Students

Current Graduate and Undergraduate Students

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Nicholas Epple, Doctoral Candidate

Nicholas Epple is pursuing his DMA at the University of Arizona with Tom Patterson and artists in residence David Russell, Odair Assad and Sergio Assad. Nicholas received first prize at the David Russell Bach competition in 2017...

Pablo Gonzalez, Doctoral Candidate

Pablo Gonzalez started classical guitar at the age of 14 at the Liceo Experimental Artístico under Professor Eduardo Gomez. Since 2000 he has studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Universidad de Chile under Professor Ernesto Quezada,...

Ana Maria Iordache, Doctoral Candidate

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Ana Maria Iordache began playing the guitar at the age of six with Eugen Mang. She received her Bachelor in Music Performance within the National University of Music in Bucharest under the tutelage of...

Yunchen Liu, Doctoral Candidate

Classical guitarist Yunchen Liu was born in Shanghai in 1992 and began playing the guitar at the age of 10. In 2010, he was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he completed his bachelor's degree under the instruction...

Everton Maia, Doctoral Candidate

Everton Maia was born in Itabira/MG – Brasil. He started his guitar studies with his Father at 6 years old and he has been playing a lot of guitar concerts since ...

Ignacio Mondaca, Doctoral Candidate

The Festival del Pitic is one of the biggest cultural festivals celebrated in Sonora, Mexico, celebrating the foundation of Sonora’s capital, Hermosillo, and in 2017, Ignacio Mondaca made his first appearance in the festival,...

Ashley Novela, Undergraduate

From the small border town, Nogales, Arizona, Ashley Novela is an aspiring classical guitarist. Her main background on guitar derives from Mexican Music, specifically in Mariachi...

Andres Pantoja, Doctoral Candidate

Andrés Pantoja was born in Chillán, Chile, in 1981. He started his guitar studies at the age of 13 with Professor Edith Vásquez, his mother. He completed his undergraduate studies in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile...

Yihui Wang, Master's Candidate

Yihui began studying guitar in October 2004 with Ren Haipeng; she then studied with Li Le in 2007. In July 2011, she won first place in the “Manshi cup” Classical Guitar Invitational, and third place in the “Martinez cup” National Classical Guitar...