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Come and listen to the guitar and its music at one of our festivals or concert series such as North East Guitar Festival, London Guitar Festival, Bath Guitar Festival and London Guitar Series.

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Get involved with playing the guitar at our annual summer school, masterclasses and workshops, Young Artist Platform or IGF Guitar Summit.

Create

IGF is committed to contributing to the guitar’s heritage through an extensive commissioning programme (IGF Commissions List), BGS Records and G Plus Ensemble.

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IGF Young Artist Platform (YAP) 2017/18

Part of IMAGE IGNITE INVENT

Applications for the IGF Young Artist Platform 2017/18 are open to guitarists up to and including 30 years of age. We accept applications from soloists and ensembles which include guitar.

To apply please send an email to info@igf.org.uk which includes:

-a short CV which includes details of your music education (conservatoire, music school etc)

-proof of date of birth (such as a birth certificate, passport, driving licence)

Auditions are held on Saturday 16 September 2017 at Kings Place in front of a Panel of experts.

Applications close on Monday 11 September. If invited for audition you will hear by 14 September 2017.

At the audition, you will play a programme of 10 minutes of your own choice and provide three sample programmes of 45 minutes (these don’t have to consist of music you actually play) which each need to include at least one piece of the IGF repertoire list of commissioned work (to be found on the IGF website under the CREATE button at the top menu).

If successful, you will be offered concerts at IGF festivals in the 2017/18 season as well as mentoring and workshops in a range of subjects. IGF commissions new music especially for the YAP programme and you will be expected to play a minimum of two new pieces, one at London Guitar Festival on Saturday 28 October 2017 and a second one in spring/summer 2018, we will also expect you to learn one additional new piece from the IGF repertoire list of commissioned work during the 2017/18 season.

IGF YAP aims to help young guitarist in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the concert platform.

IMAGINE IGNITE INVENT

IGF’s new programme for new guitar music, new players and new audiences.

New commissions by Errollyn Wallen, Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton and Na’ama Zisser. Performers include Tom Kerstens’ G Plus Ensemble, Vida Guitar Quartet, Eden Stell Guitar Duo and new players on IGF’s Young Artist Platform.

The programme is supported by the PRS for Music Foundation, the Leche Trust and the RVW Trust.

More information coming soon!

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