South Texas Guitar Festival at Del Mar College

The South Texas Guitar Festival is a national competition and is open to guitar ensembles of middle school, high school, college level and independent studios to bring music educators together to celebrate the guitar as an ensemble and chamber instrument. 

This year’s competition will be adjudicated by Texas Guitar Quartet members Dr. Isaac Bustos & Dr. Alejandro Montiel of the University of Texas at San Antonio and Dr. Joseph Palmer of the Austin Classical Guitar Society; and Solero Flamenco’s Jeremy Garcia of the University of Houston.  

The festival will begin on Friday, November 20th with possible rounds of competition in the afternoon and a masterclass by Jeremy Garcia at 4:30 p.m. Internationally acclaimed Texas Guitar Quartet will play music from Spain and Latin America in a festival opening concert at 7:30 p.m.

The competition will continue on Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 a.m. check-in for competing groups, masterclasses with individual members of the Texas Guitar Quartet and a closing performance by Jeremy Garcia, flamenco and classical guitarist. View a full schedule of events at South Texas Guitar Festival