Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition

04/11/2021

We'll be going live very shortly after Ronn McFarlane's Q&A to announce the winners of our 2021 Competition at the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society main page.

04/10/2021

We will be going live to announce the finalist of our competition this evening, after the Beijing Guitar Duo concert on our main page. Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society

03/15/2021

Congratulations to our Semi Finalists for our 2021 Competition. You can see the Semi-Final and Final rounds of the competition on April 10th & 11th during our 2 day festival.

Below are our Semi-Finalists.

Juniors-National competition for young guitarists.
-Kim Byung
-Andrei Orasanu
-Haoyang Pan
-Raphael Tinio
-Owen Wang
-Vivian Wang

Adults-National competition for guitarists 18 and older.
-Leonela Alejandro
-Carlos Bedoya
-Xu Kun Liu
-Viola Monovich
-Andrew Oswinkle
-Alex Park
-Marisa Sado
-Morgan Stuart

02/14/2021

DEADLINE EXTENSION!

We've decided to extend the deadline for the preliminary round of the competition to Friday February 19th, at 10 PM EST. Thank you to those who have already registered. Follow the link below for the registration form & more information.

http://phillyguitar.org/event-4108623



Regards,
Alex Po***ck
PCGS Competition Director

There are two separate divisions: 1. The Adult Division is a national competition open to advancing classical guitarists who must be 18 years of age by April 1st, 2021 and residing in the United States.

02/04/2021

The deadline for our competition is coming up. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM EST 2/15/2021
https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/2021-Competition
Preliminary round recordings may be individual recordings for each piece.
Those who make it to the semi-finals will submit one unedited performance video that will be used for the finals as well.

The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition is part of the Annual Philadelphia Classical Guitar Festival and will take place online via Audio and Video recordings.

12/13/2020

Great news! We've decided to take our competitions online in 2021.

Look out for more information to come shortly but the main thing to know is that our preliminary round deadline will be 2/15/2021 by 11:59 PM EST. Competitors will have to perform at least 2 contrasting pieces, up to 15 minutes for Adult Division, up to 10 minutes for Junior Division.

The Adult Division is open to anyone 18 or older as of April 1, 2021, residing in the United States.

The Junior Division is open to anyone 18 or younger residing in the United States.

The Preliminary Round will be blind judging so only audio is necessary. Those who move on to the semi-final round will record a video performance. This recording will be used for the Semi AND Final round if chosen to advance. The Final round recordings will be posted online as part of the Annual Festival on April 10th and 11th followed by the announcements of the winner.

Please stay tuned for more details and application forms.