Long Island Guitar Festival, March 19 to 21, 2021. 29th Year

Welcome to the Long Island Guitar Festival Web site.

Ecletic and International, the 29th Long Island Guitar Festival will take place March 19 to 21, 2021. Due to the pandemic this year's festival will be virtual, presenting video concerts and live and recorded workshops and classes.

In addition to concerts, lectures and demonstrations, the Long Island Guitar Festival usually includes our National High School Classical Guitar Competition, the LIGF Orchestra, Master Classes for Guitarists and Performers, and Ensemble Showcases. Because of the pandemic we will not be able to present many of our usual offerings.

All events at this year's Festival are free.
You can register for free to attend Festival events at eventbrite.com.
After registering you will receive a link via email to the Long Island Guitar Festival Zoom Room. Please make sure you have the latest version of Zoom installed on your device.

For those attending the Harris Becker & Friends video concert, here is Chinnawat Themkumkwun complete performance which did not entirely play last night due to technical issues.

Scheduled events include:

How to Make the Bach Cello Suites Dance with Cellist Maureen Hynes
Exploring the Score. Techniques for Practice and Performance with Harris Becker
Harris Becker & Friends. Video Concert featuring Andrew York, Laura Snowden, James Erickson, Evan Taucher, Paul Cesarczyk, Maureen Hynes, Chinnawat Themkumkwun, Laura Lessard, Michael Roberts, Tri Phan, Ioannis Theodoridis, Huy Thanh Nguyen and Hilary Field
Concert Program

Video Concert Playlist
Fingerboard Navigation with James Erickson
PDF file from the session
A Musical Conversation: Q&A with Andrew York
Past High School Competition Winners. Video Concert featuring Ansel Bobrow, Juile Bodian, Eliza Balmuth, Ria Modak and Michael Vascones
Concert Program

Video Concert Playlist
Start to finish – Audio and Video Recording for guitarists with Evan Taucher
PDF file from the session
Giulio Regondi: a Life in Images with Paul Cesarczyk
Aaron Shearer Virtual Guitar Orchestra. Conducted by Alan Hirsh
An Ensembles Showcase Video Concert including guitar ensembles from Freedom High School (Orlando, FL), Bishop McGuiness High School (Kernersville, NC), Susan Wagner High School (Staten Island, NY), Metropolitan Guitar Academy (New York, NY) and Brentwood High School (Brentwood, NY)
Concert Program

Video Concert Playlist

Festival Schedule

Festival Artists and Performers

We are hoping to be live next year celebrating our 30th anniversary. We intend to have some special events. We would like to thank everyone from around the globe for all your on going support and encouragement.

Festival 2020

The 28th Long Island Guitar Festival was scheduled to take place March 31 to April 5, 2020 but was canceled due to the pandemic. Scheduled performers and participants included Grammy Award winner David Russell (first Long Island appearance), Beijing Guitar Duo, Jérémy Jouve, Yenne Lee, Evan Taucher and the Olson/De Cari Duo.

In addition scheduled events included Damon Smallman & Ingrid Riollot presenting a lecture/demonstration about The History and Design of "Smallman Guitars", Evan Taucher lecturing on Creating and Building an Online Presence: Leveraging Social Media, and Harris Becker was to give a workshop on Exploring the Score – Techniques for Practice.

Learn more about Festival 2020