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Jacobs School of Music to host guitar competition

The Jacobs School of Music will host the fifth-annual Indiana International Guitar Festival and Competition beginning Saturday.

The competition is open to all classical guitarists not represented by professional management, according to the competition’s website.

Students from the School of Music guitar department, along with past first-prize winners, are not eligible to compete.

It will be an all-day event, starting with competition registration from 9 to 10 a.m. in Ford-Crawford Hall and ending with a guest concert, “Franz Liszt,” by Ricardo Gallen, a German musician and professor in the Hochschule für Musik, at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall.

Registration for the youth division begins Sunday.

There are three divisions competitors can enter: the “open” division for musicians age 19-35, the “senior youth” division for ages 14-18 and the “junior youth” division for ages 14 and younger, according to the competition website. The “open” and “senior youth” divisions have monetary prizes, with first through fourth place winners receiving $100 to $3,500.

All events are free and open to the public. However, musicians entering the “open” division must pay a $75 fee, with the remaining two divisions requiring $50.

The competition is “fast becoming one of the premier competitions in North America,” according to its website. The competition and festival have repeatedly attracted top-tier competitors from around the world and feature concerts and master classes by well-established artists.

“It was once again a joy to participate!” wrote a past prize winner on the competition website. “I have now been to several others, and I can say with confidence that yours in Bloomington is by far my favorite.”

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