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By Madison Thompson–
The School of Music held the annual Guitar Festival, Sept. 14-17. This festival is open to the public, students, alumni, faculty and staff. The festival began in 2010 and has a plethora of events prepared for participants.
“It includes concerts, master classes which are lessons open to the public, workshops and a competition with three different divisions,” said Stephen Mattingly, Associate Professor of Music, Professor of Guitar and director of the guitar festival competition.
“They are the youth division, which would be performers under 17 years old, the collegiate division for undergraduate students, and then an open division for all ages called the solo artist division, which is the more elite division.