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The following materials must be submitted by each
contestant, including previous winners. Previous
first place winners are ineligible to compete.
A committee will pre-screen and select the initial
field of contestants who will be invited to participate
in the competition.
- A completed application form. (Download
PDF Here)
- A letter of recommendation by their guitar
instructor. Letters must be sent with the application.
No application will be considered without an
enclosed letter of recommendation.
- A cassette tape or 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]
- Application Fee $35 (make checks payable to
The University of Texas at Dallas).
Applications without the required fee will not
be considered.
Submit letter, tape, and application
fee to:
University of Texas at Dallas
Attn: Kathryn Evans, Associate Dean
School of Arts and Humanities JO31
800 W. Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Preliminary Round:
Invited players will play the recorded works
submitted with their application in the first
round of the competition.
Final Round:
The top FOUR final contestants will play a program of 25 minutes in length. All competitors will be required to play the set piece "Hommage a Debussy" by Manuel De Falla. (We recommend using John Duarte's edition published by Chester Music.) 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
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Contemporary
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 submit it to Dr. Enric
Madriguera via email at enric.madriguera@utdallas.edu.
Performers will
be judged on the following:
Program
Technique
Interpretation/Style
Performance Characteristics
Prizes:
First Place - $3000
Second Place - $2000
Third Place - $1000
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