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 two rounds, 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 semifinal round will take place on Monday July 13th at 4pm in the AJ Fletcher Recital Hall in the ECU School of Music.

The final round will be held the next night, Tuesday July 14th at 7:30 pm at the same location.

Both rounds will be open to the public.

Competitors must submit a typed copy of their proposed fifteen-minute program to the jury on the day of the semifinals as well as emailing a copy of your program to the workshop director.

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 be 1000.00 dollars and a recital at next year’s workshop.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST HAVE A VALID US SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND PRIZEWINNERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD 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.