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| 2nd Annual
Guitar Competition
Date: Thursday-Saturday,
February 27, 28, March 1
Time: Varies
Venue: Jonsson Performance
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About the winners: |
First-place
winner, 29-year-old Milen Parashkevov,
a native of Bulgaria, currently resides
in Lubbock, Texas. Parashkevov returned
to compete after taking third prize in
last
year's Texas Guitar Competition. His
formal training includes a performance
diploma
from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria,
a Masters of Music from Texas Tech University,
as well as instruction by Joaquin Clench,
Maria Isabel Siewers, Elliot Fisk, and
James
Bogle. He has performed in Bulgaria,
Germany, Austria, Canada, and United States
and recently won second prize in the 2002
Appalachian Guitar Competition.
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| Second-place
winner, 28-year-old David Buck, currently
resides in Tucson, Arizona. His formal
training includes a Bachelors of Music from
Arizona State University and a Masters of
Music from the University of Arizona, as well
as instruction with Frank Koonce and Tom Patterson.
Previously, Buck was a semi-finalist at the
2001 Guitar Festival America Competition (GFA)
and was a finalist in the Stevens and Sholin
competition at the University of Arizona.
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Third-place winner, 25-year-old Rade Amanovic,
a native of Yugoslavia, currently resides
in Lubbock, Texas. Amanovic began studying
the guitar in Knjazevac, Yugoslavia at the
age of 9. He was a student of Uros Dojcinovic
at Josip Slovenski School of Music in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia from 1992 until 1996. After
winning 3rd prize at the International Guitar
Competition in Voronezh, Russia in May 1996,
Rade began studying with Dr. James Bogle
at
Texas Tech University. He was invited
to the Manuel Ponce Guitar Competition in
Mexico City in 1998. At the guitar
competition at Appalachian State University
in the spring
of 2000, Rade was 2nd prizewinner. He
is now a graduate teaching assistant pursuing
his Masters degree at Texas Tech University. |
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Feb.
27 - March 1, 2003, Jonsson Performance
Hall
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Thursday,
Feb. 27, 7:30pm - Master Class with
Don Miller
Recipient of New York state's highest
teaching award, the SUNY Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Teaching, as well as the
NISOD Excellence Award from the University
of Texas at Austin.
free admission
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Friday,
Feb. 28
4:00pm
- Master Class with Gabriel Guillen
This
Venezuelan guitarist, professor at the Joseph
Haydn Konservatorium in Eisenstadt, Austirs,
has performed and competed in more than
25 countries
8:00pm
- 2002 Winner's Showcase
Gonzalo
A. Molano and Milen Parashkevov
free admission
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Saturday,
March 1
2:00pm
- Competition Finals - free admission
8:00pm
- Presentation of the winners followed
by Gabriel Guillen in concert.
The internationally recognized, award-winning
guitarist will present a delightful evening
of classical guitar at its best to conclude
the competition festivities. $15 reserved,
$10 student (free student tickets at the
door)
Interested in performing?
See
http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/ah/guitar_comp.htm
for submission guidelines. All submissions
are due in before February 3, 2003.
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