The International Music Festival in Costa Rica and The Festival Iberoamericano de Guitarra, Tenerife, Spain, Rust International Guitar Festival and Competition, Rust, Austria, and Brno International Guitar Festival, Czech Republic.
Rafael Padrón has performed both solo and with orchestras in various cities in Cuba, Chile, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Japan, Spain and in the United States of America. He has performed as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Matanzas, Cuba; the Grand Marshall of Ayacucho Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; the Chamber Orchestra of Caracas, Venezuela; the Camerata Latinoamericana of Costa Rica,The Independence Symphony Orchestra in Costa Rica, Panama National Symphony Orchestra and with The Panamerican Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C.
Mr. Padrón has taught classical guitar at the Jose Antonio and Carmen Calcaño Foundation of Caracas, Venezuela; at the National University of Heredia, Costa Rica; the Costa Rica University of San Jose,Costa Rica; The Paco de Malaga Guitar Gallery in Washington D.C.; The Olenka Music School, Columbia, Maryland, and The Levine School in Washington D.C. Mr. Padrón graduated from the Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where he completed his Graduate Performance Diploma on a full scholarship, under the tutelage of world-renowned guitarist Manuel Barrueco. Mr. Padrón accomplished his Masters Degree Diploma at the University of Miami in December 2005. He has recorded four CDs Fandango with Aurora Guitar Quartet, and solo Noviembre, Alhambra and Barrios.
Currently, he is the Program Director of Classical Guitar at Frost School of Music, University of Miami.
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Omaggio a Debussy Leo Brouwer Omaggio a Mangoré (b. 1939) Omaggio a Caturla Omaggio a Prokofiev Omaggio a Tárrega Omaggio a Sor Omaggio a Villa-Lobos Omaggio a Piazzolla Omaggio a Szymanowski Omaggio a Stravinsky
An Idea Cantilena de los bosques Un dia de Noviembre
Guajira Criolla Drume Negrita Danza Característica
Elogio de la Danza Lento Obstinato
Suite No.1 Preludio con expresión Allegro burlesco Andantino un poco lento
Tres piezas latinoamericanas Danza del Altiplano Canción Triste (Guastavino) La Muerte del Ángel (Piazzolla)
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CONCERT Tuesday, June 18 11am | Gusman Hall Duo Sonidos
Celebrating 13 years together, Duo Sonidos has won over classical music audiences as a fresh addition to established concert series internationally.
Adam Levin, classical guitarist (www.adamlevinguitar.com), and William Knuth, violinist (www.williamknuth.com), are celebrated artists both individually and collectively as Duo Sonidos.
These brilliant young men released their debut CD to critical acclaim from such esteemed magazines as American Record Guide, Classical Guitar Magazine, Music Web International, Fanfare Magazine and BBC Music Magazine. Julian Haylock of BBC Music Magazine describes Duo Sonidos’ playing as having a “loose-limbed, easy virtuoso ‘cool’ and beguiling tonal warmth that combines laid back intuitiveness with classical sophistication... stunning performances from Duo Sonidos.”
Both Mr. Knuth and Mr. Levin are Fulbright Scholars and international prize-winners, including first prize at the Luys Milan International Chamber Music Competition in Valencia, Spain. They have toured extensively across the United States and Europe. Highlights from US touring include appearances at the National Gallery of Art, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Strathmore Performing Arts Center, Jordan Hall, the Krannert Center for the Performing arts, Old First Concerts, among others.
They are planning a three-CD recording project that will highlight the entire violin and guitar catalog of guitarist and arranger, Gregg Nestor. In February 2019, the duo released volume one of Nestor’s arrangements on the Naxos Label, which reached #3 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart. Volume two is slated for recording in November 2019. The duo is also dedicated to championing contemporary repertoire, including pieces by Spanish composer, Jorge Muñiz, Cuban-Spanish Composer, Eduardo Morales-Caso, Israeli composer, Jan Freidlin, among others.
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Sonata D Major George Frideric Handel Affetuoso (1685-1759) Allegro arr. Allen Krantz Larghetto Allegro from Homenajes* Eduardo Morales-Caso A Frederic Mompou (b. 1969)
Three American Pieces Lukas Foss Early Song (1922-2009) Dedication arr. Gregg Nestor Composer’s Holiday
Dawn and Wild Dance Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) arr. Nestor and Krantz
*For Duo Sonidos
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LECTURE Tuesday, June 18 1:30pm | Room: Foster 206 Avril Kinsey 2019 MIAMI
Discovering 320 Works for Classical Guitar by 72 South African Composers The talk on Dr. Kinsey’s research outlines the world’s first comprehensive investigation of music for the classical guitar by South African composers.
The subject had not attracted the attention of academic researchers in South Africa or other parts of the world, as was discovered during the initial two and a half years of MMus research undertaken at the University of Cape Town from 2007 to 2009. The most important Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) and university-specific databases cited only 5 composers in the country. Further research conducted extensively at the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), as well as through the media and through personal contacts, eventually led to the astonishing discovery of 72 composers and 320 works. Among the discovery was a unique find, that of Dance of the Rain by Priaulx Rainier composed in 1947 and recorded by Julian Bream on acetate in 1962. While more recent research findings between the years 2010 to 2018 include some substantial work by younger composers.
The talk is presented with an audio/visual presentation, including several audio samples, which provide a general overview of the literature and feature some of the most important solo and chamber repertoire to emerge from South Africa. A brief historical survey provides context and highlights the quantitative and qualitative findings.
The conclusion assesses the aesthetic and practical value of this repertoire and comments on the variety of musical styles of several of the most prominent South African composers. Amongst these are Stanley Glasser of King Kong fame and Kevin Volans of White Man Sleeps fame, as well as younger composers such as Derek Gripper, famous for his arrangements and compositions of West African kora music for the classical guitar. Gripper achieved international recognition through his performances with John Williams, while Kinsey’s large-scale chamber work the Fynbos Suite, composed for her DMus degree, has made her the first classical guitar composer in South Africa to have achieved a Doctoral degree in composition.
Biography Avril Kinsey has studied with internationally renowned performers and teachers, including Narciso Yepes, Ernesto Bitetti, Carlos Bonell, and Christopher Parkening. She received her Masters of Music degree from the University of Cape Town with distinction, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Jules Kramer Fine Arts and Music Scholarship, the KW Johnstone Research Bursary and the Adcock Ingram Classical Guitar Competition First Prize.
Her performing career has taken her to Singapore, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Denmark, England, Scotland, North America, Greece and Italy, many of which led to numerous live radio and television broadcasts. In 1988 she made her orchestral debut with the National Symphony Orchestra performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez under the baton of Garcia Asensio. Performing with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996 she accompanied Luciano Pavarotti during the Cape Town visit of his world tour.
Kinsey has composed over 40 works for, and including, the classical guitar. Most have been published by Art Music Editions and many recorded on the Art Music label. Her works have been featured in television documentaries and radio programs (SABC TV, BBC Radio & TV, Austrian Radio) and KPFK Radio in the USA. Several of her guitar works include the re-creation of bird calls, and the sounds of ethnic African instruments.
Kinsey is the author of two music books Guitar Music from Africa and Guitar on Safari and the performer on 5 CDs. Her writings and articles have also been published internationally in Classical Guitar, Soundboard and www.avrilkinsey.net. Kinsey composed the Fynbos Suite and an orchestral ballet, Vulcanus, which features the guitar, and which formed part of her portfolio for her Doctor of Music degree at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. She is the founding director of the Cape Town Academy of Music (www.avrilkinsey.net/cape-town- academy-of-music/) and the Cape Town International Guitar Festival http://www.capetownguitarfestival.com and Avril Kinsey Classical Guitar Competition. 30 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION
LECTURE Tuesday, June 18 2:30pm | Room: Foster 206 Marco Sartor 2019 MIAMI
Toward Personalized Guitar Fingerings Our proficiency in finding the best guitar fingerings is directly related to the stage in which we are as musicians. By dividing fingering proficiency in four stages, Dr. Marco Sartor will: (A) discuss benefits and disadvantages of fingering paradigms; (B) directly relate fingerings with musical outcomes; (C) reveal obstacles and assumptions that prevent us from arriving at personal fingerings and interpretations; and (D) help us build an accurate picture of our technical and musical proficiency, while unveiling paths to reach higher levels.
Biography Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Marco Sartor is a top prize winner in numerous international competitions, including First Prizes at the JoAnn Falletta International Concerto Competition, the Schadt String Competition and the Texas Guitar Competition among others. He has performed solo and chamber music recitals in three continents to critical and public acclaim, and appeared with orchestras such as the Allentown Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Ann Arbor Symphony, and SODRE in Uruguay.
As an active pedagogue, Dr. Marco Sartor has given numerous masterclasses in universities and conservatories in the USA and abroad. He has implemented successful guitar programs at the Carnegie Mellon Music Preparatory School in Pittsburgh, PA and the Charleston Academy of Music in Charleston, SC, and has served on the faculty of the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL. He has recently been appointed Assistant Teaching Professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
Marco holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, and has also received degrees from the College of Charleston and Carnegie Mellon University. For more info, please visit MarcoSartor.com.
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CONCERT Tuesday, June 18 4pm | Gusman Hall Petrit Çeku
Petrit Çeku’s exquisite sensibility and expressiveness have attracted and engaged audiences worldwide. He has performed many solo recitals throughout Europe and North America and accompanied major symphonic orchestras such as Allentown Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Albanian Radio-Symphony, State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Kosovo Philharmonic and Zagreb Philharmonic. He also appears regularly with the well-known string ensemble Zagreb Soloists and is a founding member of Guitar Trio Elogio, a guitar ensemble established in 2008.
Hailed by guitar critic Colin Cooper as “a soloist of the highest ability,” Çeku has won nine first prizes in international guitar competitions, including the Parkening Competition in Malibu, USA (2012). He was also the winner of the Schadt Competition in Allentown, USA (2011) and the Maurizio Biasini guitar competition in Bologna, Italy (2011), in addition to the Pittaluga Competition in Alessandria, Italy (2007), among others.
Born in 1985 in Prizren, Kosovo, Çeku began his musical instruction with Luan Sapunxhiu, later moving to Zagreb, Croatia, to study with Xhevdet Sahatxhija. In 2008, he graduated from the renowned Zagreb Academy of Music, in the class of Darko Petrinjak. From 2009-2013, he refined his craft under the instruction of Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA.
Regarded by many as one of the greatest guitarists of this generation, Çeku's first CD was released in 2008 under the American label Naxos. In that same year, he was awarded Best Young Musician by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. In May 2016 the Spanish label Eudora released his recording of all six Bach Cello Suites, arranged by Valter Dešpalj. He plays on a Ross Gutmeier guitar.
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Sonata in C major Joseph Haydn Allegro (1732-1809) Menuetto arr. Valter Dešpalj Moderato from Symphony No. 3 in D major Luka Sorkočević Andante (1734-1789) arr. Xhevdet Sahatxhija
Three Songs Franz Schubert Lob der Thränen (1797-1828) Aufenthalt arr. Johann Kaspar Mertz Ständchen
Una Limosna por el amor de Dios Agustín Barrios Etude No. 1 in A major (1885-1944)
Cinco piezas para guitarra Astor Piazzolla Campero (1921-1992) Romántico Acentuado Tristón Compadre
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CONCERT Tuesday, June 18 8pm | Gusman Hall Inside the Artistry of Yamandu Costa: An Evening of Conversation and Performance with Yamandu Costa and Shelly Berg
Yamandu Costa is a spectacular 7 string guitarist and composer who makes music with soulful passion, playful grace, and stunning virtuosity that has transcended the borders of Brazil and become universally acclaimed wherever he performs. Born into a musical family in Rio Grande do Sul, he began to play at age 6 and learned a staggering variety of styles like choro, South American folk, tango, milonga, chamamé, indigenous genres, and jazz - an eclecticism that marks his virtuosity and makes his technical skill far more striking and instantly accessible. Nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album in 2010, 2014 and 2018, Yamandu is a unique guitar player, composer and arranger, improviser and interpreter who does not fit into a single category, but instead creates his own when playing his 7-string guitar. Extensive touring has showcased his genius and natural ability of enchanting the audience at sold out venues around the world. Many musicians have invited Yamandu for live projects and recordings including Bobby McFerrin, Richard Galliano, Doug de Vries, Gilberto Gil, Toquinho, João Bosco, Ney Matogrosso, Marisa Monte, Renato Borghetti and many more. Yamandu has recorded 14 CDs and 3 DVDs, solo, in duo or with his trio. He has also performed as featured soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National de France.
Shelly Berg is a Steinway piano artist and five-time Grammy-nominated arranger, orchestrator, and producer. His album projects Gershwin Reimagined: An American in London (Decca Gold), The Deep (Chesky), The Nearness of You (Arbors), Blackbird (Concord) and The Will (CARS) are critically acclaimed. Berg earned three Grammy nominations in the Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) category with jazz singer-lyricist Lorraine Feather and international superstar Gloria Estefan, and a fourth Grammy nomination as co-producer of Gloria Estefan: The Standards (Sony). He earned his fifth Grammy nomination as co-arranger of “I Loves You Porgy/There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York” from the album Rendezvous (2018) featuring jazz singers Clint Holmes and Dee Dee Bridgewater with The Count Basie Orchestra. Recent projects include recording and/or performing with Tony Bennett, Seal, Lizz Wright, Andra Day, Clint Holmes, Renée Fleming, and Arturo Sandoval. He is also the host of a monthly radio show Generation Next on Sirius XM, music director of The Jazz Cruise, and artistic advisor for the Jazz Roots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami.
An award-winning educator with 39 years of leadership in higher education, Shelly Berg is Dean and Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. He was previously the McCoy/Sample Professor of Jazz Studies at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and a past president of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE). In 2003 he was honored as Educator of the Year by the Los Angeles Jazz Society and in 2002 received the IAJE Lawrence Berk Leadership Award. In 2000 the Los Angeles Times named him one of three “Educators for the Millennium.”
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In tonight’s special event, University of Miami Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg will interview Yamandu Costa on stage to learn more about his unique approach to his instrument, his preference for the 7-string guitar, his childhood travels throughout South America performing at festivals, and much more. Yamandu will answer with words, but also with his instrument, of course, by demonstrating techniques, showing different genres, and also playing a few of his favorites compositions that have marked his career. He will also take some questions from the audience. This will be a very special opportunity to gain some insight and witness the virtuosity of one of today’s great guitar players.
This evening's event was generously sponsored by Savarez.
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LECTURE Wednesday, June 19 9:00am | Room: Foster 206 Robert Trent 2019 MIAMI
An Introduction to Interpretation and Improvisation in Guitar Music of the Early 19th Century Improvisation has always been a part of music making in all cultures and of all epochs. Composer-guitarists where just that, one and the same, whereby they wrote cadenza as can be found, not only in concerti, but in solo works. Why then has the practice of improvisation largely disappeared from modern performances of classical/romantic era musics? This session will focus on evidence of improvisation as found in the documents and literature of nineteenth-century guitarist-composers. In addition, the interpretation of music of the same era will be explicated as those who composed and performed it wrote on the subject.
Biography Robert Trent appears regularly on the concert stage in North and South America, Europe, and in Asia, performing modern guitar, Renaissance lute, archlute, and historic instruments of the nineteenth-century.
Reviewers have said: “His interpretations are dignified, formal, and carefully thought out, with a sense of structural integrity that informs every passing tone.” –New York Times
“A SEASONED ARTIST STRUMS THE DEPTHS (headline) “.... he seemed most intent on using his sweet, crystalline sound to plumb the emotional depths of each work.” -Philadelphia Inquirer
“Perhaps the best Chamber Music recording of the year.” Fanfare, Jerry Dubins. Review of “Concert Royaux” on Epiphany Recordings Ltd. Robert Trent, archlute.
A recording artist for Dorian Records© (with Duo Firenze) in “Italian Nocturnes: Music for Fortepiano and Early 19thc. Guitar”, “Traveler’s Tales” TownHall Records (CPS- 8776), with flutist Leslie Marrs (Oasis label) entitled, “Robert Fruehwald: Flute and Guitar Music”, on archlute on the recent “Concerts Royaux” on Epiphany Records.
Published by www.guitarchambermusic.org ; he has contributed improvised cadenzas in the style of Fernando Sor to the “Complete Sonatas of Diabelli, Giuliani and Sor, Vol. 1”, and; served on the editorial team of the Guitar Foundation of America’s ‘Soundboard Scholar’; blogs on music, guitar, practicing and historical performance practice at kitharamuse.blogspot.com/
The first recipient of the degree DMA in guitar performance (Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University), he studied with Julian Gray, Manuel Barrueco, Ronn McFarlane; holds the M.A. music (Trenton State College), from whom he has received the Distinguished Music Alumni Award, and the B.M. in performance from the University of the Arts.
In his 26th year as Full Professor of Music at Radford University, he is in his 19th year as director of Radford University’s Annual International Guitar Festival. His students are performers, educators, and administrators in the U.S., and in Asia.
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LECTURE Wednesday, June 19 10am | Room: Foster 206 Andrew Leonard and Matt Pidgeon 2019 MIAMI
The Pain Free Guitarist: Prevention & Recovery This lecture is an introduction to the Egoscue Method, an approach to preventing and treating pain and injuries by realigning the body, given by Matt Pidgeon, Director of the Egoscue Clinic in Boston, MA and classical guitarist Andrew Leonard. Andrew Leonard will share his story of working with Matt Pidgeon and the Egosuce Method to realign his body after 30+ years of classical guitar playing. Before working with Matt, Andrew was experiencing pain on the entire right side of his body, including numbness in the right arm while practicing and believed he was on the verge of serious injury. Instead of seeking physical therapy to treat one area of pain, Andrew’s search to find the source of his problem led to the Egosucue Method and Matt Pidgeon. Matt Pidgeon will describe mis-alignment issues that can occur while playing classical guitar, share his experiences working with musicians at the Berklee School of Music and lead the audience through several Functionality tests and corrective Egoscue Exercises. The Egoscue Method, created by Pete Egoscue an anatomical physiologist, is based on the belief that the body is perfect by design, most pain is the result of imbalances due to overuse or injury and the human body has amazing regenerative power to heal itself if postural alignment is restored. The Egoscue method uses gentle exercises that—when done with proper form in the right sequence—can restore posture, eliminate chronic pain, and increase functional mobility.
