CATEGORY | FIRST PLACE | SECOND PLACE | THIRD PLACE |
Chamber Groups 7-8 Grade | Trailside Chamber | ||
Chamber Groups 9-10 Grade | Harnoor and Anjali | ||
Chamber Groups 11-12 Grade | |||
Guitar Ensembles 7-8 Grade | Trailside Quintet | Harmony Middle School | River Bend Guitar Quintet |
Guitar Ensembles 9-10 Grade | Tuscarora High School 9/10 | The Freedom Guitarists | Wit and Web Duo |
Guitar Ensembles 11-12 Grade | LCHS Guitar Qartet | Riverside High School Artist Guitar Ensemble | Stone Bridge Guitar Quintet |
Solo 7 Gr. | Pearl Coogan | Paxson Huang | Alexander Palmer |
Solo 8 Gr. | Garrison Stowe | Anvita Balachander | Archit Mukherjee |
Solo 9 Gr. | Kate Yoo | Hugh McCormick | Kennedy Wells |
Solo 10 Gr. | Jacob Gonzalez | Isaac Dawit | Sofia Anderson |
Solo 11 Gr. | Ryan Oates | Alexander Dolzhenkov | Parth Jaiswal |
Solo 12 Gr. | Andrew Stevens | William Blanco | Kaley McQuinn |
Lončar Prize | First Place: Riverside High School Artist Guitar Ensemble Second Place: The Freedom Guitarists | ||
Young Artist Prize | Paxson Huang |
The 18th annual Aguado Classical Guitar Competition will be held in one round on May 2nd and 3rd 2025 at Park View High School, 400 West Laurel Avenue, Sterling, VA 20164. The Chamber and Ensemble Competitions will start on Friday, May 2nd at 6 p.m., and the Solo Competition on Saturday, May 3rd at 9 a.m. – exact times TBA.
Winners will be announced at the concert, on May 3rd at 7:00 PM, at Community Lutheran Church, 21014 Whitfield Place, Sterling, VA 20165. Competitors will receive their prizes and certificates at the Winners Recital and Award Ceremony on Sunday, May 4th, at 2 p.m. at the Park View High School Auditorium. First Prize and Special Prize winners will perform in the Winners Recital.
The Aguado Classical Guitar Competition is open to students who study guitar in Loudoun County – at school or privately.
Three entries in solo (limit reached! ) and three in ensemble categories will be accepted from outside of Loudoun County in the order of applications received.
SOLO CATEGORY
Age Divisions: There will be a separate division for each grade, 7th – 12th. (Younger students may compete in the 7th Grade category.)
Program: Free Choice, not to exceed 8 min.
Prizes in each division: $100 First Prize, $50 Second Prize, $25 Third Prize
Special Prize: Special $100 prize for the best interpretation of a composition by Miroslav Lončar will be awarded by the composer.
The Young Artist Prize of $150 will be awarded to the competitor who shows the highest level of artistry.
GUITAR ENSEMBLE CATEGORY:
Guitar Ensemble Category is open to guitar duos to decets from Loudoun County. All ensembles will compete together in the appropriate age division. Ensembles will compete in the category of the oldest person in the group.
Age Divisions:
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7th and 8th Grade
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9th and 10th Grade
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11th and 12th Grade
Program: Free choice, not to exceed 10 minutes.
Prizes in each division: Trophies for First, Second and Third places will be awarded.
CHAMBER MUSIC CATEGORY:
Chamber Music Category is open to ensembles from Loudoun County that include at least one guitar plus other instruments, such as: flute, violin, clarinet, cello, voice, etc. The ensembles can be duos, trios, quartets, quintets, and sextets. All ensembles will compete together in the appropriate age division. The ensembles will compete in the category of the oldest person in the group.
Age Divisions:
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7th and 8th Grade
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9th and 10th Grade
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11th and 12th Grade