International Guitar Festival
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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2025, 11:03 AM
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
♦ presents ♦
SIU International Guitar Festival
Dr. Isaac Lausell - Artistic Director of the Festival
Featured Artists
MAGIQ Illinois Guitar Quartet featuring
- Marcos Vinicius
- Issac Lausell
SIU Guitar Studio/Ensemble
Concert Itinerary
- The SIU Guitar Studio/Ensemble TBA
- Marcos Vinicius – November 1st OBF Recital Hall
If you have a high school or middle school music program and would like to be sponsored to attend the festival, contact Dr. Lausell for more information at isaac.lausell@siu.edu.
There is no need to register for the festival. You can pay with cash or by check at the concert.
Message From Dr. Lausell
Our festival started back in 2014 with a roster of distinguished guests including our own Dr. Douglas Worthen, now professor emeritus and the late professor Armando Núñez-Portillo from Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in México. In the blink of an eye 10 years have gone by however due to the pandemic we did not get to have our festival for one year. As so technically this is our 10th anniversary.
In this last decade our audiences at Southern Illinois have had the opportunity to enjoy the music of some of the world’s finest guitarists, musicians that also mentored our students directly. We still mourn the loss of some of these dear mentors and friends such as the late professor Armando Núñez-Portillo and professor Samuel Morales both who have passed in recent years.
What to expect in the next ten years? We want to pass on this legacy to our upcoming guitarists. Our goal is for SIU to continue being a place of gathering for guitarists. We want to continue to prepare musicians to take their knowledge and talent to stage and into the classroom and help to mentor the next generation.
Sincerely,
—Dr. Isaac Lausell
Donations & Sponsorship
We have opportunities for local and national businesses and enterprises interested in sponsoring the guitar festival. For more detailed information of the levels of sponsorship contact Dr. Isaac Lausell at isaac.lausell@siu.edu.
Contact
For questions regarding the festival and the guitar program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale send us an email at: isaac.lausell@siu.edu.
For other inquiries:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 South Normal Ave
Carbondale, Illinois, 62901
Phone: 618-536-8742