Biographies Andrew Leonard’s classical guitar playing has been referred to as "spirited and convincing" in Soundboard Magazine and "inspiring...effortless style" in Northeast Performer. Andrew’s two solo recordings, A World of Guitar Music and Music of the Ages have received airplay on National Public Radio affiliates nationwide. As a member of the Leonard & Smith Guitar Duo, Andrew performed for 15 years with Grammy Award winning acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, Doug Smith. For TrueFire.com, Andrew created several classical guitar courses and runs their monthly membership channel: The Classical Guitar Conservatory. As a college level educator, Andrew ran the guitar program at the University of Kentucky and taught at Wesleyan University. He co-taught week long guitar programs with Scott Tennant, David Leisner, Benjamin Verdery and Dennis Koster at the National Guitar Workshop and other summer festivals. As a faculty member of the Northampton Community Music Center, Andrew uses his Suzuki guitar training to teach students as young as 3. Additionally, he was the Director of the Childbloom Program of Woodford County in Kentucky. Andrew has a master of music degree from the Yale School of Music and is an endorsee for the D’Addario String company. For further information: www.Andrew-Leonard.com As the Clinic Director of the Egoscue of Boston clinic, Matt Pidgeon has helped hundreds of people, from all walks of life, find relief from acute and chronic pain to improve body performance in the activities that fulfill them. In the field of music, Matt has worked professional musicians to relieve chronic, overuse pain associated with playing an instrument or singing. Matt was also a speaker and presenter at Berklee College of Music’s Berklee Teachers on Teaching (BTOT) event. At BTOT, Matt educated Berklee professors, across all departments, in how the Egoscue Method can help relieve and prevent pain and conditions most commonly experienced by musicians. Matt received a bachelor of science in athletic training from Springfield College and is a certified Advanced Exercise Therapist through the Egoscue Institute. Matt worked in the sports medicine and rehabilitation fields at the collegiate, high school, and clinical levels for several years before discovering the Egoscue Method.
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CONCERT Wednesday, June 19 11am | Gusman Hall Laura Snowden
'A poignant, mesmerising show....held the Wigmore Hall rapt' (The Guardian) ‘A true musician whose interpretative capabilities are profound and exciting’ (Classical Guitar Magazine)
Award-winning classical guitarist and composer Laura Snowden was handpicked by Julian Bream to give the Julian Bream Trust concerts at Wigmore Hall in 2015 and 2017, premiering the Trust’s new commissions by Olli Mustonen and Julian Anderson. Laura was the first guitarist to graduate from the world-renowned Yehudi Menuhin School, where guitar tuition was made possible by a donation from the Rolling Stones. Last year she recorded a new guitar concerto by Lisa Streich with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, later premiering it at the Ernst von Siemens Award Ceremony in Munich. Laura draws on her Celtic folk background with her folk ensemble Tir Eolas, with whom she has performed at venues as wide-ranging as the Royal Albert Hall and Shakespeare's Globe at the invitation of guitarist John Williams.
As a composer, Laura has been commissioned by VIDA Guitar Quartet, the Park Lane Group and the International Guitar Foundation. She won First Prize at the Volos International Guitar Composition Competition and her song Live Free was performed at over 300 simultaneous concerts in 60 countries for the charity Voices for Hospices.
Laura currently teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School and has given classes alongside performances at the International Guitar Foundation's Summer School, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Birmingham Conservatoire, Uppsala International Guitar Festival, and the Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium.
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Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart op. 9 Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Anpao Laura Snowden (b. 1989)
Sonata no 2* Olli Mustonen Drammatico, con rubato (b. 1967) Misterioso, con rubato Con fuoco
L’étoile et la Rose Laura Snowden
Introduction et Caprice op. 23 Giulio Regondi (1822-1872)
*Julian Bream Trust commission 2017
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CONCERT Wednesday, June 19 11am | Gusman Hall Les Frères Méduses
"One of the most imaginative and exciting classical guitar duos performing today." –Guitar International
The collaboration between Benoît Albert and Randall Avers began at the Paris Conservatory in 1999. They were awarded 1ère prix for Chamber Music at the Conservatory performing music by Piazzolla, Rodrigo, Gautier and premiering a new work by Atanas Ourkouzounov. The duo disbanded and then reformed in 2008 under the pseudonym "Les Frères Méduses" programming folk music arrangements, classical repertoire, free improvisation and their own works.
They have performed at the Guitar Foundation of America Convention, Chicago Guitar Festival, Laguna Gloria, Austin Classical Guitar Society, Texas Chamber Music Festival, String Theory at Hunter Museum, Oberlin Conservatory, Nashville Virtuoso Showcase, Guitarraganza and the Gallo Center in Modesto, California and the String Festival. European performances include the Festival de Joué lès Tours, Stavanger Gitarfestival, Théâtre Doucourneau, le Conservatoire de Nantes, le Conservatoire de Narbonne, Norges Musikkhøyskole and Drammen Filmklubb in Norway.
The Duo has recently toured the U.S. and Europe with an original score for two guitars and violin, performed with the silent film, The Unknown.
2019 40 MIAMI Les Frères Méduses Randall Avers and Benoît Albert
Memoria* Joseph V. Williams II Prelude (b. 1979) Fantasy
Free Improvisation
Broken Grooves (2018)* Atanas Ourkouzounov q = 126 (b. 1970) Fluido Andante delicato Allegro furioso q = 160
Free Improvisation
Rhapsodie "Mekanisk” (2018) Randall Avers (b. 1974)
*dedicated to Les Frères Méduses
Les Frères Méduses perform on Savarez strings and Daniel Friederich guitars.
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LUTHIER SHOWCASE Wednesday, June 19 1:30–2:30pm | Clarke Hall
This is a forum for exhibitors at the 2019 GFA Vendor Expo to represent one of their guitars in a comparative performance setting. The Showcase includes Vendor Expo luthier and guitar dealer entries. Each entrant will 2019 MIAMI submit one guitar to be played in succession by two talented guitarists (this year Xavier Jara and Raphaël Feuillâtre—see below), who will each play a passage of approximately sixty seconds. During the Showcase, the instruments will be presented by number. The guitar played and its luthier/dealer will remain anonymous until all the instruments have been heard. The corresponding luthier/dealer number list will be revealed at the Vendor Expo approximately one hour after the conclusion of the entire Showcase.
American classical guitarist, Xavier Jara (1993), is the Rose Augustine Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 GFA International Concert Artist Competition. A native of Minnesota, Jara was a student of Alan Johnston at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis until 2011 when he moved to Paris, France, to study with Judicaël Perroy.
Jara studied in Paris for six years with Perroy. During this time he completed his Bachelor’s Degree at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he also studied with French guitarist Olivier Chassain and lute master Eric Bellocq. He received first place in a number of international competitions including the Boston Guitarfest (2014), the Gargnano, Italy Competition (2015) and the Tokyo International Competition (2016). In 2016, Jara returned home to the United States to win the Rose Augustine Grand Prize in the GFA International Concert Artist Competition.
Born in 1996, Raphaël Feuillâtre began classical guitar lessons at the age of nine with Hacène Addadi at Cholet Conservatory. In 2012, he entered Michel Grizard’s class at the Conservatory of Nantes and, three years later, he was accepted to Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance (CNSMDP) into the class of Roland Dyens where he obtained his Bachelor of Performing Arts degree in 2017 with highest honors. Recently, Raphaël completed his Master’s in Classical Guitar Performance with Tristan Manoukian in 2019.
As a result of his 2018 win of classical guitar’s most prestigious competition, Guitar Foundation of America (GFA), Raphaël completed the recording of his second opus for the Naxos Label (2019) and will set out for a nine month tour of North America. In June 2019 he will be a featured soloist at the GFA conference in Miami followed by several tours to North America September 2019 through April 2020. He will present solo concerts, conduct masterclasses and outreach activities in over 50 cities across the United States and Canada.
Raphaël Feuillâtre has appeared at classical guitar festivals and venues including the International Guitar Festival, Budapest, Hungary; Festival of Guitar, Ciutat d’Elx, Spain; Guitar Art Festival, Subotica, Serbia; International Guitar Festival Jose Tomas—Villa Petrer, Spain; UPF Guitar Festival, Brazil as well as festivals and venues in Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Holland, Montenegro and Argentina.
*The Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) presents the Luthier Showcase as a service to the guitar-building community. During the Showcase, instruments must be handled by personnel and performing artists. All reasonable precautions are taken to prevent damage to any instrument handled during the Showcase; however, GFA is not responsible for any damage to any instrument placed in the care of GFA personnel before,during, and after the Luthier Showcase.
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LECTURE Wednesday, June 19 2:30pm | Room: Foster 206 Kenneth Kam 2019 MIAMI
William Walton: The Evolution of the Five Bagatelles The distinguished British composer, William Walton wrote numerous beloved orchestral works including Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto and the First and Second Symphonies. His first work involving the guitar, the song cycle Anon. in Love, was composed for tenor Peter Pears and guitarist Julian Bream in 1960. He wrote his only solo guitar work in 1972, Five Bagatelles, which he dedicated to the composer Malcolm Arnold, and was premiered by Bream in the same year.
Walton admitted that he had never thought of writing for the guitar, but was encouraged to do so by Julian Bream. This work was written hand-in-hand between Bream and Walton in Ischia, Italy, in which Bream even provided a chart which would explain what the guitar could do to assist Walton in his composing. There is also evidence to suggest Arnold might have helped Walton in composing this work.
In the lecture-recital, an analysis of Walton’s guitar writing will be carried out through study and comparison with Anon. in Love (1959), Capriccio Burlesco (1968), Scapino: A Comedy Overture (1940), and his two symphonies.
Through correspondence with Michael Donley, the scholar who wrote in detail about this work in Classical Guitar magazine back in 1990, and worked closely in person with Bream, the evolving nature of this composition, and some interesting facts are now unmasked.
With the permission from Oxford University Press (O.U.P.), and the William Walton Museum and Trust, I am delighted to be able to reproduce selected pages of Arnold’s original manuscript. I am also sharing my revised arrangement of Bagatelle V, which is based on Varii Capricci (1976)**.
Last but not least, other Walton materials I found in my research, such as a BBC Radio 3 recording from 1982 and an interview with Julian Bream explaining the collaboration, are available at my personal website, kennethkam.wordpress.com.
**Credit to Serbian American guitarist Petar Kodzas who provided his original arrangement as a reference
Biography Kenneth is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music where he studies with Prof. Nicholas Goluses and serves as his teaching assistant teaching undergraduates, graduate fretboard harmony, history and literature of guitar, guitar pedagogy and seminar in guitar studies. He is also pursuing the Master of Music in Early Music -Emphasis in Historical Plucked Instruments, the lute and the Baroque guitar, under Prof. Paul O'Dette’s guidance. As an active performer, Kenneth has been heard in Beijing, Malaysia, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Mexico. In 2017, Kenneth performed the U.S. premier of “Hachiko” written by Fabrizio Ferraro with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra in New York City. In 2018, Omar Rojas wrote a solo guitar piece, “KAM(?)”, and a piece for guitar and percussion, “OME”, both dedicated to Kenneth. As a researcher, Kenneth has presented lectures at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the 3rd Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong International Guitar Forum and College Music Society.
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EDUCATION ROUND TABLE Wednesday, June 19 2:30pm | Clarke Hall All-State Guitar 2019 MIAMI
As precollege guitar programs continue to grow across the United States, there is evermore a need for opportunities for student engagement through performance. One of the most regarded performance events for secondary music students is the annual All- State Ensemble provided by the constituent State Music Education Associations. As guitar education continues to position as one of the pillars of music education in the 21st century, it is important that All-State Guitar be offered to students in every State.
This roundtable presents the narratives of individuals who spearheaded efforts to begin and sustain All-State Guitar Ensembles in their own States. Through these presentations, attendees will receive information and advice for starting efforts towards All-State Guitar events in their own States. After presentations, attendees are invited to participate in an active Q+A with the roundtable.
Presenter Bios John Zevos—B.S., music education, summa cum laude, Plymouth State University; Current faculty member at Timberlane Regional High School, Manchester Community Music School, director of the annual Timberlane Guitar Festival. John is currently chairperson of the NH All State Guitar Committee, director of the Timberlane Guitar Orchestra, the Timberlane Community Guitar Orchestra, the Timberlane Rock Ensemble, and the Manchester Community Music School Folk String Ensemble. He has been guest conductor of the Boston Guitar Orchestra. In addition to performing and teaching, John spends as much time as he can composing. His pieces for guitar orchestra have been performed by the Boston Guitar Orchestra, the Rhode Island and New Hampshire All State Guitar ensembles, and at the Mid-Maryland Guitar Festival. John performs regularly with Ben Rudnick and Friends, Lichen, Divergent Strings, Celtic Knot, and others.
Glen McCarthy—For over 20 years, Glen McCarthy has taught class guitar, required of all music education majors and guitar pedagogy at George Mason University. He has been a guest lecturer, clinician and adjudicator at festivals, conferences and workshops both nationally and internationally. He is the past chair of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education, the past chair of the ASTA Guitar-in-the-Schools Committee and a co-chair and clinician for Teaching Guitar Workshops. Mr. McCarthy retired from Fairfax County, Virginia after 30 years at Robinson Secondary School where he developed a multi-level guitar program. Robinson was the first recipient of the Guitar & Accessories Manufacturers Association’s award to recognize innovative guitar programming in the United States. Under his direction, the Robinson Guitar Ensemble performed in numerous venues and was consistently awarded superior ratings at adjudicated festivals. In 2014 from over 32,000 nominees the Grammy Foundation recognized Glen as one of the top ten music educators in the United States. He continues to perform in numerous venues and genres.
Matthew Nishimoto—Matthew Nishimoto is the Education Coordinator for the GFA. He has taught the guitar classes and been the director for the guitar ensembles at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada since 2003. His award-winning program has been recognized by the GFA, the Grammy Foundation, and NAfME. Dr. Nishimoto earned a B.A. in Music Ed from UNLV, where he also received a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and a Ph.D. in Teacher Education. His research into the issues of new teachers led him to the topic of the role of expertise in instruction—the target of inquiry of an ongoing overarching study regarding the expert blind spot effect and guitar pedagogy.
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CONCERT Wednesday, June 19 4pm | Gusman Hall Raphaella Smits
Raphaella Smits plays worldwide in her unique way on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. Recognized as ‘an uncommonly musical guitarist’ (Tim Page, New York Times), she always commits to the soul of the music. Her solo recitals as well as her performances with the most distinguished colleagues always meet enthusiastic audiences and press. Besides stage- work, Raphaella Smits has made 21 recordings, many of them being listed as indispensable to refined music lovers.
Raphaella Smits is internationally praised as an inspiring teacher for both guitar and chamber music. In addition to her chair at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, Belgium, she regularly gives master-classes in West and East Europe, in North and South America and in Japan.
Organizers of international music competitions ask Raphaella as a member or as president of the jury because of her ability to listen and to judge so accurately. Here again she shows her talent to combine professional skills with a great sense of empathy.
Raphaella studied classical music at the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels. She also went to José Tomàs to perfect her playing at the "Catedra Andrès Segovia" in Spain. At that time she was giving her first recitals and became a persuasive advocate of the eight-string guitar.
In 1986 Raphaella Smits was the first woman to win the first prize of the "XX Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Francisco Tarrega", the famous international guitar competition in Benicasim, Spain. That victory confirmed the progress of a successful career, which over the previous years had included prizes in the Granada and Palma de Mallorca contests. Chairmen Andrès Segovia and Narciso Yepes, both expressed their admiration for Raphaella's musicality and put prophetically confidence in her future achievements.
Today Raphaella Smits is called quite rightly ‘une Grande Musicienne’ and ‘one of the most delicate and most cultivated performers of our time’ (Jean Bernard, Diapason, FR).
More info at http://www.rsmits.com
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Hommage to the Baroque
Suite Manuel María Ponce Prelude (1882-1948) Allemande Sarabande Gigue
Suite II Henry Purcell Prelude (1659-1695) Allemand Corant Saraband
Fantasie 9 Georg Philipp Telemann Siciliana (1681-1767) Vivace Allegro from Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004 Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne (1685-1750)
Raphaella Smits plays Savarez strings on a 1980 John Gilbert guitar.
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CONCERT Wednesday, June 19 8pm | Gusman Hall Marcin Dylla
Hailed by Washington Post as “among the most gifted guitarists on the planet” Polish guitarist, Marcin Dylla is a rare phenomenon in the recent history of classical guitar. Many music critics, connoisseurs, and music lovers certify that Marcin Dylla is among the world’s elite of classical guitar players. He has earned this position, among others, from the unparalleled number of awards including 19 First Prizes from 1996-2007 at the most prestigious international music competitions around the world. His last triumph was the Gold Medal of the ‘2007 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition’ in Los Angeles known as the most prestigious guitar contest in the world followed by a tour of over 50 cities in North America, Mexico and Canada during the 2008-09 season, live recital video recording for Mel Bay Publications and CD recording for Naxos that reached the Naxos ‘Top 10 Best selling Albums’ in September 2008. His live recital DVD Wawel Royal Castle at Dusk was nominated for 2010 Fryderyk Award (equal to an American Grammy) in the category of Solo Classical Music Album of the Year.
Mr. Dylla made his Concertgebouw recital debut in November 2016 during a busy 2016/2017 season where he was also the appointed faculty in residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for the Fall 2016 semester. Recent tour highlights included return invitations to Mexico, Chile, and recitals throughout Asia including Japan in Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido. In Taiwan at Taipei National Concert Hall with Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and Carnegie Hall debut during a two-month tour of North America with recitals covering both coasts. In Europe, he returned to Konzerthaus in Vienna and is invited to appear at the Koblenz International Guitar Festival and Competition, a major festival for the classical guitar each year, where he is a beloved regular.
