International Guitar Festival
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
♦ presents ♦
SIU International Guitar Festival
Dr. Isaac Lausell - Artistic Director of the Festival
Featured Artists
MAGIQ Illinois Guitar Quartet featuring:
- Angelo Favis
- Isaac Lausell
- Michael Patilla
- Guido Sánchez-Portuguez
SIU Guitar Studio/Ensemble
Concert Itinerary
- The SIU Guitar Studio/Ensemble will perform on November 12th at 7:00 pm. at the OBF Recital Hall in SIU, Carbondale, IL. Admission is free for everyone.
- MAGIQ Illinois Guitar Quartet will perform on November 17th at 3:00 pm at the OBF Recital Hall in SIU, Carbondale, IL. Admission with an ID is free for the university’s students, faculty, and staff. General admission is $10.
- The SIU Guitar & Bass studio Spring Recital – April 30th at 7:30 pm. at the OBF Recital Hall in SIU, Carbondale, IL. Admission is free for everyone
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. What to do? Our solution is simple, a two-year celebration, first our first decade and secondly 10th season next year!
This year I also have the privilege of introducing a new exciting project, the MAGIQ Illinois Guitar Quartet. The ensemble comprised of Illinois based guitar professors including Dr. Guido Sánchez- Portuguez from University of Illinois Urbana, Dr. Angelo Favis coming to us from Illinois State University, Dr. Michael Patilla from Carl Sandburg college and myself. The repertoire engages the guitar with an array of contemporary and classical languages through the works of Dr. Sánchez- Portuguez, French composer Francis Kleynjans and even Georges Bizet.
The SIU Guitar Studio will be performing as we seek to provide a platform for our own emerging guitarists. Our audience will enjoy an evening of solo pieces for classical guitar as well as ensemble works.
Our guest of honor this year is a performer coming to us by way of Italy but also with roots in the beautiful Brazil. It is our pleasure to receive Marcos Vinícius for our closing gala concert. As an artist Mr. Vinícius has an extensive body of work that interweaves the guitar, chamber and sacred music in a language that elevates both the craft and the spirit. While the impact of Mr. Vinícius has been felt in the world of music across the globe his most precious mission is to serve others and to that end he has employed his gifts as a humanitarian, a cultural ambassador and to aid communities in need.
Who is this festival for? Anyone who loves guitar music! We have activities suitable for professional musicians, aspiring guitar students, weekend warriors and anybody that simply enjoys good music.
We also want to continue investing in the future of the guitar in our state and neighboring regions. If you have kids interested in the guitar, if you have a guitar program at your school bring them and lets together build for the next ten years
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
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