in conjunction with
Radford After Dark

The 11th annual Radford University International Guitar Festival will bring internationally noted Guitarist performers to the sonic splendor of the Performance Hall in the Covington Center for Visual and Performing Arts, April 20th through April 22nd, 2012.

The International Guitar Festival has consistently drawn an audience to the New River Valley and has drawn them from Northern Virginia as well as beyond the borders of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Maryland, North Carolina and as far north as New York State.


(Click each artist's picture for more information.)
In conjunction with “Radford After Dark,” the RU International Education Center, and the RU English Club, the theme for 2012 is Music and Poetry of the Americas, and will bring:

• Venezuelan poet and musicologist – Alejandro Bruzual in a multi-media presentation of the music and poetry of Venezuela
• Venezuelan guitarist Douglas Esteves in a program of Venezuelan music
  
• Brazilian guitarist Gilson Antunes in a program of Brazilian music
  
• Peruvian guitarist and winner of the Naumburg Prize Jorge Caballero in two programs (1/2 program and the complete “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Moussorgsky)
  
• The Saxophone and Guitar Duo – Duo Montagnard in a special program of newly commission and composed music by US composers.
  
• Poetry readings by RU students with commentary and criticism from Professor Bruzual.
  
• A community guitar orchestra of students from across Virginia joins RU students in a community performance
  
• RU guitar alumni concert
  
• Music and instrument vendors
  

View the complete schedule here.

All events are free, but registration is required. All events are held at the Covington Center for Visual and Performing Arts on the campus of Radford University, Radford, VA (corner of Jefferson and Main Sts. Radford, VA 24142). Maps and directions can be found here.