In 2006, Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of the legendary Spanish composer, Joaquin Rodrigo, chose Mr. Dylla to perform the world premiere of a lately discovered new guitar work by her father entitled Toccata (1933) at Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art in Madrid. In 2002, at the 7th International Guitar Convent in Alessandria, he was granted a “gold guitar” musical critics’ award for the best coming young guitar player.
Marcin Dylla was born in Chorzow in 1976 and received his first guitar lessons at the Ruda Slaska Music Conservatory in his native Poland. From 1995 to 2000 he studied at the Music Academy of Katowice with Adi Wanda Palacz and later completed his studies with Oscar Ghiglia, Sonja Prunnbauer and Carlo Marchione at the Music Academies of Basel (Switzerland), Freiburg (Germany) and Maastricht (The Netherlands), respectively. He is currently a Professor of Guitar at the Music Academy in Katowice and Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Please visit www.marcindylla.com for more information.
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Sonata no. 3 Carlos Guastavino Allegro preciso e ritmico (1912 - 2000) Adagio Allegro
Tiento Maurice Ohana (1913 – 1992)
Homenaje pour Le tombeau de Claude Debussy Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946)
Segoviana Darius Milhaud (1892 – 1974)
Serenade Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931)
Shard Elliott Carter (1908 – 2012)
Kitab 1 Jose M. Sanchez-Verdu (b. 1968) Intermission
Nocturnal op.70 Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Theme, Variations and Fugue on Folia de España Manuel María Ponce (1882 - 1948)
Tonight's concert was generously sponsored by D'Addario.
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CONCERT Wednesday, June 19 8pm | Gusman Hall Youth Guitar Orchestra Chuck Hulihan, Conductor
Chuck Hulihan has enjoyed a career over the past twenty years as a performer, educator, conductor, narrator, and as a classical radio host. Chuck has directed the Guitar Program at Glendale Community College since 1999, where in 2015 he was chosen by his peers to receive the GCC Gaucho Globe Award for Supporting Student Success. His work at GCC is highlighted by collaborations with composers who have written new works for the GCC Guitar Ensembles, including Mark Houghton’s Twangology and Frippertron, Rex Willis’ All In A Days Work and 18 and 49, and Vito Nicola Paradiso’s Refractions in the Arizona Desert. Since 2000, his students have consistently won the Artists of Promise competition for solo guitar and instrumental ensemble categories, and in 2014 the GCC Guitar Octet won the GFA Ensemble Showcase Competition and went on to perform two world premieres at the 2014 GFA Convention.
Chuck’s work as a conductor has included over 50 concerts directing the GCC Guitar Ensembles and includes leading large ensembles comprising students from high school, college, and guitar society ensembles. Since 2015 Chuck has served as guest conductor for the Vanguard University Guitar Festival Ensemble leading ensembles of up to 150 guitars. Chuck directs the Arizona Guitar Orchestra, a collaboration of musicians from across Arizona’s schools and guitar societies. The AZGO programs have showcased music by Mark Houghton and Annette Kruisbrink, and featured works including Concierto de Los Angeles by Shingo Fujii and Once We Moved Like the Wind by Brad Richter. In 2017, Chuck conducted the AZGO and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet for the world premiere of Andrew York’s By Chants. He serves as Western Division Representative on the NAfME Council for In-Ovations and sits on the boards of both the Grand Canyon and Phoenix Guitar Societies.
Youth Guitar Orchestra
Guitarchestra No. 10 “Festive”* Mark Houghton
*world premiere
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LECTURE Thursday, June 20 9am | Room: Foster 206 Thomas Kikta 2019 MIAMI
Mindful Learning in Practice and Performance How can one perform on stage with the same level of comfort and ease experienced in the practice room? The answer is addressed through a presentation of Mindful Learning, an approach which develops physical habits of movement, as well as mental habits for minimizing confusion and error. The ability to sustain concentration and focus solely on essential information is the foundation for minimizing anxiety. The discussion of mindful learning encompasses techniques of “pre-reading,” “vocalization/ solfege,” as well as testing one’s memory to develop solid habits of visualization and memorization to ultimately implement in performance. These techniques will not only be shown how to be applied in one’s own development but also how best to implement this in one’s teachings. Musical examples and group participation will be utilized. All participants will receive complimentary sample teaching materials and resource sheets.
Biography As a Classical Guitarist, Vocalist, Composer, Pedagogue, Producer, Audio Engineer and Author Thomas Kikta is a versatile artist who has been at at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. for over thirty years. He is the Area-Coordinator of the Classical Guitar Department and the Chair of The Contemporary Music Media and Jazz Program.
A native of Pittsburgh, he studied Classical Guitar performance with Aaron Shearer at both the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has performed around the country, including collaborations with the School of American Ballet, Ricardo Cobo, Manuel Barrueco and for such dignitaries as Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. He enjoyed a collaboration with New York City Ballet where he composed and performed his guitar centric ballet at Lincoln Center called “ten in seven” and just premiered his fifth ballet A Winter’s Thaw with The School of American Ballet. After working closely with Aaron Shearer for over 28 years, he with Mr. Shearer coauthored the 3rd edition of the best selling and benchmark work Classic Guitar Technique Vol 1 published by Alfred Publications, which was nominated for “Best Instructional Book or Video for 2009” by Music and Sound Retailer.
He was invited to write The Complete Idiots Guide to Classical Guitar Favorites which was published by Alfred Publications in 2010. His most recent works are The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Foundations, The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Developments and The Shearer Method Learning the Fingerboard all multimedia experiences with over 140 high definition videos, 150 new compositions by Dr. Alan Hirsh, active online support and new writings by Aaron Shearer prior to his passing in 2008. Mr. Kikta has also written for Alfred’s Masterwork Editions, Carcassi: Melodic and Progressive Etudes Op.60 (2016) exploring the fingerings, lessons and perfor- mance notes from the perspective of Aaron Shearer’s teachings.
As the Executive Vice-President of the Aaron Shearer Foundation, Mr Kikta lectures around the country at conservatories, conven- tions and music festivals including “The Shearer Summer Institute at Zion National Park”, a weeklong festival that combines guitar and the love of high country hiking into one amazing event.
Thomas Kikta is an artist endorsee for Alfred Publishing, Alhambra Guitars, D’Addario Strings, Line 6 and Fishman Electronics.
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RESEARCH RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE Thursday, June 20 10am | Room: Foster 206 2019 Chaired by Thomas Heck, MIAMI General Editor, Soundboard Scholar
Presenters And Topics
1. Jan de Kloe, “AbeMusicQ – A Chamber-Music-with-Guitar Database of Scores” AbeMusic began its life as an effort by Abel Nagytothy-Toth to catalog all known scores of music for guitar or lute in combination with other instruments. The current state of this project is hosted on the site www.vpmusicmedia.altervista.org/ book.php#Database.
AbeMusiQ is an enhanced database developed by today’s first presenter, Jan de Kloe. Currently containing more than 40,000 items, it supersedes previous efforts in several respects. Originally the database was developed to work with MSWORKS which was a licensed product from Microsoft; currently the Microsoft product can be obtained for free. The drawback of the earlier database tool was its user-unfriendliness. AbeMusiQ is here proposed as a simpler user interface, offering pushbuttons to query the database on composer name. Further functions are available to determine where editions can be found and ordered. In case of historical scores in collections and libraries, internet addresses are provided. The interface is free – the data has a one-time license fee.
2. Robert Coldwell, “The Digital Guitar Archive—Recent Developments” Distributed by the convener, Thomas Heck. The Digital Guitar Archive has already established itself as a uniquely valuable resource within the world of guitar research and publication. The DGA site will quickly reveal its valueto those who visit it. In this 2-page written presentation, Mr. Coldwell provides us with updates regarding both his DGA EDITIONS and the online DIGITAL GUITAR ARCHIVE itself.
Biography Thomas F. Heck (Ph.D., Yale University, 1970; MLS, Univ. of Southern California, 1977), the host of the Research Resources Round Table, served as the point person for the creation of the Guitar Foundation of America itself in 1973. He also managed, in the course of 2012, the project to digitize the Soundboard back issues (Vols. 1-36). As a Fulbright fellow (Vienna, 1968-69) he did seminal research on the early classic guitar (ca. 1800) and the life and works of Giuliani. His book, Mauro Giuliani: A Life for the Guitar (2013), now an updated e- book in the GFA Refereed Monographs Series, is considered the standard work in the field. For over twenty years Dr. Heck served as the GFA Archivist. In 1994-95 he was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), where he undertook research on the iconography of the performing arts—the subject of the book, Picturing Performance: The Iconography of the Performing Arts in Concept and Practice (1999). He has served as adjudicator and lecturer at various international guitar festivals since 1980, and currently is a freelance consultant, musician, and writer/lecturer based in Santa Barbara, California. Heck has served most recently as General Editor of the GFA refereed journal, Soundboard Scholar (2014– ).
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ICAC PRELIMINARY ROUND Monday, June 17–Tuesday, June 18 ALL DAY | Clarke Hall Exact schedule to be posted on GFA website and on Clarke Hall doors on Monday morning by 9:00am.
The preliminary round of the 2019 GFA International Concert Artist Competition will take place on Monday from 10am-5pm and Tuesday from 9am-1pm in Clarke Hall. For audience members who do not attend the entire sequence of performances, we ask that you enter and leave the hall only during applause breaks.
The competitors and judges appreciate the audience’s consideration of competition protocol: hold applause until each competitor has finished his/her entire set; enter and leave the hall only during applause and breaks; and turn off all handheld devices. All competitors will perform their program as printed in the program book and the set piece by Pat Metheny, commissioned by the GFA for the 2019 International Concert Artist Competition. Results of the preliminary round will be announced at the beginning of the 8:00pm Yamandu Costa event in Gusman Hall.
ICAC SEMIFINAL ROUND Thursday, June 20 10:00am and 2:30pm | Gusman Hall
The semifinal round of the 2019 GFA International Concert Artist Competition will take place on Thursday, June 20, at 10am-5:15pm in Gusman Hall. For those that do not attend the entire sequence of semifinal performances, we ask that you enter and leave the hall only during applause breaks.
The competitors and judges appreciate the audience’s consideration of competition protocol: hold applause until each competitor has finished his/her entire set; enter and leave the hall only during applause and breaks; and turn off all handheld devices. All competitors will perform their program as printed in the program book, plus the required piece, Fantasia, by Roberto Gerhard. Results of the semifinal round will be announced at intermission of the 8:00pm Brasil Guitar Duo concert in Gusman Hall.
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LECTURE Thursday, June 20 1:30pm | Room: Foster 206 Vojislav Ivanovic 2019 MIAMI
The Musical Bonsai Classical guitar, together with harp, is one of the most difficult instruments to write music for! Being so extremely idiomatic, many a composer had given up the idea of writing for it altogether, and lots of potentially good, or perhaps even great music has been lost to the musical world due to that fact. If you want to write for violin or flute and you’re not a violinist or flutist you resort to the orchestration book. If you want to write for guitar, things are not that simple, even if you are a guitarist. Proposed lecture will explore and try to shed some more light on the challenging business of writing for classical guitar. It is based on “The Musical Bonsai”, book that Vojislav is currently working on, which is an attempt to create comprehensive text-book on technique and art of writing, or as he prefers to call it, orchestrating for classical guitar. Aimed at composers and guitarists alike, the lecture will start with the quick overview of many different aspects of the problem of guitar orchestration and will then focus in more detail on some of them such as: Melody Versus Harmony on Guitar; Expressive and Technical Potential of Different Strings; Creating Charts for Managing Chords and Polyphonic Textures. Several examples of great guitar music as well as some of Vojislav’s own work will be listened to and analyzed as to what makes them sound and “work” well. Above all, the main point of the lecture is to pose, and give some answers, to the questions: what makes guitar, despite its severe limitations, so magical? And furthermore: how come that one of the quietest instruments has been so often compared to an orchestra? It is the answers to these questions that may present some important clues on how to write effectively for classical guitar. And, although the good knowledge of technical and expressive abilities of the instrument are essential for writing for it, the main clue, which the lecture wants to point to, is that it is the timbre that makes guitar so unique and sound “bigger” than it is. In author’s own words: “The musical world of classical guitar stands to that of an orchestra much the same as the Bonsai stands to a fully grown tree!”
Biography “...keen intelligence allied to a refreshing musical sensibility...” (Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar Magazine, London) Music of Vojislav Ivanovic, world-renowned guitarist and composer, has been described by critics as "superbly written" and "indescribable but indescribably delicious". His unique style utilizes elements of contemporary classical, traditional and jazz music. Born in Sarajevo where he started playing guitar at the age of 10, Vojislav studied guitar first with Darko Petrinjak at the Zagreb Music Academy (Croatia) and later at the Athens Conservatory with Costas Cotsiolis obtaining his Soloist Diploma in Classical Guitar. His early interest in composition led to studies at the Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo with Vojin Komadina where he was awarded Master Degree in Composition with distinction.
In addition to his performance tours, composing and recording, Vojislav Ivanovic is highly sought after for his teaching and masterclasses and is a member of juries at international and domestic guitar festivals and competitions earning a reputation as a respected and devoted pedagogue of the classical guitar and composition. Tonebase.co, a U.S. based classical guitar instruction website, offers his masterclasses. The prestigious publishers Chanterelle Zimmerman and Doberman Yppan are publishing his music. He is a founder and artistic director of the Guitar United – International Guitar Festival Sarajevo East. When not touring, he currently teaches guitar at the Music Academy of the University of East Sarajevo. www.vojislavivanovic.com 55 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION
LECTURE Thursday, June 20 2:30pm | Room: Foster 206 Benjamin Lougheed 2019 MIAMI
A Performance Guide to Roland Dyens' Jazz Arrangements This lecture will explore several of Roland Dyens’ arrangements of popular jazz pieces from his collections Mes Arrangements a l'Amiable and Night and Day. This examination will include information on the harmonic and structural aspects of the pieces; historical and biographical details about relevant styles and artists, as well as Dyens’ allusions to them in his arrangements; and discussion of solutions to difficult passages and extended techniques within the arrangements, all with an eye towards producing more accurate interpretations of the pieces.
Biography American classical guitarist and entrepreneur Dr. Ben Lougheed’s playing has been described as “extremely precise” while having “dramatic power and lyric beauty.” Ben has performed as a guest soloist at guitar societies, universities, and concert series around the United States and has been featured on several radio and television programs.
Ben has been awarded numerous prizes including the Charlie Byrd Memorial Endowed Scholarship in guitar, The Frank Longay Memorial Scholarship, and multiple grants from the Rislov Foundation. He has also been invited to present by the Guitar Foundation of America, the Tallahassee Council on Culture and Arts, and the Florida Guitar Festival, and was one of only two musicians chosen for the Knight Foundation’s inaugural Tallahassee Arts Entrepreneurs Institute. His debut album is set to be released in summer 2019.
Ben worked as the President of the Classical Guitar Society at FSU for three years and organized dozens of concerts in diverse venues around Tallahassee including churches, hospitals, middle and high schools, restaurants, as well as guest artists recitals at FSU. In this role, Ben also served as the Co-Founder and Director of the Florida Guitar Festival, a weekend-long event that features masterclasses, concerts, lectures, guitar showcases, and a multi-division competition with individuals from around the world.
An enthusiastic teacher, Ben has worked with hundreds of students of all ages and currently has a studio of over 35 students in Tallahassee, FL. His students have earned top marks at Solo and Ensemble, and other similar festivals as well as been accepted to the All-State and All-National Ensembles.
Ben was also one of the co-founders and artistic directors of the Tallahassee chapter of Classical Revolution. Under his leadership, the organization gave 30 concerts that showcased the talents of over 150 different performers and became a fixture in the Tallahassee music scene.
Ben began his guitar study at the age of six with the esteemed Suzuki teacher Marylou Roberts. He then earned his Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, studying with department chair Julian Gray. Ben completed his formal education under celebrated pedagogue Bruce Holzman at Florida State University, earning his Master of Music and Doctor of Music in Guitar Performance along with a certificate in Music Education and Leadership, all while serving as a graduate teaching assistant. He has also participated in masterclasses with many of the most accomplished guitarists in the world, including David Russell, Jason Vieaux, Ana Vidovic, Alvaro Pierri, Zoran Dukic, Marcin Dylla, Rene Izquierdo, Lorenzo Micheli, Judicael Perroy, Paul Galbraith, Pavel Steidl, Denis Azabagic, Jorge Caballero, and William Kanengiser.
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CONCERT Thursday, June 20 8pm | Gusman Hall Brasil Guitar Duo Brasil Guitar Duo, a 2006 winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and hailed by Classical Guitar magazine for its “maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity,” is equally at home on a classical or a world-music series or performing a concerto with orchestra. João Luiz and Douglas Lora met in São Paulo as teenage guitar students and their successful partnership of over twenty years results from their innovative programming—which features a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works—leading to a busy global touring schedule and a growing catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings.
Committed to performing new chamber music employing the guitar, the Duo joined cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Carlos Prieto for the October 2014 world premiere of El arco y la lira, a work for two cellos and two guitars by the esteemed Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. On the same program—a highlight of the sixth annual Festival Leo Brouwer in Havana—the Duo gave the Cuban premiere of Brouwer’s Sonata de Los Viajeros, which they had presented in its U.S. premiere the previous month and recorded for a Naxos CD of Brouwer’s complete works for two guitars, which was nominated for a 2016 Latin Grammy award for Best New Composition.
Eager advocates for both traditional and new concerti for two guitars and orchestra, the Duo premiered a Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra by Brazilian composer Paulo Bellinati with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in June 2012, under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero, and gave the work its U.S. premiere in April 2013. In February 2016, they recorded the Bellinati concerto along with Leo Brouwer’s concerto Book of Signs with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Amado, and that Naxos CD—also entitled Book of Signs—was nominated for a 2018 Latin Grammy award for Best Classical Album. Additional career concerto highlights include the Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Lancaster (OH) Symphony, plus, the Duo has appeared internationally on major concert series and at festivals in Cuba, Germany, England, Canada, South Korea, Colombia, Brazil, Austria, Panama, Poland, and Bermuda.
