The 11th annual Tennessee Guitar Festival and Competition will take place May 31 through June 2 in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Registration begins at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, in the Wright Music Building lobby.
This year’s national guitar competition, with more than $3,000 in prize money, will bring in some of America’s best young guitarists to compete for the $1,500 first prize.
“This competition brings in world-class guitarists,” said Dr. William Yelverton, festival director. “This is a unique opportunity to hear some of the finest young guitarists in America compete for prestige and prize money.”
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Jorge Caballero
Headlining this year’s festival are guitarists Jorge Caballero, Ben Bolt and Carlos Castilla. Bolt and Castilla will be in concert at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 31. Caballero will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 1. Guitar competition finalists will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 2.
“The Saturday night finals will be awesome,” said Yelverton, a professor in the School of Music.
In addition to the concerts and competition, the festival will feature guitar master classes June 1 at 1 and 3:30 p.m. and June 2 at 1 p.m. Competition begins with the preliminary round at noon May 31.
Events are open to the public. Admission to an individual concert is $10 with students 16 and under admitted free. A registration fee of $30 will gain admittance to all concerts, lectures, workshops and master classes.
More information on the festival and competition can be found at www.TennesseeGuitarFestival.com.
— Tim Musselman (Tim.Musselman@mtsu.edu)
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