The fourth day of the convention began with a technique workshop by William Kanengiser and a lecture with Bill Swick entitled Guitar Education: A Look at the Past Fifty Years. The ICAC Semi-final then began at 10 am and continued throughout the afternoon. The GFA Research Round Table, covering topics from Integrating the GFA Archive with IGRA (International Guitar Research Archive), the Maurice Summerfield Archive at the IGRC (International Guitar Research Center) at University of Surrey, UK and Classical Guitar Music in Printed Collection. The discussion was moderated by Thomas Heck.
In the afternoon Gaëlle Solal held a Masterclass in the recital hall. Jack Sanders and Jason Yoshida gave a lecture featuring introductory approaches that the classical guitarist might use in learning to play vihuela, baroque guitar and theorbo. The 1st IEC Adult Division began at 1:30pm in the Arena Theatre. The jurors were Oscar Ghiglia, William Kanengiser, Christina Singer, Andrew York and Doug Rubio.
After that, Jan Depreter played a afternoon concert with a program featuring Bellinati, Bach, Coeck, Walton and his own compositions at the Little Theatre.
The Guitar Orchestra had its rehearsal at 5:30pm under the coaching of Zoran Dukic. The Youth Social brought the young guitarists at the convention together with Xavier Jara and Lynn McGrath sharing their guitar career experience.
The evening concert for the fourth day of the convention was Alvaro Pierri. His program was changed completely. It consisted of Milano, Paganini, Sor, Ponce, Albéniz and Torroba.
During the intermission of the concert GFA’s President Martha Masters announced the ICAC Finalists. They will perform on Saturday!
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