With the official letter in hand from the University of Minnesota, School of Music, I'm pleased to announce that I will be pursuing my Doctorate of Musical Arts at UMN, with a Teaching Assistantship and full tuition remission.
I am looking forward to the next 3+ years of engaging in scholarship, teaching, meeting new friends and colleagues, and being a part of Maja Radovanlija's guitar studio!
S.D.G.!
ANNOUNCEMENT:
I have the good pleasure of announcing that I have been accepted as one of 15 competitors into the 2019 Parkening International Guitar Competition!
This competition has one of the most rigorous audition applications as competitors must submit a half hour unedited audition video, with most of the pieces being chosen by the competition.
I thought that I would share this video, because it represents many months and hundreds of hours of preparation; even as there are many moments and sections that I would change and I’m still working on improving.
Looking forward to being in Malibu this June!
Soli Deo Gloria.
A full list of competitors from around the world will be posted on March 25 by the Parkening Media
Newspaper interview about my craft, thought process and evolution on the classical guitar.
Here I gave the opening concert for the 2018 Florida Guitar Festival, as part of 1st Prize for 2017’s competition.
https://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2018/10/14/2018-florida-guitar-festival-celebrates-classical-music/1635818002/
Here is an article about my concert at MBU in Feb, 2018
“It is a blessing, as well as a sacred responsibility, for me to draw attention to the Chief Musician, in and outside of my playing. That is what gives me purpose and what I devote my life to.”
Julia Crowe interviews the winners of the 2017 Wilson Center Guitar Competition
https://the-guitar.com/2017-wilson-center-guitar-festival-classical-guitar-winner-interviews/
