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SFCM Pre-College Guitar Honors Quartet

Program:

• Intro: 0:00 - Scott Cmiel, SFCM Pre-College Guitar Department Chair
• Mahler Lieder: 6. Ländler (Symphony No. 1) Stephen Goss (b.1964)
   1:06
• Bluezilian by Clarice Assad (b. 1978)
   4:35

SFCM Pre-College Guitar Honors Quartet:

• Trent Park, Guitar by Carlos Juan Busquiel
  Emilia Díaz Delgado, Guitar by Kenny Hill
• Kiran Lee, Guitar by Dieter Müller
  Roan Holmes, Guitar by Alan Perlman

Trent Park:
Age 17, is a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College, where he studies guitar with Scott Cmiel and has completed the highest level of the music theory curriculum. In October 2023, Trent performed in Maestro Manuel Barrueco’s “Pre-College Guitar Virtuosos” master class. He has also participated master classes with Judicaël Perroy, Meng Su, Ben Verdery, and Jason Vieaux.

Additionally, Trent has completed Level 8 of the MTAC Certificate of Merit program in piano. In his sophomore year, Trent received a score of 5 in AP Music Theory, as well as AP Calculus BC. He attends Proof School.

Emilia Díaz Delgado:
Age 15, studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College with Meng Su and Scott Cmiel and has also studied with David Tanenbaum and Igor Avila Soria. Emilia has performed for Omni Concerts, the South Bay Guitar Society, Austin Classical Guitar, and NPR’s From The Top.

She has received awards from the Guitar Foundation of America and the James Stroud Guitar Competition. Emilia is also a filmmaker whose work has been screened at festivals in the U.S., Brazil, Beijing, Paris, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, and Costa Rica.

Kiran Lee:
Age 17, is a prizewinner in the 2024 Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition and the 2023 Chicago Guitar Festival Competition and the First Prize winner of the 2022 Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival Youth Competition and the 2022 U.S. International Open Music Competition.

She was a semifinalist in the 2024 James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition and was one of six performers invited to the 2023 Pre-College Guitar Virtuosos master class with Manuel Barrueco. Kiran opened concerts for Stephanie Jones and Gaëlle Solal at the South Bay Guitar Society.

Roan Holmes:
Age 17, studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Scott Cmiel at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Precollege and has previously worked with Dr. David Chapman. Roan has won awards at the Stanislaus State University Guitarraganza Competition, the Bay Area Guitar Society, the Romero Guitar Institute, and the YoungArts Competition.

Scott Cmiel:
Recipient of Artist Teacher Awards from the American String Teachers Association of California, the Romero Guitar Institute, and the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival.
And is widely acclaimed as an inspirational instructor of students with exceptional artistic achievements. His students have won top awards in national and international competitions including the American String Teachers Association National Soloist Competition, the Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition, the Christopher Parkening International Youth Competition, the James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition, and the YoungArts Competition.

Audience & Video: Lester Lee

filmed live on December 7, 2024.