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First Roque Cordero
Central American Guitar
Composition Competition
August 2002


The Panamanian Guitar Circle invites you to participate in the First Roque Cordero Central American Guitar Composition Competition"

RULES OF THE CONTEST

1. The competition is open to Central American composers (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belice, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panamá) with no age limit, residing in or living outside their countries.

2. The participants will present one work for solo guitar between 5 and 10 minutes long, which can have several movements. The work must not be published or commercially recorded, but it may have been performed publicly.

3. Participants will send three copies of the work and will identify themselves with a pseudonym. Recording of the work is optional. MIDI format recordings are accepted. The name of the composer should not be written either on the score or the recordings.

4. In a sealed envelope, with the work title and pseudonym written outside, the participants will include:

a. A sheet with their name, address and telephone or e-mail, so they can be reached if the work is selected.

b. Xerox of the ID, passport or birth certificate where the nationality can be read clearly.

c. A short resume.

5. The work and other requirements should be sent before May 31, 2002 to:
Enrique Téllez
Apartado 87-0090
Panamá 7, República de Panamá

6. There is a single prize of $500.00 US. The winner will be announced publicly in Panama City in August, 2002. The jury will be composed of distinguished Panamanian musicians. The names of the jurors will be
announced with that of the winner.

7. The winning work will be performed in the "V Encuentro Internacional de Guitarra, Panamá 2003". It will be published with the consent of the composer, who will conserve all the rights.

8. All the works will be donated to the Panamanian Guitar Circle's Private Library, National Library of Panama and Simón Bolívar Library of the University of Panama. Further information about the contest can be obtained from:

Emiliano Pardo-Tristán
1915 Green St. Apt.#2
Philadelphia, PA 19130
USA
E-mail: epardo@temple.edu


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