ECU Guitar Festival, Workshop begins July 14

The 17th East Carolina University Summer Guitar Festival and Workshop will be held July 14 – 17 in the A.J. Fletcher Music Building on campus, headlined by internationally known classical guitarist Jason Vieaux (http://www.jasonvieaux.com/biography.htm).

Preview performances by ECU guitar professor and festival director Elliot Frank are available on ECU-TV Suddenlink channel 99 at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/mts/EcuTv.cfm. (Select ECU TV On Demand for a menu of interviews.)

ECU guitar professor Dr. Elliot Frank directs the annual guitar festival and workshop on campus. (Image captured from ECU TV video interviews with Frank)

“I am especially excited about the quality of this year’s artist roster, which is superior to most events of this type,” said Frank. “The festival has become a landmark among summer guitar festivals and is a can’t-miss event for guitar lovers and concertgoers alike.”

Featured artists include Vieaux and Duo Spiritoso (Jeffrey McFadden and Andrew Zohn, who first performed in Greenville as part of the 2005 ECU Summer Guitar Festival), festival director Frank, the Akerman Teixeira Duo, Stephen Aron and 2011 festival competition winner Mark Edwards.

The finals of this year’s solo competition are open to the public. The workshop and camp portions of the festival are open to students ages 12 and up who wish to acquire or improve skills on the classical guitar.

For more information regarding the workshop or concert series, contact Frank at 252-328-6245, or by email at franke@ecu.edu, or visit www.ecu.edu/music/guitar/workshop.