Very active in the recording studio, the Duo’s latest release is Ghosting, (CAG Records; July 2017), featuring their unique mixture of both classical and Brazilian music, including their own compositions and the title track written for them by guitar master David Leisner. This recording is very similar in spirit to the Duo’s first CAG Records CD, Bom Partido (2007), featuring all Brazilian repertoire that prompted Classical Guitar to write: “The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity displayed on this debut recording by João Luiz and Douglas Lora is simply outstanding...The original compositions by Lora comfortably stand alongside the ‘big names’ on the rest of the programme and are well crafted and very appealing.” Next came two critically acclaimed CDs containing the complete works for two guitars by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, released by Naxos in 2008-09. The Duo has also won praise for its recent CD (Avie) in collaboration with flutist Marina Piccinini featuring all of J.S. Bach’s flute sonatas, as arranged by the Duo for flute and two guitars.
Brasil Guitar Duo actively strives to expand the repertoire for two guitars, with Lora contributing works of his own and Luiz arranging both classical and Brazilian music. Appearing frequently in diverse non-traditional spaces, the Duo combines a broad repertoire of classical guitar duos (Bach, Sor, Scarlatti, Rameau, Debussy, etc.) with such traditional Brazilian dance forms as choro, samba, maxixe, and baião.
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Piece de Clavecin Jean-Philippe Rameau Allemande (1683-1764) Les Cyclopes
Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Still* Frederic Hand (b. 1947)
Allegrinho Egberto Gismonti Sete Aneis (b. 1947)
Intermission
Sonata de los Viajeros Leo Brouwer Primer viaje a Tierras heladas (b. 1939) El Retablo de las Maravillas – La Venus de Praxiteles Visita a Bach en Leipzig Por al Mar de las Antillas
A Fala de Paixao Egberto Gismonti Karate**
*Dedicated to Brasil Guitar Duo **arr. Joao Luiz
This evening’s concert was generously sponsored by Stringletter.
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LECTURE Friday, June 21 9am | Room: WML 210 Juan Oscar Azaret 2019 MIAMI
Those Mysterious Existences This multimedia presentation/demonstration will explore the continuum of phenomena from the player’s attack of the string to the musical perception and psychoacoustics of the listener. It will link together the player’s plucking technique, the behavior of the string, the transmission of energy through the bridge to the guitar system, the various vibrational modes of the guitar, the propagation of sound within the room acoustics, and the physiology of human sound perception.
To palpably illustrate the physics and physiology we will use live vibrational equipment, audio instrumentation, pre-assembly guitar parts, animated slides, videos, and actual playing. These various props together with slides and discussion will explain the practical physical phenomena of tone production and perception on the classical guitar. The understanding of these phenomena will be associated with playing technique, lutherie, room acoustics, and listener perceptions.
It is a great mystery, this thing, our experience of the guitar. In the words of Federico Garcia Lorca: … And like the tarantula spins a great star to ensnare sighs, that float in its dark cistern of wood… This presentation will decompose that mystery into physical fragments, but with the understanding that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The goal being that with a better perspective of these fragments, the artist will have additional insights with which to create the mystery.
The presenter, a luthier, engineering, amateur guitarist, and educator has evolved this lively, fun presentation over the last decade, as class curricula and for presentations at various universities, guitar festivals, community centers, the Guild of American Luthiers Convention, Acoustical Society of America Convention, the Martin Guitar factory, and others.
Biography Oscar currently keeps busy as a luthier, physics and engineering professor, and Executive Director of the Boston Classical Guitar Society. A native of Cienfuegos Cuba, Oscar has also lived in Miami, East Tennessee, California, and Massachusetts. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a BSEE from the University of Tennessee. He is a contributing author to the Guild of American Luthiers and active member of the Acoustical Society of America.
Oscar worked for over 3 decades in the Boston area for Bell Laboratories, and subsequent spin-offs in the fields of communication systems and semiconductors. During this time, he also studied and honed the craft of lutherie, built his workshop and collected wood. Passionate for the sound, aesthetics, and science of the classical guitar, Oscar strives to go beyond the craft and explore the underlying physics and physiology which endow the classical guitar with its enduring human appeal. He has lectured extensively and published articles on these topics at various universities, conventions and institutions.
Oscar resides in North Andover Massachusetts with his wife Leslie. He has two grown children—Julian and Lydia, currently working in Melbourne AU, and Denver, respectively. When not in the workshop or classroom at Northern Essex Community College, Oscar tries to keep up with his family’s outdoors adventures.
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LECTURE Friday, June 21 10am | Room: WML 210 Alan Hirsch and Thomas Kikta 2019 MIAMI Teaching the Fingerboard For most beginners, the fingerboard with its 19 frets and 120+ notes is daunting. After mastering the open position, when and how should one begin learning the fingerboard? While there are many methods and approaches available, one of the most secure is based on the idea that students learn best when the fingerboard is studied one position at a time. In this way, students avoid distracting left-hand shifting while firmly relating upper-position notes in a harmonic/key context with surrounding strings. This session offers a step-by-step approach, beginning with an overview of the five fixed- position scale forms. When transposed to positions II, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX these provide a technical basis to learn notes related to available guitaristic keys. Scales forms are then applied to melodies in rhythmically graded duets in each position. Other topics include interval reading, and left-hand position awareness in both solo and ensemble music. A booklet of teaching materials will be distributed to all attendees. Alan Hirsch Biography Jim McCutcheon earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Dayton in 1973 and postponed a medical school acceptance to tour with a band. When the tour concluded, he knew music would be the best career for him, and he returned to Dayton, studying music at Wright State University, where he received a B.M. in Guitar Performance and later a M.M in Music Education. As a member of the Ohio Arts Council Touring Roster, Jim has performed on concert series in the USA and abroad. For the past 40 years as "The Guitar Man, he has done workshops, school assemblies and residencies for children pre-K – 12 and also workshops for teacher training. He has made four recordings for adults as well as three specifically for children. He has several publications of guitar compositions and instruction books to his credit, and has written a variety of magazine articles published in the U.S.A. and England. In part due to his extensive work in schools developing programs relating science and the arts, Jim was awarded the 2017 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Arts Education. Jim reviews recordings for Soundboard, and also also serves as Guitar Adviser to the National Federation of Music Clubs. His recent work with the Ohio Music Educators Association resulted in the guitar being added to the organization’s contest lists. Jim can be heard weekends on Dayton Public Radio’s “The Intimate Guitar,” which he has produced since 1986. It can be streamed at discoverclassical.org.
Thomas Kikta Biography As a Classical Guitarist, Vocalist, Composer, Pedagogue, Producer, Audio Engineer and Author Thomas Kikta is a versatile artist who has been at at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. for over thirty years. He is the Area-Coordinator of the Classical Guitar Department and the Chair of The Contemporary Music Media and Jazz Program. A native of Pittsburgh, he studied Classical Guitar performance with Aaron Shearer at both the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has performed around the country, including collaborations with the School of American Ballet, Ricardo Cobo, Manuel Barrueco and for such dignitaries as Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. He enjoyed a collaboration with New York City Ballet where he composed and performed his guitar centric ballet at Lincoln Center called “ten in seven” and just premiered his fifth ballet “A Winter’s Thaw” with The School of American Ballet. After working closely with Aaron Shearer for over 28 years, he with Mr. Shearer coauthored the 3rd edition of the best selling and benchmark work “Classic Guitar Technique Vol 1” published by Alfred Publications, which was nominated for “Best Instructional Book or Video for 2009” by Music and Sound Retailer. He was invited to write “The Complete Idiots Guide to Classical Guitar Favorites” which was published by Alfred Publications in 2010. His most recent works are “The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Foundations”, “The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Developments” and “The Shearer Method Learning the Fingerboard” all multimedia experiences with over 140 high definition videos, 150 new compositions by Dr. Alan Hirsh, active online support and new writings by Aaron Shearer prior to his passing in 2008. Mr. Kikta has also written for Alfred’s Masterwork Editions, Carcassi: Melodic and Progressive Etudes Op.60 (2016) exploring the fingerings, lessons and performance notes from the perspective of Aaron Shearer’s teachings. As the Executive Vice-President of the Aaron Shearer Foundation, Mr Kikta lectures around the country at conservatories, conventions and music festivals including “The Shearer Summer Institute at Zion National Park”, a weeklong festival thatcombines guitar and the love of high country hiking into one amazing event. Thomas Kikta is an artist endorsee for Alfred Publishing, Alhambra Guitars, D’Addario Strings, Line 6 and Fishman Electronics. 61 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION
CONCERT Friday, June 21 11am | Gusman Hall Irina Kulikova
Unanimously acclaimed for the rare beauty of her tone and her enchanting presence on stage, Irina Kulikova has established herself as one of today’s leading guitarists. Soundboard magazine wrote: “Some of the most sheerly beautiful playing I have ever heard.” And Luz Leskowitz, director of the Salzburger Schlosskonzerte in Austria, that accompanied her in concerts for royal and aristocratic families in Europe: “Wherever she performs, she plays herself into the hearts of her audience.”
Irina Kulikova tours far afield, with appearances at leading festivals in Europe, North America and Asia and in concert halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. In the USA, she has performed for major festivals and societies including Austin, Cleveland, Chicago and Dallas. In the 2019-2020 season, she is invited by guitar series and festivals of San Francisco, Baltimore, Boston and New York, amongst others.
The daughter of a Russian cello pedagogue, Irina Kulikova combines an effortless virtuosity with a profound sensitivity when she is phrasing the voices of great composers like Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Barrios and Piazzolla. 'Few can tell us something so special as she does’ (Carlo Marchione). She gained critical acclaim for her fourth solo CD – ‘Reminiscences of Russia’ – introducing some highly romantic Russian compositions to an international audience, including the breathtaking ‘Swan Princess’, that Konstantin Vassiliev dedicated to her.
Irina Kulikova has received over 30 awards for her artistry, including 1st prizes at the highly prestigious competitions of Michele Pittaluga in Italy, Guitarra Alhambra in Spain, Forum Gitarre Wien in Austria and Iserlohn in Germany. She resides in The Hague (The Netherlands), Los Angeles (USA) and Salzburg (Austria). An ambassador of pure and heartfelt performing, she inspires guitar students in master classes all over the world with her personal motto: It’s about the touch.
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Noches de San-Lorenzo Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey Preludio (b. 1961) Buen Aire Plaza
Three Night Ballads* Konstantin Vassiliev “In a shadow of the Sunset” (b. 1970) Queen of Clear Night Magic Ship
Sonatina Federico Moreno-Torroba Moderato (1891-1982) Andante Allegro
*Dedicated to Irina Kulikova
Irina Kulikova plays a Simon Marty guitar and Savarez strings.
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CONCERT Friday, June 21 11am | Gusman Hall Iliana Matos
Prize winner of eleven major international competitions, including first prizes in the Andrés Segovia in Palma de Mallorca, Luys Milán, and Manuel Ponce International Guitar Competitions. She made history by becoming the first woman to win the prestigious S.A.R. La Infanta Doña Cristina International Guitar Competition, and the only person to win the special prize for Best Interpretation of Spanish Music in two consecutive years, 1995 and 1996.
Her highly acclaimed GSP CD Angels in The Street has earned universal acclaim from critics, placing her among the elite of today's classical guitarists: “Her name deserves to go down in guitar history as one of the great players of our time.” (Classical Guitar Magazine); “a match-made-in-heaven recording that is about as perfect as guitar records get... she simply, radiantly shines, a virtuoso in service to the music” (American Record Guide); “she has sufficient of all credentials necessary to take her place in the annals of guitar as one of its truly gifted and outstanding exponents” (Musicweb-international.com), “it’s impossible while listening to ‘Angels’ to believe that her name will not someday ring the same peal of recognition as does Bream and Williams” (Minor7th.com).
María Luisa Anido, when hearing Iliana play, wrote: “I am impressed by your wonderful guitaristic art, and I am proud to know that a woman (and a Cuban woman!) came to such a degree of artistic perfection.”
Over the past three decades, Iliana Matos has established herself as one of the world’s preeminent classical guitarists. As part of her world tour “Celebrating 30th Anniversary as a Performer,” legendary Cuban-Spanish virtuoso Iliana Matos completed a tour of 19 cities in China, including a concert at the prestigious Shenyang International Guitar Festival.
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Sonata Clásica Manuel María Ponce Allegro (1882-1948) Andante Menuet Allegro
Danzas Rituales y Festivas Leo Brouwer Danza de los Ancestros (b. 1939) Glosas Camperas Tango Matrere
Gran Jota Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Iliana Matos plays a Paco Marin guitar.
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LECTURE Friday, June 21 1:30–3:30pm | Room: WML 210 Stephen Goss, Jonathan Leathwood and Stanley Yates
Improvisation as a Way of Knowing: Towards a New Pedagogy of Notated Repertoire Conventional approaches to understanding, performing, and teaching composed art music are often restricted to a narrow path that depends entirely on the notated score. This path subjects the music to a dissection, post mortem, whose materials are the given facts of the work, and whose tools are our ability to discover and label therein a series of rational objects. While such an approach is not without its benefits, we will propose a more organic tool that can help us move beyond the purely analytical and put student creativity at the heart of musical understanding: improvisation. Improvisation as a concept goes far beyond “soloing” over a chord progression. Current research into musical cognition suggests that improvisation is best defined as a “way of knowing.” On this view, performing memorized music and improvising constitute different ways of interacting with an instrument and manipulating musical knowledge. By switching flexibly among various ways of knowing we arrive at a deeper understanding of composed pieces. In this presentation we will demonstrate a series of practical approaches, from the 18th century to the present day. We will show how musicians in the baroque and classical periods trained with complete formal units, and how improvisation can inform present-day preoccupations, from memorizing pieces in autonomous atonal languages to collaborating with composers on new works.
Biographies “Stephen Goss draws on a variety of sources for his eminently listenable music. Despite the eclectic nature of his influences, Goss’s musical language comes across as brilliantly integrated.” –International Record Review Stephen Goss’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year and has been recorded on over 70 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, Decca, Telarc, Virgin Classics, Naxos, and Deutsche Grammophon. His varied output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music, and solo pieces. Recent work includes several projects with the guitarist John Williams, who has recorded and toured Steve’s Guitar Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Steve’s music has been performed by many of the world’s leading orchestras including: The Russian National Orchestra (under Mikhail Pletnev), The China National Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The State Symphony Orchestra ‘New Russia’, The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Commissions have come from guitarists David Russell, Miloš Karadaglić and Xuefei Yang (including chamber works with cellist Natalie Clein and tenor Ian Bostridge). Steve has also collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alt-J, and Avi Avital. As a guitarist, he has worked with Takemitsu, Henze, Peter Maxwell Davies and Elliott Carter, and toured and recorded extensively with the Tetra Guitar Quartet, various other ensembles, and as a soloist. Stephen Goss is Chair of Composition at the University of Surrey, UK, Director of the International Guitar Research Centre, and a Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music in London. 66 www.stephengoss.net GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & COMPETITION
LECTURE Friday, June 21 1:30–3:30pm | Room: WML 210 Stephen Goss, Jonathan Leathwood and Stanley Yates 2019 MIAMI
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Jonathon Leathwood teaches guitar, music analysis and the Alexander Technique at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, where he is Associate Teaching Professor and chair of the guitar program. As a recitalist, Jonathan has recently appeared at the Leo Brouwer Festival in Brazil, the Wigmore Hall, the Cheltenham Festival, the D-Marin Festival in Turkey, and many other venues in Europe and both American continents. The Musical Times of London has written of his "remarkable talent and singular artistry"; Fabio Zanon wrote in Violão Intercambio that "he has to be seen to be believed," while Classical Guitar has called him "a genius." Equally known as a collaborator with both performers and composers, Jonathan Leathwood has recorded two albums with the legendary flutist William Bennett, and recorded and broadcast with cellists Rohan de Saram and Steven Isserlis. His commissions from composers such as Param Vir, Stephen Goss, Robert Keeley and Chris Malloy have pushed the boundaries of both six- and ten-string guitars. His recordings of Goss, Dodgson, Malloy and Keeley are available on the Cadenza and NMC labels.
Stanley Yates is a British guitarist now a resident citizen of the United States. A past prize-winner in several international guitar competitions, he has performed extensively in Europe and North America, along with periodic trips to South America, Asia, and Australia. He has been the dedicatee of compositions by such notable guitarist-composers as John Duarte, Angelo Gilardino, Stepan Rak, Atanas Ourkouzounov, Mark Delpriora, and Mark Houghton. His guitar-related scholarly articles dealing with such topics as Bach interpretation and Villa-Lobos manuscript sources have been published in ten languages. He is Professor of Music and Director of Guitar Studies at Austin Peay State University.
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CONCERT Friday, June 21 4pm | Gusman Hall Zoran Dukić
A native of Zagreb (Croatia) and born in 1969, Zoran Dukić was presented with a guitar at the early age of six. Today he is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of our time. His performances, in recital or with an orchestra, leave long-lasting impressions on audiences and critics alike. There a unique quality in Mr. Dukić’s playing that allows the listener to experience the piece as if it was being heard for the first time, always fresh and always exciting. In the critics’ words:
“A thrilling concert... the audience was on its feet already after the first piece... a phenomenal evening” Gevelsberger Zeitung, Germany “... after two minutes the audience was breathless,... the string genius from Zagreb showed both technical brilliance and tenderness,... with the artistic potential and expressive power of life itself,... This is a musician not a guitarist.” Kölnische Rundschau, Germany “...Artist of exceptional sensitivity... a treasure box of expression...what a directness of communication through music...a truly unforgettable evening” Novi List, Croatia
He graduated from the Music Academy of Zagreb under the guidance of Darko Petrinjak and later completed his studies with Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.
