Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
April 8-9, 2011
Welcome
On April 8 and 9, 2011, Salisbury University will host its
third annual Classical Guitar Festival and Competition, offering
participants the opportunity to play in masterclasses, a
competition, the Festival Ensemble. There are activities for all
levels and age of player, as well as for parents of
participants.
The Festival begins on Friday April 8 with an evening recital
by Robert Trent, continues all day Saturday April 9 with classes
and the competition, and concludes with a recital by Javier
Calderon.
Highlights this year:
Beginners Welcome!
This year the festival introduces a Guitar from Scratch class
for those who are new, or have recently started to learn guitar.
The class will take place from 10:00 am to 11:15 am on Saturday
April 9. Accompanying parents welcome.
Please click here for
more information.
Activities for Parents
Parents are welcome to register with their son or daughter,
to attend all activities including the workshop Practicing with
your Child. Led by Zoe Johnstone Stewart, a specialist in early
childhood music education, Suzuki guitar and Music Together®,
the workshop will look at the benefits to young people of
studying music, and strategies for practicing and maintaining
motivation.
Guitars, Scores and more
Mike Kirkpatrick from The Kirkpatrick Guitar Studio will be coming to the Festival. Participants can try out the guitars and browse the many scores available for sale in the Great Hall Social Room.
Luthier David Pace will also be here with materials to demonstrate mosaic rosette construction, giving participants the opportunity to try it firsthand.
Festival Ensemble
The festival has again this year commissioned a new work for
the participants’ guitar ensemble. All students are invited to
perform in this exciting presentation of an experimental new
work by Dr. Jerry Tabor. Please click
here for more information.
The 2011 Roster of Teachers and Performers:
Javier Calderon (Bolivia/USA) – Saturday recital
 When Javier Calderon played his solo recital debut at
Carnegie Hall, The New York Times called him "...a virtuoso with
poetic sensibility." Since then many composers, including the
eminent American Alan Hovhaness and Lawrence Weiner, have been
writing and dedicating guitar concertos and solo pieces to
Calderon… (read full biography)
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Robert Trent (USA) – Friday recital
 Robert Trent has performed in North and South America and in
Europe on modern guitar, Renaissance lute, and historic
instruments of the nineteenth-century. A first prize winner in
numerous National and International competitions… (read full biography)
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Thomas Kirchhoff (Germany) – masterclass
teacher
 German born guitarist Thomas-Friedrich Kirchhoff studied at
the Musikhochschule in Dortmund and then privately in London
with British virtuoso David Russell from 1986 to 1987. Since
1986 he has given more than 1.000 concerts in over 40 countries…
(read full biography)
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Zoe Johnstone Stewart (USA) – Practicing
With Your Child workshop
 Zoë Johnstone Stewart has been a professional guitar teacher
since the age of sixteen. Her extensive teaching experience
includes a faculty position at the renowned Peabody Preparatory,
instruction of professional students in masterclasses, public
school classroom teaching, and her own thriving private studio…
(read full biography)
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Jerry
Tabor (USA) – commissioned composer
 Jerry Tabor holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music
degrees in composition from the University of Maryland at
College Park, where he studied with esteemed composer and
theorist, Thomas DeLio. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in
theory and composition at the University of New Mexico… (read full biography)
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Danielle Cumming (Canada/USA), Festival
Director
 Classical guitarist Danielle Cumming is an active performer,
studio teacher and lecturer. She holds a Doctorate in
Performance from McGill University and a Masters in Performance
from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Norbert
Kraft. … (read full biography)
dmcumming@salisbury.edu, 410-677-3269
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