Performance Competition

Prizes

  • 1st prize: $5,000 and a concert at 2015 Boston GuitarFest. Only competitors also registered as full 5-day participants are eligible to win the first-prize custom built guitar by Stephan Connor (estimated value of $15,000).
  • 2nd prize: $2,500
  • 3rd prize: $1,000

Schedule for 2015

  • Preliminary round: Thursday June 18, 9am–1pm at Williams Hall, NEC
  • Preliminary round: Friday June 19, 9am–1pm at Williams Hall, NEC
  • Semifinal round: Saturday, June 20, 9am–1pm at Williams Hall, NEC
  • Final round: Sunday, June 21, 4 pm at Jordan Hall, NEC

Eligibility

  • Contestants must be at the outset of their careers and may not have professional representation.
  • Previous first-prize winners of the Boston GuitarFest competition are not eligible.
  • All ages are permitted.

Required Piece

Pick one from the three categories:

  • A work written by a woman composer.
  • A work dedicated to a woman artist of the guitar.
  • A work with a feminine theme.
  • See below for examples

Competition Rounds

  • Preliminary round: not to exceed 10 minutes. Contestant must include required piece.
  • Semifinal round: not to exceed 15 minutes. Free choice, not including the required piece played in the preliminary round. (A different piece on the Feminine theme may be chosen, but is not required).
  • Final round: not to exceed 25 minutes. Contestant must include required piece. This work may be the same or different as in the preliminary round.

Performance Requirements

  • Individual movements from major works are acceptable.
  • No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.
  • Only three competitors will be chosen for the final round; no fourth prize will be awarded.
  • The required piece that is performed in the preliminary round may not be repeated in the semifinal round, but may be repeated in the final round. While other works may be repeated from round to round, the judges welcome a variety of repertoire.

Examples of works that would fulfill the required piece criteria are:
Pavana V (“Quella bella Franceschina”) by Luis Milan
Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard, Lady Clifton’s Spirit, My Lady Hundson’s Puffe, and others by John Dowland
Works from Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, J. S. Bach
La Maja de Goya by Enrique Granados
Maria Luisa and Maria Carolina by Antonio Lauro
Marieta and Adelita by Francisco Tarrega
Fantasia Elegiaque, Op. 59 by Fernando Sor
Rossiniane by Mauro Giuliani (with operatic arias sung by women)
Estrellita, Por Ti mi Corazon by Manuel M. Ponce
Fantasia on” la Traviata” by Julian Arcas
Danza de la pastora, Danza de la Gitana and Habanera by Ernesto Halffter
And many others

If you have ideas about required repertoire and are unsure about their fulfillment of the requirements, please e-mail [email protected] for clarification or confirmation.













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