COMPOSITION COMPETITION WINNER

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 3:09 pm

The Winner of the Composition Competition for Boston GuitarFest VI 2011 is Jonathan Godfrey from Bloomington, Indiana, and his work “Sonatina for guitar solo — Blue. Night. Pools“. Mr. Godfrey will receive a cash prize of $400 and a free 5-day registration for Boston GuitarFest 2012; his winning composition will be performed as part of Boston GuitarFest 2012.

The judges have also named three honorable mentions, presented here in alphabetical order: Ying-Chen Kao from Baltimore, Maryland, for his work, “Lila. Star. Bird.”, Marek Pasieczny from Zamosc, Poland, for “Sequenza”, and Luis Nieto Sachica, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for “Reminisce.”

Special thanks to the Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition judges, Apostolos Paraskevas, Alexander Dunn, and Anthony Paul De Ritis.

And a large round of applause for the truly exceptional submissions that we received from the guitar composers community! This year we had 83 composers submit 120 works from 31 different U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and 11 different countries — there were so many wonderful compositions. Keep up the good work!