In his “tour de force” competition years (1990-1997) he won virtually every prize, being the only guitarist to have won both “Andrés Segovia” competitions, in Granada and in Palma de Mallorca. Showing astounding mastery in a wide variety of musical periods and styles he also won competitions dedicated to “Fernando Sor,” “Manuel Ponce,” “Manuel de Falla,” “Francisco Tárrega” among many others. In the greatest Spanish guitar competition in Madrid, patronized by the Royal Family, he was awarded, in addition to the First Prize, the Special Prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music (first time awarded to a non-Spaniard). In numerous competitions he was selected by the audience for the Public Prize, a self-evident testimony to his natural ability to communicate through music with any audience.
2019 68 MIAMI Zoran Dukić from Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Johann Sebastian Bach Siciliana (1685-1750)
Invierno Porteño Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 J.S. Bach Andante
Adios Nonino A. Piazzolla from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 J.S. Bach Largo
Muerte de Angel A. Piazzolla from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 J.S. Bach Sarabanda
Cinema Paradiso Stephen Goss Paris, Texas (b. 1964) Modern Times Noir Mandalay 451 Tarantino
Zoran Dukić plays a Greg Byers guitar.
Spotlight Recital and Orchestra Performance, Friday at 6:00pm Gusman Hall
The Spotlight Recital is a GFA event where non-competitor festival attendees will be given an opportunity to perform in open concert on a first-come, first-serve basis. This is a great opportunity for guitarists of all ages and skill levels to support one another in the sharing of their craft.
GFA Community Orchestra Program
Atascadero (Denouement) from Godless Carlos Rafael Rivera Shea Kole, cello (b. 1970) Federico Musgrove Stetson, guitar
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CONCERT Friday, June 21 8pm | Gusman Hall Manuel Barrueco
Legendary guitarist Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognized as one of the most important three guitarists of our time. His unique artistry has been continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts.
His career has been dedicated to bringing the guitar to the main musical centers of the world such as the Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall in London, Philharmonie in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid, and Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. He has completed a dozen tours of Japan and made repeated appearances in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong, and in Latin America he has performed in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Puerto Rico.
Barrueco's commitment to contemporary music and to the expansion of the guitar repertoire has led him to collaborations with many distinguished composers such as Steven Stucky, Michael Daugherty, Roberto Sierra, Arvo Pärt, Jonathan Leshnoff, Gabriela Lena Frank, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, and Toru Takemitsu.
Manuel Barrueco has appeared on a wide array of television programs including "CBS Sunday Morning," A&E's "Breakfast with the Arts," and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on PBS. He was featured in a Lexus car commercial, and his work in music inspired Michael Lawrence’s biographical documentary: “Manuel Barrueco: A Gift and a Life.” Barrueco’s recording catalogue includes over a dozen recordings for the EMI label. His recording of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with conductor and tenor Plácido Domingo and the Philharmonia Orchestra was cited as the best recording of that piece in Classic CD Magazine.
In 2007 Manuel Barrueco received a Grammy nomination for the “Best Instrumental Soloist Performance” for his Solo Piazzolla, the first recording to be released on his exclusive Manuel Barrueco Collection on Tonar Music. Tango Sensations and Sounds of the Americas followed in collaboration with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the latter received a Latin Grammy Award for “Inca Dances” by Gabriela Lena Frank for “Best Classical Contemporary Composition.” Subsecuently he released, Tárrega! which received a Latin Grammy nomination for “Best Classical Album.” Medea was recorded with the Tenerife Symphony and Víctor Pablo Pérez conducting and includes Barrueco’s arrangement of the ballet by flamenco guitarist and composer Manolo Sanlúcar. It received a Latin Grammy nomination for “Best Classical Album.” China West, a recording of guitar trios with his protégés, the Beijing Guitar Duo came out in 2014 and his latest release is Fernando Sor: The Beethoven of the Guitar released in Dec. 2016.
Manuel Barrueco began playing the guitar at the age of eight in his native Cuba and he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1967 as political refugees. He completed his advanced studies at the Peabody Conservatory, where he now shares his love for music with a small number of exceptionally gifted young guitarists from all over the world.
In 2011, Manuel Barrueco received the United States Artist Fontanals Fellowship for Artistic Excellence.
Artist’s official website: Barrueco.com, Website for Recordings: TonarMusic.com, Facebook: Manuel Barrueco and TonarMusic Twitter: @ManuelBarrueco and @TonarMusic, Instagram: @ManuelBarrueco
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Three Pieces from the Renaissance Luis de Narváez Cancion del Emperador (1490-1547) Baxa del Contrapunto Guardame las Vacas
Yoruban Chants from Cuba Héctor Angulo I. Asokere (1932-2018) II. Suayo III. Iyá mi ilé IV. Borotití V. Asokere II VI. Iyá mo dupé VII. Yeye bi obi tosuo VIII. E Iekua IX. Asokere III
Cuban Dances Ignacio Cervantes El Velorio (The Wake) (1847-1905) La Celosa (The Jealous One) Mensaje (A Message) Adios a Cuba (Farewell to Cuba) Los Tres Golpes (The Three Knocks)
Prelude and Dance Julián Orbón (1925-1991) Intermission
La Maja de Goya, Tonadilla Enrique Granados (1867-1916) A la Cubana, Op. 36 Allegretto Un Poco Vivo from Suite Española op. 47 Isaac Albéniz Castilla (1860-1909) Cuba Aragón
Three Transcriptions by Francisco Tárrega (1952-1909) Jota de los Ratas, from the zarzuela “La Gran Vía” F. Chueca /J. Valverde (1846-1908)/(1846-1910) La Paloma, Habanera S. Yradier (1809-1865) Tango de la Cadera, from the zarzuela “El Ratón” R. Calleja Gómez (1870-1938)
Manuel Barrueco is represented by Tonar Music Management—Asgerdur Sigurdardottir. Tonight's concert was generously sponsored by the Augustine Foundation.
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LECTURE Saturday, June 22 9am | Room: Foster 206 Jonathan Godfrey 2019 MIAMI
Metric Dissonance in the Guitar Music of Joaquín Rodrigo The rhythmic vibrancy that characterizes the music of Joaquín Rodrigo has been oft-discussed by commentators from the perspective of his well-known penchant for recasting Renaissance, Baroque, and Spanish-rooted dance forms in a 20th century context. While this factor is no doubt fundamental to understanding Rodrigo’s rhythmic tendencies, there is much to be gained from an objective analysis of these tendencies apart from their historical inspiration. This is particularly true when examining Rodrigo’s recurrent use of what theorist Harald Krebs dubs “metric dissonance,” a phenomenon resulting from the misalignment of at least two layers of perceived pulse. A prime example of what Krebs would call a “subliminal” metric dissonance is found in the third movement of Concierto de Aranjuez, where a barring of 3/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 is imposed on a main-theme that can easily be heard and is often interpreted as three bars of 3/4. Even if one explains this barring choice as a reference to a particular dance-form – Rodrigo identifies it only as “a courtly dance” – many questions remain regarding how Rodrigo is able to create such metrically equivocal thematic material, what the overarching rhythmic effect of this material is, how this theme and metrical pattern play out over the course of the movement, the relevance of metric dissonance to his overall style, and the implications it has for performance interpretation. Such questions are at the heart of what this lecture seeks to address through a concise study of metric dissonance in Rodrigo’s guitar works, especially in the outer movements of Concierto de Aranjuez and in select solo pieces such as En los trigales and the “Passacaglia” from Tres piezas espanolas. What will be shown is that the aesthetic that informs Rodrigo’s rhythmic language is perhaps not dissimilar to his harmonic language: Even with his clear affinity for convention, Rodrigo exhibits a proclivity for bending the rules just enough to create a unique voice that is at once entirely traditional yet somehow delightfully off-kilter.
Biography Dr. Jonathan Godfrey holds his DM from Indiana University, his MM from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and his BM from LaGrange College. A resident of the Tampa Bay area since 2012, he is a recurring session guitarist with The Florida Orchestra and has also appeared with the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, the Choral Artists of Sarasota, Sarasota’s Asolo Repertory Theater, the Florida Studio Theater, and in national-touring shows at Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts. A top prize-winner in several performance competitions, he has been a featured soloist on recordings released by the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Embassy of Spain. He regularly performs with coloratura-soprano Jenny Kim-Godfrey as part of Corda Voce, a duo lauded for its “charming and virtuosic” fusion of cabaret and classical repertoire (www.CordaVoce.com). An active composer of guitar music, he was awarded First Prize in the 2011 Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition for his Sonatina for Solo Guitar, written for and premiered by Nemanja Ostoich, and most recently garnered an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Austin Classical Guitar Ensemble Composition Competition for his work Tunguska. He currently serves on the faculty of the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, where he teaches guitar, music appreciation, and music theory. (www.TampaBayGuitar.com)
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LECTURE Saturday, June 22 10am | Room: Foster 239 Michael Kudirka 2019 MIAMI
Historical Tunings and Temperaments on Modern Microtonal Guitars Prior to the adoption of fixed frets, guitars (and lutes and viols) used tied-on gut frets which were moveable, allowing the performer to adjust their placement for particular tunings and temperaments. While there was never a universally standardized fretting scheme, many options from Pythagorean to various flavors of Meantone were employed. The primary goal in the 16th and 17th centuries was to improve the quality of the Major Third, ideally achieving thirds in Just Intonation. Several luthiers from the 19th century onward have engineered alternative fretting technologies that can achieve these historical tunings and temperaments, and with materials and manufacturing improvements in the 21st century, guitarists now have the opportunity to truly move out of the rigid confines of 12-tone Equal Temperament. This lecture will explore several historical tuning systems and how they may be applied in the music of Francesco Canova da Milano, John Dowland, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Biography Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “the excellent guitarist in Henze’s unsettled score” and by Classical Guitar Magazine as “a leading proponent of new directions in classical guitar music,” Michael Kudirka is among the most committed, daring, and diversely talented of the current generation of virtuoso guitarists. An avid and long-time advocate of cutting-edge new music, Kudirka has maintained a close collaboration with Los Angeles-based composer Jeffrey Holmes since 2002, and a retrospective album of Holmes’s microtonal guitar works titled May the Bridges I Burn Light My Way has been released by MicroFest Records (USA) in 2019. In the same year Kudirka also released the world-premiere recording of Bryan Johanson’s epic album-length composition 13 Ways of Looking at 12 Strings with Eric Benzant-Feldra on Les Productions d’OZ (Canada).
In November, 2017 Michael Kudirka completed his third production run of Thomas Adès's The Exterminating Angel at The Metropolitan Opera of New York, following performances at the Salzburger Festspiele (Austria) and the Royal Opera House (UK). Kudirka worked personally with Adès on the composer’s first-ever music written for guitar, and a DVD of The Met's Fall 2017 production will be released by Deutsche Grammophon. Kudirka has also collaborated with 2017 MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Award Winner Yuval Sharon in his production of Veronika Krausas’s chamber opera The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth.
Michael Kudirka travels around the globe as a recitalist and chamber musician, and has performed at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Darmstadt Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik, EUROMicroFest, Le Chappelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Covent Garden, the Royal Conservatory of Music, Conservatorio de Las Rosas, Palace of Fine Arts, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Zipper Recital Hall, REDCAT, the Frye Art Museum, and many others.
He is currently a faculty member at Arkansas State University and is sponsored by D’Addario and Augustine strings.
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LECTURE Saturday, June 22 10am | Room: Foster 206 Frederick Sheppard 2019 MIAMI
The discovery and publication of the original Agustin Barrios Method for Guitar, and other original materials Passed over by 2 generations of researchers, the original and complete teaching method of Agustin Barrios has been found and is in publication. With comments from the leading guitarists of our time, the Barrios method and the additional manuscripts to be published give rare and never before seen insights into the structured and progressive teaching method of Barrios.
Additional lecture time will be devoted to the publication and analysis by musicologist Richard Pinnell of the personal autograph book of Barrios which contains the largest treasure trove of personal tributes and performance reviews of the Paraguayan master ever discovered.
Biography Frederick Sheppard is a guitar maker and author of the 6 volume series Agustin Barrios, El Libro do Oro which contains the original teaching method of Barrios, studies, duos written for him to play with his students, as well as his original works and arrangements of other composer's works taken from his concert career. He maintains a Spanish cultural charity in Carrion de los Condes Spain devoted to the construction of, and performance of the Spanish guitar housed in a 1000 year old church. Caminoartes.org.
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GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA XII International Youth Competition
IYC FINALS Junior Division Saturday, June 25 | 9:30am | Recital Hall Senior Division Saturday, June 25 | 1:30pm | Recital Hall
The final rounds in both divisions of the XII Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition will take place on Saturday, June 25, in the Recital Hall. The Junior Division final round will be held at 9:30 am and the Senior Division final round will be held at 1:30 pm.
Four finalists from each division will perform their programs for the judges and audience. The contestants and the judges appreciate the audience’s consideration of competition protocol; entering and leaving the hall only during applause and breaks, and turning off all handheld devices.
The results for both divisions will be announced at 4:00 p.m., before the Montenegrin Duo concert in the Concert Hall.
GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA XXXIV International Concert Artist Competition
ICAC Finals Saturday, June 25 6:30pm | Room: Concert Hall
The final round of the XXXIV GFA International Concert Artist Competition will take place Saturday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Four finalists will perform their twenty-five-minute programs, along with the set piece, Labyrinth, by Stephen Goss. The contestants and judges appreciate the audience’s consideration of competition protocol: hold applause until each competitor has finished his/her entire set; enter and leave the hall only during applause and breaks; and turn off all handheld devices.
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Hall of Fame Awards Saturday, June 22 | 9pm | Gusman Hall
2019 Award Recipient
Manuel Barrueco (see bio page 70) Artistic Achievementward A
Each year the Board of Trustees considers new candidates for the Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame. Nominees are voted into the following categories: • The Artistic Achievement Award—reserved for performers, composers, pedagogues, and scholars who have made monumental contributions to the development of the art and life of the classical guitar. • The Distinguished Service Award—honoring past GFA board members, officers, staff, and others who have served the GFA in outstanding, critical, and long-standing fashion. • The Industry Leadership Award—honoring entrepreneurs, artisans, and businesses who have made significant or visionary contributions to the advancement of the classical guitar and its community.
For 2019, the Board has voted to honor Manuel Barrueco with the Artistic Achievement Award. His work and contributions to the guitar world are well-known to most GFA members. We are honored that he is able to be present with us to accept this award. We look forward to celebrating his career at the 2019 Awards Ceremony.
Artistic Achievement Award: Industry Leadership Award: Leo Brouwer (2018) Robert Ruck (2016) David Russell (2018) Kenny Hill (2015) Alirio Díaz (2017) Dean Kamei (2014) Roland Dyens (2017) Maurice J. Summerfield (2013) Ricardo Iznaola (2016) Daniel Friederich (2012) Assad Brothers (Sérgio and Odair) (2015) Manuel Velázquez (2011) Carlos Barbosa-Lima (2015) Matanya Ophee (2011) Konrad Ragossnig (2014) John Gilbert (2010) Jorge Morel (2014) Bernard Maillot (2010) Michael Lorimer (2014) Jim D’Addario (2009) John Williams (2013) John D’Addario, Jr. (2009) Rico Stover (2013) Thomas Humphrey (2009) Bruce Holzman (2013) Paul Gerrits (2008) Christopher Parkening (2012) Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (1996) Andrés Segovia (post.) (2012) Brian Jeffrey (2012) Distinguished Service Award: David Starobin (2011) Ábel Nagytóthy-Tóth (2014) Eli Kassner (2011) Clare Callahan (2013) Pepe Romero (2010) Carol Sanders (2012) Oscar Ghiglia (2009) Richard Long (2010) Angelo Gilardino (2009) Jeff Cogan (2009) Julian Bream (2008) Ronald Purcell (2008) John Duarte (1999) Peter Danner (2007) Richard Pick (1999) Gunnar Eisel (2007) Chet Atkins (1996) Jim Forrest (2007) Aaron Shearer (1996) David Grimes (2007) Thomas Heck (2007)
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President: Martha Masters first achieved international recognition in 2000 when she won first prize in the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. That same year she also won the Andres Segovia International Competition in Linares, Spain, and was named a finalist in the Alexandre Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz, Poland.
Since then, Ms. Masters has been active as a solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist around the world. Recent seasons included appearances at festivals and on concert series through the United States, Germany, Poland, Russia, and China.
Masters received both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Manuel Barrueco, and completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California as a student of Scott Tennant.
Ms. Masters is currently on the guitar faculty of Loyola Marymount University and California State University Fullerton, and is president of the Guitar Foundation of America. She has five recordings on the Naxos and GSP labels, and has published three books with Mel Bay Publications and Alfred Music. For more information, visit www.marthamasters.com.
Artistic Director: Brian Head enjoys a vibrant, frenetic career as a guitarist, composer and teacher, frequently performing and recording with chamber and symphonic groups including the LA Phil, the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Long Beach Operas, and new music series such as Green Umbrella, Jacaranda, MicroFest, and Hear Now. His compositions have been performed on six continents and throughout the U.S. in venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles and the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. His homage to John McLaughlin called We Know You Know, was part of the Grammy Award-winning Guitar Heroes album by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Brian is currently Professor of Classical Guitar and Composition at the USC Thornton School of Music where he also serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. From 2004 until 2010 Brian led the Guitar Foundation of America as its president. In June of 2010, he was elected as the first Artistic Director of the GFA. Brian can be reached at: [email protected].
Vice President: Jeff Cogan studied guitar at California State University, Northridge with Ronald C. Purcell. He has performed in concerts in many American cities and in European cities such as Rust, Austria, Perigueux, France, Lanuvio, Italy, Aranda De Duero, Spain, and Belgrade, Serbia. Jeff’s teach- ing career began in 1982 at Chapman University where he remains director of guitar studies and music technology. He is a board member and program chairman of the Orange County Guitar Circle.
Vice President-Treasurer: Pam Gerken has over twenty-five years accounting experience as owner of Expert Bookkeeping Services in Orange, California. Her business specializes in Restaurant accounting and currently handles over sixty-five clients with the help of her staff. Pam has been a long time supporter and fan of classical guitar. In addition to her new position with the GFA Board, she has served as Treasurer for Rocco’s Heart, an HLHS Foundation, since 2007.
