Missouri Western’s 6th Annual
ST. JOSEPH INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL & COMPETITION
May 13 - 17, 2009 - St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Thank you to everyone in St. Joseph and throughout the region
who helped make this year's event such a tremendous success!

2009 Competition Winners FIRST PRIZE: JOSEPH WILLIAMS II (US) SECOND PRIZE: AUSTIN MOORHEAD (US) THIRD PRIZE: NEMANJA OSTOJIC (Serbia)

Over $7000. total prize money and merchandise.
- NO COMPETITION AGE LIMIT - NO REQUIRED PIECES
- FREE HOME HOSTING FOR COMPETITORS & OUT-OF-TOWN AUDITORS
- FREE AIRPORT PICKUP
Registration & opening party - May 13, 2009
Official festival activities begin Thursday morning, May 14, 2009.

2009 HEADLINE PERFORMERS:
The Nova Project Classical / electric prog (US / France) THURSDAY, May 14, 8:00 PM Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building, Kemper Auditorium
		Eduardo Minozzi Costa Solo classical guitar (Brazil) 1st Prize Winner of the 2007 St. Joseph International Guitar Festival FRIDAY, May 15, 8:00 PM Missouri Western Leah Spratt MC Building, Kemper Auditorium
Hungry Monks Historical, folk and Celtic music (US) SATURDAY, May 16, 8:00 PM Missouri Western Thompson Potter Fine Arts Theater
Final Competition Rounds (open to the public).		SUNDAY, May 17, 3:00 PM DUC (Downtown University Campus) 515 N. 6th St., St. Joseph, MO
Sponsored by The Missouri Western Department of Music, with administrative support from Missouri Western’s Western Institute, Dr. Gordon Mapley, Dean Martha Greer, Festival Administration Support, and the St. Joseph Music Foundation.

A WORD FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Welcome to the 6th annual St. Joseph International Guitar Festival - one of the most progressive guitar festivals in the world - sponsored by Missouri Western State University and hosted in the artistic center of the Midwest, St. Joseph, Missouri!      Performers at our festival have come to St. Joseph from:      Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Uruguay and throughout the US.      This year we are again including a competition with an estimated $7,000 prize money and gifts as well as complimentary housing for ALL auditors and competitors.      In addition to the outstanding concerts and masterclasses, our competition is one of the most original in the US:      NO AGE LIMIT, NO REQUIRED PIECES and COMPLIMENTARY HOME HOSTING FOR COMPETITORS.      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 approach encourages competitors to chose music that is suitable - not only for musical connoisseurs - but for the general public. Past competition winners have been: 2004 1st Prize: Isaac Bustos (Nicaragua) 2nd Prize: Munhk-Orgil Turbold (Mongolia) 3rd Prize: Nenad Savic (Serbia) 2005 1st Prize: Alieksey Vianna (Brazil) 2nd Prize: Marco Sator (Uruguay) 3rd Prize: Joseph Williams (US) 2006 1st Prize: Aleksandr Tsiboulski (Ukraine / Australia) 2nd Prize: Samuel Klemke (Germany) 3rd Prize: Robert Sharp (US) 2007 1st Prize: Eduardo Minozzi Costa (Brazil) 2nd Prize: Austin Moorhead (US) 3rd Prize: Jonathan Dotson (US) 2008 (festival not produced) 2009 1st Prize: Joseph Williams II (US) 2nd Prize: Austin Moorhead (US) 3rd Prize: Nemanja Ostojic (Serbia)      You'll find our festival one of the most enjoyable in the US. Whether you come as a performer, auditor or simply take advantage of the concerts and jam sessions and visit our amazing city, the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival & Competition is an event that you’ll want to attend year after year!           Sincerely,           Anthony GLISE,           Festival Founder and Director

The Festival would like to acknowledge the kind support of:
Ed and Linda Hood
Jeff Fuson at Big Ape Studios
David Burke at VisualFuture - Online Marketing.
Cafe Acoustic
Budweiser, USA
The City of St. Joseph
St. Joseph Music Foundation
MWSU Department of Music
Heartland Health Foundation
Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph
Missouri Western State University
The Dup Room
St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph Convention & Visitors Bureau
MWSU Center for Community Arts
Missouri Western State University, Dean of the Western Institute,
Gordon Mapley and Director of the Center for Community Arts, Martha Greer.

Partial financial assistance for this project has been provided by the
Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.