Annual Texas Guitar Competition and Festival

International Concert Guitarist Competition Guidelines:

Application Deadline:
January 7, 2013 (for international students living outside the US)

January 21, 2013 (for applicants in the US)

The following materials must be submitted by each competitor, including previous winners. Previous first place winners are ineligible to compete. A committee will pre-screen and select the initial field of competitors who will be invited to participate in the competition.

Complete the application form online here.

Then mail the following :

A letter of recommendation by your guitar instructor. Letters must be sent with the application. No application will be considered without an enclosed letter of recommendation.
Competition Agreement form (PDF) download here.
Application Fee $50 (make checks payable to The University of Texas at Dallas).
A CD (no mini CDs please), not to exceed 10 minutes playing time, with the following:

A first or a final movement from any of the J.S. Bach Suites, Sonatas, and Parititas for solo instruments transcribed for guitar - this includes the Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro.

AND one selection from the following list of works by John Duarte:

Birds Op. 25 II (The Swan) - Tuscany Music TPS-046 (4'20)
Homage to Antonio Lauro Op. 83, II and III - Universal Edition 29176 [4'40]
Appalachian Dreams Op. 121 (Fantasia & Darling Cora) - Schirmer Ed 4112 [4'40]
Musikones Op. 107. - Terpsichore I (Epirotikos) and Terpishore III (Kalamaianos) - Berben Edizioni Musical [4:27]

Submit letter, CD, and application fee to:
The University of Texas at Dallas
Attn: Kristi Barrus
School of Arts and Humanities JO31
800 W. Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

If you are a U.S. Citizen, please bring your Social Security card.
If you are NOT a U.S. Citizen, please bring your passport and Visa.

You must be present Saturday night at the award presentation in order to receive the merchandise prizes. If you are not present, only the check for the award amount will be mailed to you.

Preliminary Round - Thursday in AH1:

Invited players will play the recorded works submitted with their application (link) in the first round of the competition.

Final Round - Friday evening in the Clark Center:

The top FOUR final competitors will play a program of 25 minutes in length. All competitors will be required to play the set piece "Movement I: Allegro Moderato" from Joaquin Rodrigo’s Sonata Giocosa. The rest of the program will consist of free selections from two (2) or more of the following style periods. Pieces should not duplicate the preliminary round, but performers may use unplayed movements from works included in the preliminary round. The order of the final program is at the discretion of the performer.

Renaissance

Applicants selected for the preliminary round of the competition will be asked to submit their 25-minute final program on the day of the final competition in advance. The judges will determine if the program does not meet the requirements of the final round and request a change of program if it is determined that the program does not cover at least two distinct periods.

Contestants who wish to have a pre-determination of their final program may email it to Dr. Enric Madriguera.

Performers will be judged on the following:

Program