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(Mesquite, TX) – Guitar players from across Texas converged on Mesquite recently for the Fifth Annual Collegiate Classical Guitar Competition & Festival held June 6-10. Intermingled with the competition were master classes, lectures, and concerts featuring local and international performers.
| Winners 2008 | |
| Name | Hometown |
| YOUTH: | |
| 1. Adam Blalock | Spring, TX |
| 2. Hannah Switzer | Magnolia |
| 3. Sofia Mock | Austin |
| HIGH SCHOOL | |
| 1. Eliot Wilde | Georgetown |
| 2. Caleb Simmons | Fort Worth |
| 3. Mark Lindberg | Austin |
| Honorable Mention - Lindsey Lewis | Richardson |
| COMMUNITY COLLEGE – LOWER LEVEL UNIVERSITY |
|
| 1. Ryan Volstadt | Austin |
| 2. Tim McCallum | Duncanville |
| 3. Jay Armstrong | Plano |
| Honorable Mention - Ivan Acuna | Houston |
| UNIVERSITY UPPER LEVEL – GRADUATE | |
| 1. Fernand Vera | Denton |
| 2. Leo Garcia | Harlingen |
| 3. Olga Amelkinan-Vera | Denton |
Organizing faculty included: Eddie Healy and Randall Nye of the Eastfield Guitar Studies Dept. and James Schreffler of Eastfield Continuing Education. Enric Madriguera, former DCCCD faculty and current Director of Guitar Studies at UTD, is the founder and advisor to the festival.
For more information visit e-mail enric.madriguera@utdallas.edu.
Eastfield College, one of the seven Dallas County Community Colleges, is located at 3737 Motley Drive in Mesquite, just north of I-30.
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