Vice President-Secretary: Robert Lane holds a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Finance from the Marshall School of Business and a Juris Doctor from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California. Having practiced law for over twenty-three years, Bob has represented and advised corporations in litigation, transactional, and compliance matters as both outside and in-house counsel. A student of the guitar and its history for many years, Bob has become an avid advocate and collector. He has been a member of the GFA Board since 2000. 2019 MIAMI 77 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Personnel | Board of Trustees
Stephen Aron is a well-established figure on the American classical guitar scene. He performs regularly across North America and Europe and has released eight CDs to critical acclaim. Notably, the music Aron has recorded is almost entirely of his own creation, either by arrangement or composition, and includes volumes of music of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and the complete guitar works of Burle Marx. His works are published by Tuscany, Mel Bay and Clear Note. Aron holds teaching posts at the University of Akron and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Aron was a GFA Board member 1989–92, and served as chairman 1990–92.
Joanne Castellani and her husband, Michael Andriaccio, have enjoyed a celebrated career as one of the foremost guitar duos in the world. Having received numerous awards and distinctions including two National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Fellowships and a scholarship to the masterclasses of Andres Segovia in Spain, they have toured internationally as recitalists and concerto soloists. The duo has recorded ten acclaimed CDs, two named Best of the Year by Fanfare Magazine and American Record Guide, as well as two DVDs. Joanne is cofounder, president, and CEO of Fleur de Son Classics, a record label with over one hundred acclaimed titles. Joanne has served as Board member and Executive Director of the Guitar Foundation of America International Competitions and is currently Artistic Co-Director of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition.
Mark Delpriora is co-chairman of the guitar department at Manhattan School of Music and is on the faculty of the Juilliard School in the Undergraduate Studies department. Delpriora’s compositions are published by Editions Orphee, Berben Edizioni Musicali, and Guitar Arts Publishing. Sections of his Variations on a Theme by Sor were used as the set piece for the 2011 Guitar Foundation of America Competition. He has been on the juries of several international competitions including the Naumberg, Guitar Foundation of America, Lagonegro (Italy), Barrios and the D’Addario Concerto competitions. He has recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundspells, Philips, Tzadik, and CRI and has six CDs with flutist Laurel Zucker on Cantilena Records.
Alexander Dunn holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, San Diego, where he was a protégé of Pepe Romero. His ground- breaking dissertation, “Robert de Visée’s Theorbo Works: An I introductory Study” is highly regarded, as is his research into nineteenth century performance practice. Dr. Dunn’s extensive summer studies included nine years at the Aspen Music Festival under Oscar Ghiglia and four summers at the Salzburg Mozarteum. He is a popular adjudicator and competition judge. Dr. Dunn is on the Board of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, and currently heads what is considered one of Canada’s top guitar programs at the University of Victoria and the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
Eric Dussault holds a Bachelor Degree in Performance from Laval University, and a Master Degree from the Quebec Conservatory, both institutions being located in Quebec city, Canada. After publishing many books with Les Productions d’OZ at the dawn of the new millennium, he started to work part-time as a music engraver, before turning full-time for the company in 2004. The scope of his work at Les Productions d’OZ ranges from music typesetting, graphic design, webmaster, production, and also representing the company in various conventions and festivals. Now a share holder in the company, he is getting more closely involved in the different aspects of the management of Les Productions d’OZ and Doberman editions.
Chris Garwood began his classical guitar studies at the age of five under the tutelage of Alan Johnston at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minnesota. He has gone on to receive a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California where he studied with William Kanengiser as a Trustee Scholarship recipient and a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. Chris is a co-founder of the online music education startup "tonebase" which hosts a curated catalog of instructional videos from the world's best classical guitarists.
Stephen Goss’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year and has been recorded on over 60 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, Decca, Telarc, Virgin Classics, Naxos, and Deutsche Grammophon. Recent work includes several projects with the guitarist John Williams, who has recorded and toured Steve’s Guitar Concerto (2012) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As composer-in-residence for the Orpheus Sinfonia, Steve wrote the Piano Concerto (2013) and the Concerto for Five (2013). Steve has also had his music performed by The Russian National Orchestra, The China National Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Steve’s Albéniz Concerto (2009) for guitar and orchestra was released to great critical acclaim on EMI Classics in 2010. Steve is Chair of Composition at the University of Surrey, UK, and a Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was born on 2nd February 1964. 78 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Personnel | Board of Trustees
Julian Gray’s career over three decades includes critically acclaimed recordings on the Dorian-Sono Luminus label and concert appearances and masterclasses throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. His work in helping to establish the guitar duo repertoire includes his many arrangements for duo with partners Ronald Pearl and Serap Bastepe-Gray and the commissioning and premieres of works by composers such as Roberto Sierra, David Leisner, Gilbert Biberian, Loris Chobanian, William Bland, Oliver Hunt, and Benjamin Verdery. His students are frequent top prize winners at major national and international solo guitar, guitar concerto, and chamber ensemble competitions, and his many former students are members of university, college, and conservatory faculties in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Julian Gray is on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where he is Chair of the Guitar Department, and the Shenandoah Conservatory of the Shenandoah University, where he is Professor of Music and Director of Guitar Studies.
Nathaniel Gunod is a VP and Senior Acquisitions Editor at Alfred Music. He was the founder and Artistic Director of the National Guitar Workshop’s Classical Guitar Summit and an instructor of guitar at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He toured nationally with the Gunod-Rosser Guitar and Harpsichord Duo and has been a judge for several competitions, including the GFA, The Beatty Music Scholarship Competition, and the Peggy and Yale Gordon Competition at Peabody Conservatory. Gunod created and edits Alfred’s Classical Guitar Masterworks series, which includes editions from Nicholas Goluses (Bach), Marc Teicholz (Sor), Julian Gray (Mertz), Scott Tennant (Tarrega), and Jeffrey McFadden (Coste). The editor of Scott Tennant’s Pumping Nylon, Andrew York’s Jazz for Classical Cats, and Martha Masters’s Total Classical Guitarist, he is the author of Classical Guitar for Beginners, Teach Yourself Classical Guitar, and Beginning Theory for Adults and has published numerous arrangements for guitar. He was the Chief Content Officer at WorkshopLive.com, where he oversaw the creation of over 2,500 online music lessons.
Bryan Johanson is an active concert guitarist, composer, and author who has taught at Portland State University since 1978. A Professor of Music and past Director of the School of Music, Johanson retired in January of 2016 to pursue composing, performing, and writing. His articles and reviews on the guitar have appeared in Soundboard, Guitar Review, Acoustic Guitar, and American Lutherie. Johanson’s compositions have been published by Guitar Solo Publications, Mel Bay Publications, Doberman-Yppan, Les Productions d’OZ, and more, and his music has been performed and recorded by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, David Starobin, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, David Tanenbaum, and many others. He has won numerous composition prizes nationally and internationally. Johanson’s music is recorded extensively and appears on record labels such as Albany, Bridge, EMI, GSP, Gagliano Recording, Naxos, and Cube Squared Records. His compositions have been recorded on Grammy- nominated, and Grammy-winning albums. Johanson is currently a member of the Oregon Guitar Quartet, which has released seven highly successful recordings.
William Kanengiser is a noted soloist, chamber musician, and professor of the classical guitar. A longtime board member of GFA, he is perhaps best known for his stand-up comedy routine at the 2005 Convention, where he infamously imitated twenty-two guitarists. First prize winner in the 1987 Concert Artists Guild and 1981 Toronto Competitions, he has recorded four solo CDs for the GSP label. As a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Mr. Kanengiser has toured worldwide and recorded over a dozen CDs, many featuring his arrangements and compositions. LAGQ was awarded a Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Recording in 2004 for their LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes CD. A dedicated masterclass instructor, he is an Associate Professor of Practice at the USC Thornton School of Music and has taught there since 1983. He was a recipient of the 2011 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2013 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Professional Endeavors.
Frank Koonce has directed the guitar program at Arizona State University since 1978 and is internationally acclaimed as a performer, teacher, and writer. He produced an authoritative edition of Bach’s solo lute works and other publications through Mel Bay, Kjos, and Productions d’Oz. Additionally, he recorded Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Platero y yo and is featured in a live concert video with Nikita Koshkin. A founding partner of Soundset Recordings, he is now president of the label. Mr. Koonce has served on the GFA Advisory Board, including two terms as chair, and was the Pedagogy Forum editor for Soundboard for many years.
Dr Kenneth Kwan is Professor at Xinghai Conservatory of Music (Guangzhou, China) where he established the classical guitar program in 2006. A graduate of SUNY Buffalo, he was a student of the Castellani-Andriaccio Guitar Duo. He has extensive experience in the guitar in China, being member of the Organizing Committee of the Changsha International Guitar Festival (Artistic Director: Xuefei Yang) and the Hong Kong Altamira International Guitar Symposium. He has served on judging panels in competitions all over China and abroad. Kwan is also an internationally known specialist on the music of Chinese American composer Chou Wen-chung, whose collection of books was donated to the Chou Wen-chung Music Research Center which was launched at Xinghai Conservatory in November 2018 and whose Academic Advisory Committee Kwan is an Executive Member of. 79 GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Personnel | Board of Trustees
Randy Leffis a business lawyer with over thirty years of experience trying and resolving “bet the company” disputes in both state and federal court. He brings to the table substantial knowledge and experience for his business clients, who appreciate his consistently customized, high-quality legal services with his signature enthusiasm, creativity, and passion. By working collaboratively with his clients, he is able to solve problems creatively and minimize the impact of litigation. Many of Randy’s clients ask him to become a member of their management teams in the role of outside general counsel. In this capacity, he can further influence the business by bringing his business acumen, entrepreneurial zeal, and problem solving skills to the management team. Randy has been playing guitar for more than thirty years. During that period he has had the honor of studying with Peter Yates, John Dearman, and Martha Masters.
Richard Long was the editor of Soundboard from 2001 to 2012. He holds a PhD in European History from Florida State University and has written many articles on the period of the French Revolution and Napoleon and on the history of the guitar during that era. He has also published dozens of transcriptions, arrangements, and critical editions of music for the guitar, solo and in various ensembles. He is the owner of Tuscany Publications, specializing in music for the classical guitar. He has performed in various chamber ensembles, including Camerata (a quartet consisting of violin, viola, cello, and guitar) and in a series of concerts of rare music for machete and guitar in California and Portugal with the late John King.
Christopher Mallett is the co-founder and co-owner of the California Conservatory of Music located in the San Francisco Bay Area where he also teaches students of all ages. As a soloist and a chamber musician, Christopher has performed extensively across America and Asia. Christopher's newest album with Duo Noire on New Focus Recordings, Night Triptych, features world premiere recordings of newly commissioned works by women composers. It was chosen as 2018’s editor's pick on the new music blog I Care if You Listen. Christopher’s involvement in community outreach has led to four residencies with the St. Louis Guitar Society where he has performed in dozens of public schools for thousands of students. Christopher is also the co-artistic director of the Peninsula Guitar Series and is on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Stephen Mattingly has been warmly received by audiences as a soloist and founding member of the Tantalus Quartet. As recipient of the Theodore Presser Award, he recorded the complete guitar chamber works by Franz Schubert. Stephen enjoys a vibrant career as Associate Professor of Guitar at the University of Louisville. He is a member of the Kentucky Arts Council Performing Arts Directory and has been featured at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Silesian Guitar Autumn in Poland, Panamá Guitar Festival, GFA Convention, Iserlohn Guitar Symposium in Germany, and the Columbus State Guitar Symposium.
John Olson is President of the New York City Classical Guitar Society. In this role since 2007, he has revitalized the organization and made it a thriving and central part of the New York guitar community, presenting one of the city’s most successful guitar concert series and producing a highly regarded monthly series of educational forums. As a musician, his teachers include David Leisner and early music specialist Rick Erickson. He performs regularly in a number of ensembles. Also a scientist, John received his PhD from MIT and has worked in biomedical research for over twenty years. He joined the Board of Trustees in 2014.
Kim Perlak is the chair of the guitar department at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA. Kim’s versatile approach to the instrument embraces new music, education, and public service. Her performances of new classical works, original and improvised pieces, and collaborations with jazz and traditional players have been featured on National Public Radio, at the Yale Guitar Extravaganza, at Boston GuitarFest, and on five recordings. Kim’s curriculum development for Berklee includes the book Classical Technique for the Modern Guitarist (Berklee Press/ Hal Leonard 2016). Her guitar work in education and with American veterans has been honored by the PBS program “From the Top” as part of their Arts Leadership series, and was recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives. Kim holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin (’08 DMA), Yale School of Music (’01 MM), and Stetson University (’98 BM). She currently serves on the board of the Boston Classical Guitar Society, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of Soundboard for GFA from 2010-2013.
Helene Rottenberg is a Professor of Music at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, and also taught at the Herb David Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor for thirty-nine years. She has a Master of Music from the University of Michigan and was a student of the late Argentine guitarist Manuel Lopez-Ramos. Helene has performed extensively in the Midwest, particularly in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area, since 1975. She regularly performs in a flute-guitar duo, Divertimente, with flutist Susan Lazar and has recently joined with Chicago guitarist Pamela Kimmel to form the Cecilia Guitar Duo. She has been studying Iyengar Yoga since 1976 and has been teaching yoga since 1986. She currently teaches three hatha yoga classes a semester to college students at Madonna University and maintains a private yoga studio in her home. She credits the yoga practice with allowing her to play the classical guitar pain-free 80 for the past thirty-five years! GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Personnel | Board of Trustees
Kami Rowan is Full Professor of Music at Guilford College. She received her DMA and MM from Shenandoah Conservatory. She received her BM under tutelage of Aaron Shearer at NC School of the Arts. Kami is a respected clinician & performer & current president of the Piedmont Classic Guitar Society. Dr. Rowan sits on the board of the Aaron Shearer Foundation, which hosts an annual summer institute in Zion National Park. Kami is also Director of the Guitar Program at Eastern Music Festival. Dr. Rowan worked collaboratively to create an arts magnet high school & curriculum. She received her teaching license from the University of NC at Greensboro. Kami will direct the US Guitar Orchestra in Carnegie Hall followed by a tour of France in summer, 2019.
Jim Stroud completed his bachelor's degree in guitar performance in 1982 and completed his Master's degree in 1984. Jim entered the business world in 1984 and continues to run his business today full time with UBS in Hudson, Ohio as president of Stroud Wealth Partners. Jim continues to sponsor the James Stroud classical guitar competition at Oberlin conservatory for the past 15 years and offers one of the largest prize awards of any competition held in the US for guitarists enrolled at the university level exclusively. Past prize winners have received full scholarships at some of the finest guitar programs in the US including Peabody, Curtis, Eastman, Florida State, Oberlin, and CIM.
David Tanenbaum has performed in over forty countries and has had works written for him by many prominent composers, including Hans Werner Henze, Aaron Jay Kernis, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, and Roberto Sierra. His more than thirty five recordings can be heard on EMI, New Albion, Naxos, and other labels. He has toured extensively with Steve Reich and Musicians and has worked with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kent Nagano. He is a member of the Pacific Guitar Ensemble and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and he is Chair of the Guitar Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Marc Teicholz won first prize in the 1989 International Guitar Foundation of America competition. He has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Russia, receiving critical acclaim for his recitals and masterclasses. Teicholz also has toured Southeast Asia under the auspices of the USIA Artistic Ambassador program. He has recorded for Naxos and Sugo records, and his solo CD of waltzes,Valseana, recorded on vintage instruments with GSI, was named by Acoustic Magazine as one of the ten best CDs of 2011. Teicholz has published an edition of Fernando Sor with the Alfred Music Company and of Ernesto Nazareth with Les Productions D’Oz. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received an Master of Music from the Yale School of Music and a JD from the Boalt School of Law at the University of California Berkeley. He is on the faculties of California State University, East Bay and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Sonia Wilczewski, Esq. is an immigration attorney focusing on employment-based cases with particular enthusiasm in representing artists and musicians for the past 20 years. As part of the integrative law movement, she is a contributing author of "Lawyers as Changemakers" published by the American Bar Association. In addition to law, she has an extensive background in dance and therapy, and has taught numerous workshops in alignment, breathwork, rehabilitative movement and served as an Adjunct Professor of Dance Injury Prevention at New World School of the Arts for five years. Her grandfather was a guitarist who instilled in her a love of the instrument at a young age. While living in Florida, she was a member of the Florida Guitar Foundation. She currently lives in Los Angeles and when not practicing law, is a part-time student seeking a music degree.
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General Manager: Dr. Connie Sheu is a performer, teacher, and advocate of classical guitar. Past performances have brought her to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, 92nd StY, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, and venues in Moldova, Italy, and Hungary. She performs frequently as a soloist for guitar societies and music festivals across the United States. Connie studied US History and Music at Columbia University, and earned a Master of Music from the Juilliard School. She completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California. She teaches at the Colburn School and Vanguard University. Connie joined GFA staff in 2009 and previously served as Tour and Communications Director. Connie can be reached at: [email protected].
Operations Administrator: Ebaa Khamas is a performer, and teacher. He has performed as a soloist and in various chamber settings. Currently, he’s focused on teaching, performing, and working as an Operations administrator for the GFA. He holds a Bachelor, and Master of Music degrees from Cal State University Fullerton School of Music, where he studied with Dr. Martha Masters and Andrew York. Ebaa can be reached at: ekhamas@guitarfoundation.
Convention Manager: Brian Geary is a performer and educator in Southern California. He has received a bachelor in music, graduating summa cum laude, from SUNY Buffalo State and a Masters of Music in performance from California State University Fullerton. As a soloist, Brian focuses his musical efforts on performing repertoire that is infrequently performed, as well as promoting the guitar to composers, to help grow the instrument’s repertoire. He has also performed in various contemporary chamber groups like the Post Sonus Orchestra and CSUF New Music Ensemble. Brian helped found the annual Women of the Guitar Series at Buffalo State, where he received an award from the President’s Council on Equity and Campus Diversity for his efforts. He teaches privately, directs a guitar ensemble, leads an after-school ukulele program, and has taught for the Guitar Foundation of America’s Youth Guitar Summit. Brian joined the GFA Staff in 2018 and can be reached at [email protected].
