IFA Competition

In 2020, we received applications from around the globe, including 13 countries such as the United States, Bulgaria, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Vietnam, Canada, Turkey, Thailand, Romania, Colombia, the United Kingdom and Costa Rica for the guitar competition.

As for sponsors, we had 9 sponsors including Altamira Guitars, Sagework Guitar Supports, Eastman Community Music School, Augustine Strings, Rochester Classical Guitar, ErgoPlay, Les Productions d’Oz, Strings By Mail and tonebase sponsoring the event.

We had a wonderful jury panel including:

Dr. Lynn McGrath -Guitar Instructor at Eastman Community Music School

Patrick Lui -Director of Guitar Studies at Weaver Academy for Performing and Visual Arts

Dr. Sungmin Shin -Composer, Guitarist, Ensemble Director and faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology and University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Kenneth Kam -Guitar and lute intern at Eastman Community Music School