The WIU Guitar Festival is held annually on the campus of Western Illinois University. The festival features performances, clinics, lectures and master classes by internationally recognized classical and jazz guitarists. Admission to the festival, and all related events, is free and open to the public.
The second annual WIU Guitar Festival will be held in the COFAC recital hall and Tri-States Public Radio on the campus of Western Illinois University from April 8-10th 2011.
Friday Concert - Tri-States Public Radio Station
- Brad Conroy - Chicago
- George Turner - Champaign
- Tyler Ross - Charleston, SC
- Roddy Ellias - Ottawa, Canada
Saturday Concert - COFAC
- Paulinho Garcia - Chicago
- Guilherme Vincens - Brazil
- Tabajara Belo - Brazil
Sunday Concert - COFAC
- Chris Davis - University of North Texas
- Tom Clippert - Chicago
- Brad DeRoche - Michigan
- Guilherme Vincens and Virginia Broffett - WIU
Saturday Clinics - COFAC
- 9 Tom Clippert
- 10 Brad DeRoche
- 11 Brad Conroy
- 1 Guilherme Vincens
- 2 Chris Davis
- 3 Paulinho Garcia
- 4 Taylor Briggs
Sunday Clinics - COFAC
- 9 Bill Maakestad
- 10 Roddy Ellias
- 11 Matthew Warnock
- 1 George Turner
- 2 Dan Koentopp
- 3 Tabajara Belo
- 4 Tyler Ross
Each year the WIU Guitar Festival will honor one up and coming jazz or classical guitarist with the festival's "Featured Young Artist Award." Winners of this award will be selected by the festivals board of advisors and will be featured during one of the festival's evening concerts.
This year's recipient is Christopher Davis from Fort Worth, TX.
You can also find the WIU Guitar Festival on Facebook. Just search for us from your Facebook homepage and request to join our group to keep up to date on news about the festival.
If you would like more information about the WIU Guitar Festival, please send an email to
mr-warnock@wiu.edu.
Tyler Ross (left), Matt Warnock (middle), Adam Smale (right)
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