Schaeffer Guitar Competition Finals – Fred Fox School of Music

Schaeffer Guitar Competition Finals
Sunday, March 19, 2023 3:00 pm
Holsclaw Hall, $Free

For Undergraduate Students
Sponsored by the Leonard and David Schaeffer Memorial Endowment, this competition honors the memories of Leonard and David, and their father, Albert Schaeffer, by showcasing the exemplary talents of the University of Arizona guitar studio.

Albert M. Schaeffer practiced law in Chicago and Tucson, and was a Chicago jazz pianist, a five-year combat captain in World War II, and a military judge in Germany following the war. His wife, Clare, was the daughter of Aaron Kritz, a famous Chicago cantor. She was raised in a distinguished musical family and appeared in Vaudeville as a young child. She is a master therapeutic recreation specialist, and garnered national attention for her groundbreaking work in music therapy with the residents of Handmaker home for the aging. Clare’s brother, Robert Kritz, is a noted composer of classical music, her sister Brina Roden is a published poet, and her sister Judith Perkins was an accomplished pianist. Their support and guidance helped to establish the University of Arizona Guitar Studies Program as one of this country’s finest.

The Leonard and David Schaeffer Memorial Endowment serves to promote and reward excellence in guitar performance. It is an endowed fund, the income of which will provide awards for the winners of the annual competition and will continue to advance further objectives of the School of Music at The University of Arizona.

Past winners of this competition, open to all undergraduate guitar performance majors at the University of Arizona, have gone on to win top prizes in international guitar competitions.

Previous Winners

1989: Ray Sandoval

1990: Jorge HernÃ¡ndez

1991: Danny Arias

1992: Ken Price

1993: Celso Cano

1994: William Mericle

1995: Alieksey Vianna

1996: Brad Ford

1997: Evan Hirschelman

1998: Rick Hill

1999: Evan Hirschelman

2000: Dieter Hennings Yeomans

2001: Dieter Hennings Yeomans

2002: Cale Hoeflicker

2003: Rick Hill

2004: Cale Hoeflicker

2005: Eric Singh

2006: David Talamante

2007: Alvaro Mendizabal

2008: Daniel Vildosola

2009: Misael Barraza-Diaz

2010: Misael Barraza-Diaz

2011: Misael Barraza-Diaz & Steven Lerman

2012: Misael Barraza-Diaz

2013: Steven Lerman

2014: Kathy Acosta & Zachary Empkey

2015: Ignacio Mondaca

2016: Ignacio Mondaca

2017: Ignacio Mondaca

2018: Ignacio Mondaca

2019: Grace Sheppard

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One thing that needs to be considered in this time of major climate change concern is the carbon emissions of flying in artists from overseas. The carbon emissions of flying Stockholm-Tucson roundtrip come to about 3 tons per economy class passenger. That is comparable to the carbon emissions produced by the average American in 1 year of driving. Could a US-based organist have played this recital (shorter travel distance and lower emissions)? Or, is Hammarstrom already on tour in the US (thus consolidating multiple recitals into 1 overseas trip)? There is also the option of offsetting flight emissions. Saying this as a DMA grad of the UA organ program and as an astronomy educator who’s following the astronomy field’s efforts to mitigate climate impact.

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Schaeffer Guitar Competition Finals Sunday, March 19, 2023 3:00 pm Holsclaw Hall, $Free

Schaeffer Guitar Competition Finals
Sunday, March 19, 2023 3:00 pm
Holsclaw Hall, $Free