The ECU Summer Guitar Workshop will hold its twelfth solo guitar competition for college students and college graduates in the early stages of their concert careers. There will be three rounds, a preliminary round, a semifinal round and a final round.  The competition is open to guitarists of all ages. College/professional participants will perform a fifteen-minute solo program of works of their own choice, which will be taken from the standard repertoire of the classic guitar.  This program will be performed in its entirety in the final round and selections will be taken from it in the semifinal round.

The first round will take place on Monday July 11 in Room 110 in the Fletcher School of Music.

The semifinal round will take place on Tuesday July 12th 5t 4pm in the AJ Fletcher Recital Hall in the ECU School of Music.

The final round will be held the next night, Wednesday July 13th at 7:30 pm at the same location.

The semifinal and final rounds will be open to the public. The preliminary round will be closed.

Competitors must email a copy of your program to the workshop director prior to the beginning of the competition.

Workshop participants who wish to compete in the collegiate solo competition may do so for an additional fee of $75.00.

Collegiate/professional competitors may choose to only compete for $100.00. This amount includes admission to all concerts and any workshop activities that you wish to audit. Please submit a check in the amount of 100.00 made out to the ECU Summer Guitar Competition with their application.

All collegiate competitors must submit a check in the amount of 75.00 made out to the ECU Summer Guitar Competition with their application.

First prize will consist of 1000 dollars, a concert guitar worth $3200 made by luthier Travis Snyder, www.tsguitars.com, and, at the discretion of the jury, a paid recital at next year’s workshop.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST HAVE A VALID US SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO RECEIVE PAYMENT. ONE ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WILL BE REQUIRED AS WELL.
Competitors must also have a valid email address. All communications regarding the competition will take place via email.