Summer Guitar Festival welcomes international artists
East Carolina University’s 26th annual Summer Guitar Festival and Workshop will be July 11-14 in the A.J. Fletcher Music Center.
The event features public concerts and instruction for anyone wanting to acquire or improve guitar skills, said Elliot Frank, director and founder of the festival and ECU professor of guitar.
Frank, who also founded the Hispanic Heritage Guitar Series at ECU, will be retiring at the conclusion of the four-day guitar festival and workshop.
Armin Abdihodzic, ECU alumnus and professor of guitar at the University of Alaska Anchorage, will take the stage July 12. (Contributed Photo)
Participants will be taught by internationally recognized artists who serve as festival faculty and concert performers. This year they include four ECU School of Music graduates — Armin Abdihodzic, Jean Pierre Castillo, Adam Kossler and Jesse Reece.
The concert lineup is:
Thursday, July 11
Afternoon Concert I, 4 p.m. — Patrick Lui and Colin Fullerton
Evening Concert I, 7 p.m. — Elliot Frank and the Kossler Duo. This will be Frank’s last official performance as an ECU School of Music faculty member.
Friday, July 12
Afternoon Concert II, 4 p.m. — Jesse Reece and Jean Pierre Castillo
Evening Concert II, 7 p.m. — Armin Abdihodzic and the Li and Zohn Duo
Saturday, July 13
Evening III, 7 p.m. — Jeremy Waldrip, the 2023 Summer Guitar Festival solo competition winner, and the Akerman Teixeira Duo
View artist biographies.
Events are ticketed. Individual afternoon concerts are $10 for adults and $5 for students, while evening concerts are $15 for adults and $10 for students. All five concerts can be purchased for $30 for adults and $20 for students, or a family rate of $50.
Tickets can be ordered online or purchased at the door. Visit the website or call 252-328-6245 for more information.