Annual Texas Guitar Competition and Festival

Congratulations to the 11th Annual Guitar Competition Winners

Main competition
First = Chad Ibison
Second = Silviu Octavian Ciulei
Third = Mark Edwards
Fourth = Matthias Lang

Youth Division II (15-18 year-olds)
First = Vijay Meunier
Second = Jesus Camacho
Third = Sergio Hernandez

Youth Division I (11-14 year-olds)
First = William Berdine
Second = Evan Gabrielsen
Third = Mark Citzman

Chad Ibison Chad Ibison Silviu Octavian Ciulei Mark Edwards Matthias Lang
Chad Ibison Silviu Octavian Ciulei Silviu Octavian Ciulei Matthias Lang Matthias Lang
Vijay Meunier Jesus Camacho Sergio Hernandez William Berdine Mark Citzman

March 1 - 3, 2012
UT Dallas Alexander Clark Center (formerly known as the Conference Center)

This unique Texas competition, designed to showcase outstanding classical guitar students, will award approximately $8,000 in cash prizes to the winners. Over the three-day event, students can compete and attend master classes and concerts by internationally recognized guitarists. We have a youth competition for ages 11-18 as well as the main competition for college-level students.

This year's guest artists will be Jeff Cogan and international artists Duo Melis.

The Deadline for entry has passed. No more entries please.

Schedule:

Thursday, March 1

Semi-finals of the competition 10am - 1pm Clark Center (not open to the public)
Master Class with Duo Melis 7 - 9:30pm Clark Center (free)

Friday, March 2

Master Class with Duo Melis 3 - 5pm Clark Center
Pre-show : Orange County Youth 7pm Clark Center
International Competition Finals 8pm Clark Center (free)

Saturday, March 3

Youth Competition
Junior division 9am – noon AH1 - Choir Room (1.106)
High School Level 1:30 – 3pm AH1 - Choir Room (1.106)
Jeff Cogan presentation 4pm Clark Center (free)
Pre-show: Classen School (OK City) 7pm Clark Center
Duo Melis concert 8pm Clark Center ($25)

Sponsored by:

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Savarez

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Competition Directors:
Kathryn Evans, Executive Director
Enric Madriguera, Artistic Director
Eddie Healy, Assistant Director and Youth Competition Coordinator

Judges, International Competition:
Jeff Cogan, Chapman University
Michael Quantz, UT Brownsville
Vasili Chekardzhikov, Orange County School for the Arts
Matthew Denman, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Enric Madriguera, UT Dallas
Kathryn Evans, UT Dallas
Arnaldo Garcia, University of Guanajuato, MX – (Semi-finals only)
Duo Melis – (finals only)

Judges, Youth Competition:
Sabine Madriguera, Collin College
Dan Hodan, UT Dallas
Charles Watson, UT Dallas
Michael Quantz, UT Brownsville
Arnaldo Garcia, Univ. of Guanajuato

Guitar Advisory Board
Dennis Kratz, Dean, UT Dallas School of Arts & Humanities
Kathryn Evans, Executive Director, UT Dallas School of Arts & Humanities
Enric Madriguera, Artistic Director, Head, Guitar Program at UT Dallas
Russell Cleveland, Chairman
Stan Ballard
David Butler
Frank Kimlicko
Harry McClintock
Jelcy Romberg
Todd Sandler