Missouri Classical Music News

In addition to the tremendous classes, concerts and career development seminars that we have established, our competition is one of the most original in the US: NO AGE LIMIT and NO REQUIRED PIECES.

We chose the unusual competition route since it opens the door to guitarists who are often excluded from competitions by age or their preference for specific historical periods of music. Additionally, the final round of the competition is open to the public and, along with the judges, the audience has ballots and vote for the final three competitors.

This gives a more realistic aspect to the competition since, as we all know, our primary audience is usually NOT guitarists. This helps avoid the "narrow-minded" attitude that often exists in competitions.