The Young Virtuosos, 2nd Edition - FULL CLASSICAL GUITAR CONCERT - Live from St. Mark's Omni Series

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The Omni Foundation presents 4 rising young stars of the guitar in concert for its 2nd edition to the Young Virtuosos Live from St. Mark's series. Learn more about these award-winning young virtuosos below (Program details below).

Performers from left to right:

Reade Park, 18
Emilia Diaz Delgado, 13
Trent Park, 15
Ethan Boyers, 17

Opening remarks from Scott Cmiel, Director of Guitar at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division: https://sfcm.edu/pre-college

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Program:

Sonata, op. 101 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. Matthew Cmiel
III.
IV.

Reade Park, Emilia Díaz Delgado, Trent Park, Ethan Boyers

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Concerto, BWV 972 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Judicael Perroy
I.
II.

Performed by Trent Park

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Fugue, BWV 997 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Frank Koonce

All of Me Seymour Simons (1896-1949) arr. Roland Dyens

Performed by Ethan Boyers

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Guitar Sonata Antonio Jose (1902-1936)
IV.

Round Midnight Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) arr. Roland Dyens

Performed by Reade Park

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Sun Wukong's Toccata Sergio Assad (b. 1952) (dedicated to Meng Su)

Performed by Emilia Díaz Delgado

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About the performers:

Reade Park, age 18, is the first-place winner of the
Senior Division of the Guitar Foundation of America’s
2022 International Youth Competition, the second-place
winner of the 2022 James Stroud Classical Guitar
Competition, and an Honorable Mention awardee of the
2023 and 2022 National YoungArts
Foundation competitions. In 2021, he appeared as a
soloist on NPR’s From the Top program.

Emilia Díaz Delgado, age 13, is classical guitarist and
filmmaker. She was a featured soloist at the 2022 SFCM
Sergio Assad Birthday Celebration Concert, has made
several appearances on the national public radio
program From the Top, has been featured in concerts
sponsored by Austin Classical Guitar, Odeon, and the
South Bay Guitar Society, and won second prize
in the Junior Division of the Guitar Foundation of
America’s 2022 International Youth Competition.

Trent Park, age 15, attends the math-based Proof School,
in San Francisco. Most recently, he won a won a First
Class Honors Award on his completion of Level 9 in the
Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program and
was named a semi-finalist for the 2022 James Stroud
National Classical Guitar Youth Competition.

Ethan Boyers, age 17, is a senior at Sonoma Academy in
Santa Rosa, California. Ethan won 2nd prize at the
Guitar Foundation of America’s 2022 International
Youth Competition Senior Division and 3rd prize at the
2022 and 2021 James Stroud National Classical Guitar
Youth Competition.

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Video Production by
Matthew Washburn
https://www.WashburnImagery.com

Audio Mastering by
Sienna Digital, Half Moon Bay, CA
https://www.siennadigital.com

Filmed live at St. Marks Lutheran Church in San Francisco, CA
https://www.stmarks-sf.org

Concert recorded on January 29, 2022

Series Sponsors
D’Addario, Hill Guitar Company, Guitar Salon International, Romero Creations, Guitar Solo, Augustine Foundation

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