Guitar Summit and Orchestras Director: Chuck Hulihan, has enjoyed a career over the past two plus decades as a guitarist, educator, conductor, narrator, arts administrator, and as a classical music radio host. Chuck has directed the guitar program at Glendale Community College since 1999, where he is the Assistant Department Chair for Performing Arts, and in 2015 he was chosen by his peers to receive the GCC Gaucho Globe Award for Supporting Student Success. His work at GCC is highlighted by collaborations with composers whom have written new works for the GCC Guitar Ensembles, including Mark Houghton, Rex Willis, Jan Bartlema, Adrian Andrei, Frank Wallace, Andrew York, Vito Nicola Paradiso, Francisco Munoz, Aramis Silvereke, and Phil Moloso. Since 2000, his students have consistently won the Artists of Promise competition in both solo guitar and instrumental ensemble categories, and in 2014 the GCC Guitar Octet won the Guitar Foundation of America’s Ensemble Showcase Competition and went on to perform two world premieres at the 2014 convention. Chuck can be reached at: [email protected].
Soundboard Editor: Robert Ferguson has been active in the classical guitar community for four decades, teaching, performing, composing, arranging, writing, and broadcasting. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Indiana University, the latter from the Jacobs School of Music, where he studied performance with Ernesto Bitetti and Thomas Binkley. Other mentors include Javier Calderon and Jeffrey Noonan. In addition to applied guitar, Bob teaches guitar history and literature at IU’s regional campus in Fort Wayne. His radio program, Guitar Showcase, has aired weekly on NPR affiliates WBNI and WBOI since 1985. He has contributed to Soundboard since the early 2000s. Bob can be reached at: [email protected].
Soundboard Scholar Editors: Thomas Heck and Jonathon Leathwood See bios on page 53 and 66. Thomas and Jonathan can be reached at: [email protected].
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Tour Director: Teresa Hayward is a singer, songwriter, performer and voice teacher from Chicopee, MA, currently living in Louisville, KY. In May of 2017, Teresa graduated from The Hartt School of the University of Hartford with a Bachelor’s of Music in Music Management and Jazz Voice. At the Hartt School, she studied with the distinguished jazz vocalist, Professor Shawnn Monteiro, and performed with esteemed faculty including internationally-renowned and highly revered jazz bassist, Professor Nat Reeves, as well as luminary jazz pianist Matt Dechamplain. During college, she had the opportunity to work as Administrative Assistant for the arts non-profit Blues to Green Inc., helping to organize the annual Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival in Springfield, Massachusetts. For over 10 years, Teresa has been singing and performing many different genres and styles of music, and has performed as a soloist in various jazz ensembles, quartets, trios, and big bands, and was also a singer in the Hartford-based indie-pop/rock band, Art School Girls, as well as the lead vocalist in her duo band, Quietside. Teresa currently teaches private voice and piano lessons, and is thrilled to be working as Tour Director for the Guitar Foundation of America. Teresa can be contacted at: [email protected].
International Ensemble Competition Director: A passionate educator, performer, and advocate of the classical guitar, Michael Kagan enjoys a vibrant career as the Director of Guitar Studies at the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) in Louisville, Kentucky, serves as the International Ensemble Competition Artistic Director for the Guitar Foundation of America, and is President of the Louisville Guitar Society—a 501c3 that promotes live music, educational opportunities, and musical community through the guitar. In 2016, Michael successfully passed an eight course curriculum for the first magnet program for the guitar in the state of Kentucky. He is currently building local audiences and initiating after school guitar programs to engage and enrich the Louisville community. As a performer, Michael’s most recent engagements have included a program of Schubert’s music for guitar and voice and Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano. Michael can be reached at: [email protected].
Ad Sales Manager and Vendor Expo Manager: Ryan Ayers is a solo guitarist mixing together classical and fingerstyle techniques with accessible songs forms and structures. His stage show is a well crafted blend of engaging music and interesting stories which have captivated audiences on both coasts. Ryan began playing guitar at the age of thirteen. He attended Loyola Marymount University and graduated with degrees in classical guitar performance and recording arts. He worked for nine years selling classical, flamenco, and steel string guitars at Trilogy Guitars in Playa Del Rey, CA. An active composer for over ten years, Ryan released his first record of original pieces for guitar entitled ermita in 2011 and he has continued writing and touring to share his music with audiences ever since. Ryan can be reached at: [email protected].
International Youth Competition Director: Lynn McGrath has performed, adjudicated, and lectured on four continents and is a member of the acclaimed Tantalus Guitar Quartet. She earned multiple Bachelor’s Degrees from SUNY Potsdam and received a M.M. and D.M.A. from the University of Southern California. Her students have performed on NPR’s “From the Top,” placed in multiple international competitions at the youth and collegiate levels, and have received scholarship to attend some of the most competitive guitar programs in the United States. Lynn is the guitar instructor for a thriving program at the Eastman Community Music School, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. On staff with the GFA for more than a decade, she was Tour Director for seven years followed by three years as the Regional Symposia Director, and is entering her fourth year as the Director of the International Youth Competition. Lynn can be reached at: [email protected].
Publications Art Director: Colleen Gates has worked as a graphic designer, creative services manager, and art director for various corporations and design studios, including Aaron Brothers Art & Framing, United Artists Theatres, and Frederick’s of Hollywood. She is owner and creative director of GATES by design, a graphic design and creative services studio focused in the areas of the arts, education, and non-profit organizations. Colleen has enjoyed designing several guitar-related projects connected to the Thornton School of Music and Doberman-Yppan Editions. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Denver. Colleen joined GFA in 2015 and lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, a composer, and two children. Colleen can be reached at: [email protected].
Education Director: Matthew Nishimoto has taught the guitar classes and been the director for the guitar ensembles at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada since 2003. His award-winning program has been recognized by the GFA, the Grammy Foundation, and the National Association for Music Education. Dr. Nishimoto earned a B.A. in Music Ed from UNLV, where he also received a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and a Ph.D. in Teacher Education. His research into the issues of new teachers led him to the topic of the role of expertise in instruction—the target of inquiry of an ongoing overarching study regarding the expert blind spot effect and guitar pedagogy. He also publishes and lectures on the topics of teacher socialization and educational leadership roles. Matthew can be reached at: [email protected].
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COMPETITORS PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mauro Giuliani J.S. Bach Fantaisie dramatique Grand Overture Prelude, BWV 997 “Le depart” Op. 31 Joseph Breznikar Leo Brouwer Francisco Araújo Etude No.8 Reflective El decamerón negro Virtuoso Waltz No.1 Repetitions; Etude No.12 Jaz-ical-blu-roc Agustín Barrios Mangoré Un sueño en la floresta Christopher Allen U.S.A. Age: 45 PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Francisco Araújo Francisco Araújo Joaquín Rodrigo Variações Sobre Sons Estudio de Concerto No. 3 Toccata de Carrilhoes Sérgio Assad Antonio José Aquarelle Sonata para guitarra
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Roland Dyens Capriccio diabolico Clown Down, from Triaela Lucio Aparecido Dos Santos Brazil Age: 48
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Antonio José Joaquín Turina Capriccio diabolico Pavana Triste, and Finale, from Fantasia Sevillana Sonata para guitarra Marek Pasieczny
Phosphenes Leo Brouwer La gran sarabanda Tōru Takemitzu Equinox Joaquín Turina Giulia Ballare Sonata Op. 61 Italy Age: 31
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach J.S. Bach Joaquín Rodrigo Gigue, BWV 1004 Allemande and Courante, Fandango, from BWV 1004 Tres piezas Españolas Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco El sueño de la razón produce Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco J.S. Bach monstruos, from 24 Caprichos Allegro con spirito, from Sarabande and Chaconne, de Goya Sonata Op. 77 BWV 1004
Jeseok Bang Joaquín Rodrigo Niccolo Paganini Passacaglia and Zapateado, Caprice No. 24 South Korea from Tres piezas Españolas Age: 18
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Francesco da Milano Francesco da Milano Fransisco Tárrega Fantasia No. 33 Ricercar No.34 Prelude No. 1 in D minor, Endecha y Oremus George Rochberg Antonio José Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Aria, from Caprice Variations Allegro Moderato, Sonata Op. 77 from Sonata para guitarra Antonio José Giulio Regondi Final, from Sonata para guitarra J.S. Bach Introduction et Caprice Robby Brown Fugue and Double, BWV 997 U.S.A. Age: 30
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND John Dowland J.S. Bach Benjamin Britten Praeludium Adagio and Allegro Assai, BWV Nocturnal After John Dowland 1005 John McLeod J.S. Bach Fantasy on Themes from Luigi Legnani Fugue, BWV 1005 Britten’s ‘Gloriana’ Fantasia in A
Michael Butten United Kingdom Age: 27
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Josef Kaspar Mertz Dusan Bogdanovic Dušan Bogdanović Fantaisie Hongroise, Op.65, Allegretto and Allegro brillante, Moderato apassionata, No. 1 from Sonata No. 3 from Sonata No. 3 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Roberto Sierra William Walton El villano, Pesame dello amor Salseado, from Sonata Allegro, Alla Cubana, and and El rey Don Alonso el Bueno, Con slancio, from Bagatelles from Escarraman, Op. 177
John Dowland
Bokyung Byun Fantasia P. 71 South Korea Age: 24 Leo Brouwer Las ciclades arcaicas, from Danzas rituales y festivas
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Luigi Legnani Heitor Villa-Lobos Giulio Regondi Caprice No.7 and 21 Etude No. 7 Introduction et Caprice Antonio José William Walton Antonio Manjón Sonata para guitarra Bagatelles No. 1, 4, and 5 Aire Vasco Joaquín Rodrigo Sonata giocosa
Lazhar Cherouana France Age: 30
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Alexandre Tansman Alexandre Tansman Capriccio diabolico Passacaille Variations sur un Theme de Scriabine Giulio Regondi
Introduction et Caprice Op. 23 Agustín Barrios Mangore
Vals Estudio No.1
Leo Brouwer Sonata No.1 Gian Marco Ciampa Italy Age: 29
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Regino Sainz de la Maza Joaquín Rodrigo Manuel María Ponce Rondena Tres piezas Españolas Variations sur Folia de España et Fugue Maurice Ohana Wenzel Thomas Matiegka Francesco da Milano Tiento Sonata VI Op. 31 Fantasías 40 and 21
Brendan Evans U.S.A. Age: 35
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Sergio Assad Paul Lansky Wenzel Thomas Matiegka Divertimento, from Aquarelle Putative Prelude, from Moderato and Theme and Semi-Suite Variations, from Grand Sonata No. 2 Mauro Giuliani Grand Overture Sergio Assad Valseana, and Prelude and Richard Wernick Toccatina, from Aquarelle Da’ase Yunxiang Fan Bryan Johanson China Open Up Your Ears Age: 26
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Leo Brouwer Maneul Ponce Domenico Scarlatti La gran Sarabanda Thème varié et final Sonata K. 466
HeitorVilla-Lobos Domenico Scarlatti Antonio José Sonata para guitarra Étude No. 12 Sonata K. 209
Arthur Kampela Percussion Study Pauline Gauthey Toru Takemitsu France Equinox Age: 25
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Manuel Ponce Napoléon Coste Gallarda, from Escarraman, Allegro moderato, from Le Départ, Op. 31 Op. 177 Sonata Romantica Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Franz Schubert (arr. Mertz) Jacques Hétu El Canario, from Escarraman, Lob der Tranen, D. 711 Final, from Suite for Guitar, Op. 177 Op. 41 Pēteris Vasks Matthew Gillen Kevin Callahan The Sonata of Loneliness U.S.A. The Red Fantasy Age: 28
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Joaquín Clerch Enrique Granados Enrique Granados Estudio de acordes Valses sentimentales Ocho valses poéticos
Manuel Maria Ponce Joaquín Clerch Joaquín Clerch Chanson, from Sonata III Guitarresca Guitarresca Gredos San Diego
Niccolo Paganini Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Caprice No. 5 Capriccio diabolico Mircea Gogoncea Romania/Germany Age: 27
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Roberto Sierra Francesco Canova da Milano Michael Troster Sonata para guitarra Fantasia No. 33 Etude X
Wes Montgomery Antoine Boyer Joe Pass While We’re Young Fantasy on Bill Evans’ When You Wish Upon a Star... “We Will Meet Again” Roberto Gerhard Leo Brouwer For Whom the Bell Tolls Phil Goldenberg Elogio de le danza U.S.A. Age: 28
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Roberto Sierra Silvus Leopold Weiss Alexandre Tansman Con pasion and Sarabande from Suite L’ infidele Hommage a Chopin Espresivo, casi religioso, from Sonata Leo Brouwer William Walton Sonata Five Bagatelles
Andrzej Grygier Poland Age: 20
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND John Dowland Isaac Albéniz Johann Kasper Mertz Forlorne Hope Fancy Cataluña Op.47, No.2 Hungarian Fantasy
Malcolm Arnold J.S. Bach John Dowland Prelude, Scherzo, Arietta No.1, Sarabande/Double and Praedulium and Fantasia from Fantasy for Guitar Bourree/Double, BWV 1002 in G Major, P.1
Benjamin Britten Jack Hancher Nocturnal after John Dowland United Kingdom Age: 25
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Isaac Albéniz Napoléon Coste J.S. Bach Aragon, from Suite Española, Rondeau de concert, Op. 12 Ciaconna, from Partita for Op. 47 (Arr. Alec Holcomb) Violin No.2 BWV 1004 Isaac Albéniz Luigi Legnani Serenata, from España, Op. 165 Giulio Regondi III. Moderato and IX. Largo, (Arr. Alec Holcomb) Étude No. 10 from 36 Caprices, Op. 20 Gaspar Cassado Antonio José Preludio-Fantasia, from Suite for Pavana triste, from Sonata Alec Holcomb para guitarra U.S.A. Solo Cello (Arr. Alec Holcomb)
Age: 24 Isaac Albéniz Malagueña, from España, Op. 165 (Arr. Alec Holcomb)
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Dionisio Aguado J.S. Bach Francisco Tárrega Rondo Brillante Op.2 No.2 Prelude, from BWV1006a Recuerdos de la Alhambra
William Walton Augustín Barrios Five Bagatelles La Catedral Leo Brouwer Sonata
Yuexuan Huang China Age: 17
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach J.S. Bach Manuel Ponce Sinfonia, from Second Keyboard Allemande, from Second Thème varié et Finale Partita, BWV 826 Keyboard Partita, BWV 826 Leo Brouwer Claude Debussy Eduardo Angulo Sonata del Caminante Minstrels Sonata No.2 Joaquín Rodrigo Darius Milhaud Zarabanda lejana Henry Johnston Segoviana U.S.A. Age: 22
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach Giulio Regondi Joan Manen Sarabande and Gigue, from Étude No. 4 Sonata Fantasia Second Violin Partita, BWV 1004 Antonio José Giulio Regondi Pavana Triste and Final, Introduction et Caprice Op.23 from Sonata para guitarra
Vojin Kocić Serbia Age: 28
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Leo Brouwer Benjamin Britten Capriccio diabolico El decamerón negro Nocturnal after John Dowland
Isaac Albéniz Leo Brouwer Sevilla Danza de las diosas negras, from Rito de los orishas
Chanhyeok Lee South Korea Age: 20
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Miguel Llobet John Dowland J.S. Bach Variations on a Theme of Sor A Fancy Chaconne, BWV 1004
Mauro Giuliani Sérgio Assad Rossiniana No.1 Preludio e toccatina, from Aquarelle
Franz Liszt Mengyi Li Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 China Age: 26
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mario Gangi Domenico Scarlatti Manuel Ponce Study No. 6 K. 408 Thème varié et Final
Mario Gangi Domenico Scarlatti Johan Helmich Roman Study No. 7 K. 377 Andante and Vif, from Assaggio in G Minor Johan Helmich Roman Francois de Fossa Allegro, from Assaggio in Premiere Fantasie in Franz Joseph Haydn David Margolis G Minor B-flat Major Adagio and Allegro, from Sonata No. 19 in E minor U.S.A. Age: 34
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Leo Brower Domenico Scarlatti J.S. Bach The Harp and The Shadow Sonatas K.77 and K. 491 Chaconne, from 2nd Violin Partira for Violin BWV1004 Giulio Regondi Air varié sur un thème de Vicente Asencio l'opéra de Bellini “Montecchi Collectici intim e Capuletti”
Taiki Matsumoto Japan Age: 32
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Johann Sebastian Bach Stephen Dodgson Gilbert Biberian Prelude from Lute Suite in E Fantasy Divisions Threnody Major Lennox Berkeley Anton Diabelli Johann Kaspar Mertz Allegretto from Allegro moderato Hungarian Fantasy Sonatina for Guitar Andante sostenuto
Eddie McGuire Michael McGeary Prelude 5 Scotland Age: 26
2019 MIAMI MIAMI 95 XXXVII INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ARTIST COMPETITION 2019
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Johann Kaspar Mertz Domenico Scarlatti J.S. Bach Harmonie du Soir Sonata K.87 and K.162 Chaconne, BWV 1004
Vicente Asencio Dušan Bogdanović La Joia, La Calma, and Sonata No.2 La Frisança, from Collectici Intim
Bogdan Mihailescu Romania Age: 28
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Dušan Bogdanović Dionisio Aguado Sergio Assad Fantasia Rondo Brillante No. 3 Arpoador, from Three Divertimientos J.S. Bach Antonio Jiménez Manjón Allemande, from the Second Aire Basco Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Partita for Clavier, BWV 826 Sonata Op. 77
