Guitar

Adjudicator:Gerald GarciaClosing date for entries: 17th November 2023
Venue:
Menuhin Room
Portsmouth Central Library
* Please send entries to:
Debra J. Adamson-Brattland
2 Kestrel Close, Clanfield, Hampshire. PO8 0LZ
guitar@portsmouthmusicfestival.co.uk
Dates:28th January 2024* Enter online below under Subcategories

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Gerald Garcia is a regular tutor at the International Guitar Festivals in Iserlohn, Germany and West Dean, UK. He is at present musical director of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble which brings together young guitarists from all over the UK to play guitar orchestral pieces, some of which have been commissioned for the group. Gerald has taken part in and created music workshops for both school children and teachers in Britain and Scotland and is a popular adjudicator at music festivals around the world. As a session guitarist he has been heard in many films scored by Gabriel Yared, Michel Legrand, Stanley Meyers and Philippe Sarde, amongst others. He has recorded more than 14 CDs with Naxos, Meridian, Acoustics and Saga which have sold more than 50,000 copies world-wide. Gerald has performed with many other musicians and actors, notably guitarists Paco Peña, John Renbourn and John Williams, and performs in a duo with Alison Bendy and with Simon Mayor’s Mandolinquents as well as in an occasional Irish “ensemble” with Mick Henry, Bernard O’Donoghue, John Pethica and Tom Paulin. In October 1995 he toured China in a duo with guitarist John Williams playing to audiences of tens of thousands of Chinese guitarists and teaching at Beijing and Shanghai conservatoires. He has been invited back to China more recently with teaching posts at Guangzhou, Beijing and Chengdu.

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ENSEMBLE CLASSES

G18 - Duet 12 years and under

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G18Duet 12 years and under £10.00

G19 - Duet 18 years and under

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G19Duet 18 years and under £10.00

G20 - Duet 19 years and over

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G20Duet 19 years and over £12.10

G21 - Guitar / ukulele 12 years and under - 3 or more players

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G21Guitar / ukulele 12 years and under - 3 or more players £10.00

G22 - Guitar / ukulele 15 years and under - 3 or more players

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G22Guitar / ukulele 15 years and under - 3 or more players £10.00

G23 - Guitar / ukulele ensemble any age - 3 or more players

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G23Guitar / ukulele ensemble any age - 3 or more players £13.70

G24 - Guitar and other instruments, including voice, any age - 3 or more players

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G24Guitar and other instruments, including voice, any age - 3 or more players £13.70

PUPIL AND TEACHER DUET

G13 - Novice Entrants in this class should not have been learning the guitar for more than 18 months by 1st January 2024.

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G13Novice Entrants in this class should not have been learning the guitar for more than 18 months by 1st January 2024. £7.40

G14 - Grades 1-2

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G14Grades 1-2 £10.00

G15 - Grades 3-4

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G15Grades 3-4 £10.00

G16 - Grades 5-6

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G16Grades 5-6 £10.00

G17 - Grades 7-8+

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G17Grades 7-8+ £12.10

OWN CHOICE SOLOS – 18 years and under

Two contrasting pieces of your choice.

G1 - Novice. Entrants in this class should not have been learning the guitar for more than 18 months by 1st January 2024.

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G1Novice. Entrants in this class should not have been learning the guitar for more than 18 months by 1st January 2024. £7.40

G2 - Grade 1

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G2Grade 1 £7.40

G3 - Grade 2

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G3Grade 2 £10.00

G4 - Grades 3-4

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G4Grades 3-4 £10.00

G5 - Grades 5-6

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G5Grades 5-6 £10.00

G6 - Grades 7-8

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G6Grades 7-8 £10.00

G7 - Diploma

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G7Diploma £12.10

OWN CHOICE SOLOS – 19 years and over

Two contrasting pieces of your choice.

G10 - Grades 6-8

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G10Grades 6-8 £10.00

G11 - Diploma

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G11Diploma £12.10

G8 - Grades 1-3

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G8Grades 1-3 £10.00

G9 - Grades 4-5

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G9Grades 4-5 £10.00

RECITAL CLASS

Three or more contrasting pieces/movements. If possible one of the pieces should be played from memory. You should introduce your programme and will be adjudicated on your programme choice and presentation as well as on your performance.

G12 - Any age - Three or more pieces/movements of your own choice

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G12Any age - Three or more pieces/movements of your own choice £20.00