J.S. Bach Sinfonia, from the Second Cyprien N'tsaï Partita for Clavier, BWV 826 France Age: 23
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND John Dowland John Dowland J.S. Bach Fantasia P. 5 and P. 1 Tarleton’s Resurrection and Sir Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, John Smith, His Almain BWV 998 Heitor Villa-Lobos Mauro Giuliani Giulio Regondi Etude No. 12 Rossiniana No. 5, Op. 123 Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23
Kevin Callahan
Undercurrents, from Three River Moments Takuya Okamoto Japan Age: 27
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Heitor Villa-Lobos Manuel de Falla Fernando Sor Étude No.7 Homenaje pour le tombeau Fantasia No.7, Op 30 de Debussy Joaquín Turina Alberto Ginastera Sevillana Napoléon Coste Sonata Op.47 Fantasies sur deux motifs de la Norma, Op. 16
Dmytro Omelchak Nuccio D'Angelo Due Canzoni Lidie Ukraine Age: 28
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND George Philip Telemann Manuel de Falla Isaac Albéniz Fantasia No. 1 for Solo Violin in Homenaje pour le tombeau Evocación and El Puerto, from Bb Major (arr. C. Marchione) de Debussy Iberia Book 1 (arr. J. Riba)
Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti Sonata K. 209 (arr. G. Abiton) Sonata K. 491 (arr. D. Russell)
Giulio Regondi Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Ji Hyung Park Air varie sur un theme de Bellini Allegro con spirito, Tempo di de l'opera “I Montecchi e minuetto, and Presto furioso, Korea Capuletti” from Sonata Op. 77 Age: 26 PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Manuel Ponce Johann Kaspar Mertz Niccolo Paganini Thème varié et Final Fantaisie Hongroise Caprice No. 24
Leo Brouwer Heitor Villalobos Leo Brouwer La gran Sarabanda Étude No.12 Sonata Joaquín Rodrigo Invocación y danza
Jesus Serrano Huitron Kevin Callahan Mexico The Red Fantasy Age: 27
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Johann Kaspar Mertz J.S. Bach Manuel Ponce Concertino Toccata, Un Poco Allegro, Variations et Fugue sur Adagio, Allegro, from Toccata “Folia de España” BWV 914
Joaquín Rodrigo Sonata giocosa
Johan Smith Switzerland Age: 29
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Joaquín Rodrigo Roland Dyens Leo Brouwer Invocación y danza Saudade No.3 Ballada de la doncella enamorada, from Leo Brouwer El Decameron Negro Sonata No.1 Giulio Regondi Nocturne and Reverie Op.19
Joaquín Turina Wang Tian Xiang Sonata Op.61 China Age: 24
2019 MIAMI MIAMI 97 XXXVII INTERNATIONAL CONCERT ARTIST COMPETITION 2019
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Nikita Koshkin Preludio and Presto, BWV 996 Capriccio diabolico Introduction and Vivace
J.S. Bach Leo Brouwer Roland Dyens Chaconne, BWV 1004 La gran Sarabanda Fuoco, from Libra Sonatine Modest Mussorgsky Joaquín Rodrigo Baba Yaga, the Hut on Fowl's Toccata Legs and Great Gate of Kiev, Marko Topchii from Pictures at an Exhibition Ukraine Age: 28
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Joaquín Rodrigo Roland Dyens Sergio Assad Junto al Generalife Songe Capricorne Aquarelle
Robert Beaser Sérgio Assad Luigi Legnani Shenandoah Jongo Caprice No.15
J. S. Bach Allegro Assai, BWV 1005 Austin Wahl U.S.A. Age: 26
PRELIMINARY ROUND SEMIFINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Napoléon Coste J.S. Bach J.S. Bach Rondeau de concert Op. 12 Chaconne, BWV 1004 Giga, BWV 1004
Niccolo Paganini Sérgio Assad Benjamin Britten Caprice No. 5 Preludio e Toccatina, Nocturnal, after from Aquarelle John Dowland Op.70 William Walton Heitor Villa-Lobos No.1, 3, and 5, Étude No. 2 Liying Zhu from Five Bagatelles China Age: 27
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Jie Chen Derek Choi Elle Davisson China U.S.A. U.S.A. Age: 13 Age: 13 Age: 11 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Mazurka-Chôro from Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 3 Suite Popular Brasileira, No. 1 Johann Kaspar Mertz Roland Dyens Fantaisie hongroise Op. 65, Agustín Barrios Songe Capricorne Andante religioso and Allegro No.1 solemne, from La catedral FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Domenico Scarlatti FINAL ROUND Sonata K. 208 Johann Kasper Mertz Sylvius Leopold Weiss Fantaisie hongroise Op.65, Passacaille Jose Luis Merlín No.1 Joropo, from Suite del recuerdo Francisco Tárrega Joaquín Rodrigo Recuerdos de la Alhambra Fandango, from Tres piezas Roland Dyens españolas Agustín Barrios Songe Capricorne Andante religioso and Allegro solemne, from La catedral
Jack Davisson Aiwen Huang Calvin Junsay U.S.A. China U.S.A. Age: 14 Age: 12 Age: 13
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 12 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 8 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Mauro Giuliani Alberto Ginastera Sergio Assad Variations on Folies Esordio and Scherzo, from Valseana and Preludio e d'Espagne, Op.45 Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47 toccatina from Aquarelle
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach Isaac Albéniz Agustín Barrios Fuga, from BWV 1000 Granada from Suite española La catedral Mauro Giuliani Alberto Ginastera Variations on Folies Léo Brouwer Esordio and Scherzo, from d'Espagne, Op.45 Sarabanda de Scriabin and Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47 La Tocatta de Pasquini from Sonata for Guitar
2019 MIAMI MIAMI 99 XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Junior Division COMPETITORS
Taylor Klinsky Aleksandr Lapshin Zehao Li U.S.A. Russia China Age: 14 Age: 14 Age: 12
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Schottish-Chôro, Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 12 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 from Suite Popular Brasileira, No. 2 Francisco Tárrega Fernando Sor Variations on the Carnival Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco of Venice Op. 9 Tarantella, Op. 87a
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Sylvius Leopold Weiss Joaquín Rodrigo Sylvius Leopold Weiss Fantasia and Capricio Fandango and Passacaglia, from Fantasia in C minor Tres piezas españolas Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Dušan Bogdanović El Sueño de la razon produce Jutarnje Kolo (Morning Dance), Sergio Assad monstruos, from Caprichos Zalopojka (Lament), Makedon- Sonata No. 3 De Goya, No. 18 sko Kolo (Macedonian Dance), from Six Balkan Miniatures Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Tarantella, Op. 87a
Muxin Li Yi Lu Yitao Luo China China China Age: 12 Age: 13 Age: 14
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 3 Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 1 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 2 J.S. Bach, Prelude, Presto and Francisco Tárrega Johann Kaspar Mertz Allemande, from BWV 996 Capricho Árabe Fantaisie hongroise, Op.65, No.1 FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach, Prelude, Presto and J.S. Bach FINAL ROUND Allemande, from BWV 996 Sarabande, from Suite Johann Kaspar Mertz BWV 997 Fantaisie hongroise, Op.65, Manuel Ponce No.1 Allegro non troppo, semplice Francisco Tárrega and Moment musical: vivo, Capricho Árabe Miguel Llobet from Sonata Romántica Variaciones sobre un tema de Sor, Op.15 2019 100 MIAMI MIAMI XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Junior Division COMPETITORS
Andrei Orasanu Reade Park Qianchen Qiu U.S.A. U.S.A. China Age: 10 Age: 14 Age: 12
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Mauro Giuliani Agustín Barrios William Walton Variations on a Theme Vals No. 3, Op. 8 Bagatelle 1 and 2, from by Handel, Op. 107 Five Bagatelles FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Agustín Barrios FINAL ROUND Silvius Leopold Weiss Vals No. 3, Op. 8 J.S. Bach Entrée, from Suite l'infidele Allegro assai, from BWV 1005 Roland Dyens Mauro Giuliani Largo and Fuoco from William Walton Variations on a Theme Libra Sonatine Bagatelle 1 and 2, from by Handel, Op. 107 Five Bagatelles Albert Heinrich Sonata No. 1
Paulina Roughton Yitong Shi Wenjie Si U.S.A. China China Age: 14 Age: 14 Age: 11
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 9 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 12 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 J.S. Bach Leo Brouwer Agustín Barrios Siciliano and Presto, Elogio de la danza La catedral from BWV 1001
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach Joaquín Rodrigo Francis Kleynjans Fandango, from Allegro assai, from BWV 1005 Au son de une accordeon, from Tres piezas españolas Suite Aubracoise, Op. 116 Leo Brouwer Johann Kaspar Mertz J.S. Bach Elogio de la danza Fantaisie hongroise, Op.65, Siciliano and Presto, No.1 from BWV 1001 Julio Cesar Oliva El sueño del laudero, from 2019 MIAMI Imagenes de Paracho MIAMI 101 XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019 Junior Division COMPETITORS
Mei Yin Steadman Chao Tang Raymond Tian U.S.A. China Canada Age: 13 Age: 13 Age: 14
PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Chôro No.1 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 2 J.S. Bach Agustin Barrios Issac Albéniz Prelude and Minuets 1 & 2, from La catedral Asturias from Suite española, Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 No. 1, Op. 47 FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Dionisio Aguado FINAL ROUND J.S. Bach Rondo in A minor Fernando Sor Prelude and Minuets 1 & 2, from Introduction and Variations on Agustín Barrios a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9 Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 Allegro solemne, Sergio Assad from La catedral Agustín Barrios Valseana, from Aquarelle Allegro solemme, from La catedral Agustín Barrios La catedral
Qianzheng Wang China Age: 13
PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Fernando Sor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
FINAL ROUND Fernando Sor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 William Walton Bagatelle No. 1, from Five Bagatelles
2019 102 MIAMI MIAMI XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Senior Division COMPETITORS
Danica Allen Aytahn Benavi Ansel Bobrow U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. Age: 15 Age: 17 Age: 18 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 12 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Manuel Ponce Dionisio Aguado Manuel Ponce Preludes I, II, IV, VI Rondo No. 2 in A minor Copla and Fiesta, from Sonatina meridional
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Paulo Bellinati J.S. Bach FINAL ROUND Jongo Prelude, from BWV 1012 Manuel Ponce Sonatina meridional Alonso Mudarra Vicente Asencio La calma, from Collectici íntim J.S. Bach Fantasía No. 10 Sarabande and Bourée, Dionisio Aguado from BWV 996 Fernando Sor Rondo No. 2 in A minor Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
Francesca Boerio Sedona Farber Yuexuan Huang U.S.A. U.S.A. China Age: 18 Age: 18 Age: 17 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 2 Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 5 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7
J.S. Bach Joaquín Rodrigo Agustín Barrios Prelude and Gavotte and Rondeau Invocación y danza La catedral from BWV 1006a FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Fernando Sor (Edited by Eliot Fisk) Dionisio Aguado Dionisio Aguado Grand Solo, Op. 14 Rondo brillante, Op. 2, No. 2 Rondo in A minor Leo Brouwer Astor Piazzolla La Toccata de Pasquini, Carlos Rafael Rivera Acentuado and Compadre, from Sonata for Guitar Evocation, from from Cinco piezas para guitarra Whirler of the Dance J.S. Bach Prelude, from BWV 1006a 2019 MIAMI MIAMI 103 XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Senior Division COMPETITORS
Boyu Jin Kyle Khembunjong Sudhansh Kumar China U.S.A. United Kingdom Age: 16 Age: 18 Age: 15 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Chôro No. 1 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 1 Joaquín Malats Jacques Hétu Sudhansh Kumar Serenata española Ballad and Final, from Hummingbird Suite for Guitar, Op. 41 FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Napoléon Coste FINAL ROUND Sudhansh Kumar Barcarolle Op. 51, No. 1 Napoléon Coste Hummingbird Joaquín Malats Fantaisie sur deux motifs de J.S. Bach Serenata española “La Norma” de Bellini, Op. 16 Prelude, from BMW 999 J.S. Bach Fugue, from BWV 1000 Jacques Hétu Final, from Suite for Guitar, Op. 41
Ruien Li Romeu Lourenço Yukai Luo China Portugal China Age: 17 Age: 18 Age: 16 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Dionisio Aguado Astor Piazzolla Fernando Sor Rondo No. 2 in A minor Invierno porteño Grand Solo, Op. 14
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Miguel Llobet FINAL ROUND Isaac Albéniz Scherzo-Vals Astor Piazzolla Invierno porteño Sevilla from Suite espanõla J.S. Bach Manuel Ponce Allegro, from BWV 1005 Carlo Domeniconi Moderato and Presto, Chanson and Allegro non troppo Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco from Koyunbaba from Sonata III Allegro con spiritu and Presto furioso, from Sonata, Op. 77
2019 104 MIAMI MIAMI XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Senior Division COMPETITORS
Filip Miskovic Avi Mushran Blaize Oswald Croatia U.S.A. U.S.A. Age: 17 Age: 17 Age: 16 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 3 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 7 Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 3 Napoléon Coste Isaac Albéniz Antonio Lauro Fantaisie de concert, Op. 6 Sevilla, from Suite española Vals No. 2 and Vals No. 3, from Quatro valses venezolanos
FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Agustín Barrios Roland Dyens FINAL ROUND La catedral Andantinostalgie and Tuhu, Leo Brouwer from Hommage a Villa Lobos El arpa del guerrero, from Astor Piazzolla El decameron negro La muerte del ángel J.S. Bach (arr. Baltazar Benítez) Prelude, from BWV 1006a Agustín Barrios Julia Florida Isaac Albéniz Sevilla, from Suite española Antonio Lauro Vals No. 2 and Vals No. 3, from Quatro valses venezolanos
Micha Rand Sebastian Robles Marc Saura U.S.A. Canada U.S.A. Age: 15 Age: 18 Age: 16 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 12 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 4 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 2 Johann Kaspar Mertz Georg Philipp Telemann J.S. Bach Tarantella from Bardenklänge, Fantasia No. 7 Prelude, from BWV 997 Op. 13 FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Georg Philipp Telemann J.S. Bach Dušan Bogdanović Fantasia No. 7 Prelude, from BWV 997 Mysterious Habitats Johann Kaspar Mertz Johann Kaspar Mertz Dušan Bogdanović Elegie Tarantella from Bardenklänge, Appasionato and Allegro Op. 13 rítmico from Sonata No. 4 Joaquín Turina Sonata, Op. 61
2019 MIAMI MIAMI 105 XV INTERNATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION 2019
Senior Division COMPETITORS
Chenyu Si Angelica Sih Bence Szigeti China U.S.A. Hungary Age: 15 Age: 16 Age: 17 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Villa-Lobos, Prelude No. 1 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 11 Agustín Barrios Agustín Barrios Miklós Rózsa La catedral Allegro solemne from La catedral Allegro frenetico from Sonata for Guitar, Op. 42 FINAL ROUND FINAL ROUND Mauro Giuliani Agustín Barrios FINAL ROUND Variation on Folies d'Espagne Op.45 Allegro solemne from La catedral Agustín Barrios Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Francisco Tárrega Vals Op. 8, No. 3 Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 Capricho Árabe Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Capriccio diabolico (Homage to Paganini), Op. 85
Xiusong Wang Muhetaer Xiafukaiti Canada China Age: 15 Age: 17 PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND Villa-Lobos, Chôro No. 1 Villa-Lobos, Etude No. 2 Niccolò Paganini Fernando Sor Caprice No. 24 in A minor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 FINAL ROUND Niccolò Paganini FINAL ROUND Caprice No. 24 in A minor Isaac Albéniz Sevilla, from Suite española Francisco Tárrega No. 1, Op. 47 Variations on the Carnival of Venice Antonio José Pavana triste and Final, from Guitar Sonata
2019 106 MIAMI MIAMI III INTERNATIONAL ENSEMBLE COMPETITION 2019 COMPETITORS
Cuarteto Eunoia Dulcet Guitar Duo Duo Morningstar Perú U.S.A. U.S.A. (Lucero) and Francisco Gabriel Sebastián López Caroline Kubach and Cuba (Frade) Tejada, David Sandro Zelaya Tapia, Alex Pollock Ashley Lucero and Max Rafael Carbajal Espinoza, Susana Frade Marco Agustín Baltazar Laguna Gioacchino Rossini, Arr. A.H. Varlet Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Prelude and Fugue in C# Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, Overture to the Opera minor, from Les guitares bien Arr. Marco Baltazar/ “The Barber of Seville” tempérées, Op. 199, No. 7 William Kanengiser Astor Piazzolla Waltz of the Flowers, Tango No. 1, from Tango Suite Matthew Dunne from The Nutcracker Little Waltz
Aurelio Tello Radames Gnattali Ichuq Parwanta Nª4 Ernesto Nazareth (Valsa), from Suite Retrato
Generations Ottawa Guitar Trio Tritonus Guitar Trio U.S.A. Canada Hungary Danica Allen and Alexandre Bougie, Levente Molnár, Vasil Chekardzhikov Nathan Bredeson, Gergely Szurgyi, François Lacelle Bálint Varga
Andrew York Domenico Scarlatti, Pancrace Royer, Evening Dance Arr. Jacques Chandonnet Arr. Levente Molnár Fugue K. 417 Le Marche des Scythes Manuel de Falla La Vie Brève Maurice Ravel, Isaac Albéniz, Arr. François Lacelle Arr. Tritonus Guitar Trio Paulo Bellinati Pavane pour une infante défunte Sevilla, from Suite Española Jongo No. 1, Op. 47 Patrick Roux Carnaval Dávid Pavlovits E is Arguing, from Scenes from the Life of E
MIAMI 107 III INTERNATIONAL ENSEMBLE COMPETITION 2019
COMPETITORS
Vea/Høymer Guitar Duo Venti Chiavi Guitar Trio Norway Hungary Tormund Vea and Zsófia Ritter, Sondre Høymer Gábor Álmos Tóth, Balázs Kormos
Edvard Grieg, Antonio Vivaldi Arr. Barrios Mangoré Allegro, from Concerto No. 1, Anitra's Dance, from Peer Gynt Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring" Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (La primavera)
Domenico Scarlatti, Astor Piazzolla Arr. Barrios Mangoré Oblivion Sonata K.481, Andante Cantabile Isaac Albéniz Sevilla, from Suite Española Fernando Sor No. 1, Op. 47 Divertissement, Op. 62 Béla Bartók Bear Dance, from Hungarian Pictures, Sz. 97, BB 103
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