University of Louisville Guitar Program

09/06/2026

Extremely excited to announce the artist line up for the upcoming 2026 University of Louisville Guitar Festival and Competition!

October 9, 10, and 11 - Join us for a weekend full of guitar and artistic inspiration!

University of Louisville School of Music
Louisville Guitar Society

Virgile Barthe
Hao Yang
Natan Zlodre
Weiru Sheng
Erdong Li
New Jersey Guitar Orchestra
Jiujiu Wu
Jayson Martinez
Andrew Zohn
Chimera Quartet
Ascher Taylor-Schroeder
Joey Piellucci
Max Greenwald
Carlos Bedoya- Guitarist
Daniel Duarte
Dennis Davis

For more information -
https://music.louisville.edu/community/events/guitar-festival

Or email me at [email protected]

Registration will open on September 11th

Extremely excited to announce the artist line up for the upcoming 2026 University of Louisville Guitar Festival and Competition!

October 9, 10, and 11 - Join us for a weekend full of guitar and artistic inspiration!

University of Louisville Guitar Program
University of Louisville School of Music

Virgile Barthe
Hao Yang
Natan Zlodre
Weiru Sheng
Erdong Li
New Jersey Guitar Orchestra
Jiujiu Wu
Jayson Martinez
Andrew Zohn
Chimera Quartet
Ascher Taylor-Schroeder
Joey Piellucci
Max Greenwald
Carlos Bedoya- Guitarist
Daniel Duarte
Dennis Davis

For more information -
https://music.louisville.edu/community/events/guitar-festival

Or email me at [email protected]

Registration will open on September 11th

08/28/2026

🎸Carlos Bedoya Faculty Recital — From Tradition to Passion

Join us on September 4 at 7:30 PM in Comstock Concert Hall for an evening of guitar music featuring Carlos Bedoya.

From Tradition to Passion explores traditional and Latin-American repertoire for the guitar, with works by Albéniz, Bach, Tedesco, Llobet, Salazar, Assad, Barrios, Mompou, and Garoto.

📅 Friday, September 4
🕢 7:30 PM
📍 University of Louisville Comstock Concert Hall

We hope you’ll join us for this exciting evening of music!!

Carlos Bedoya- Guitarist

08/26/2026

Save the date! Artists announcements coming soon

SAVE THE DATE!!! The annual UofL Guitar Festival will be held on October 9-11, 2026.

This event will feature competitions, concerts, masterclasses and more!

Details to be announced.

https://music.louisville.edu/community/events/guitar-festival

07/17/2026

The UofL guitar studio had a great time at the Northern Lights Music Festival!

Our students continue their travel this summer with a trip to the Northern Lights Music Festival in northern Minnesota. Guitar students Asher Wedin and Griffen Farnsley participated in lessons, masterclasses and recitals. Asher also played several guitar parts with the orchestra, and Griffen was this year’s teaching assistant. We’re proud that our students play a part in sharing the work of UofL music students across the country.

07/14/2026

Welcome Carlos Bedoya- Guitarist!

The School of Music is excited to announce that Carlos Bedoya is our new Assistant Professor of Guitar. He says, “I am very excited for the opportunity to lead the guitar studio and organize the annual UofL guitar festival. I feel very fortunate to be at a place with a strong guitar foundation - with a significant presence of guitar in local school programs, an active and dedicated guitar society, and a vibrant community full of guitar enthusiasts. I am very much looking forward to helping make Louisville and UofL an international reference for excellence in guitar artistry.”
Our continued work together will inspire students from around the world to enjoy the guitar. Congrats, Carlos, and Go Cards!

06/15/2026

We had a great time hosting the 2026 UofL Summer String Summit for Guitar!
Workshops, masterclasses, lessons, lectures, guitar ensemble, and more.
We hope to see you in the next one!

University of Louisville School of Music
UofL String Preparatory Center
Carlos Bedoya- Guitarist

04/25/2026

Here are some photos from our final masterclass of the semester with Komodore! He had some insightful comments for the guitar students here at University of Louisville School of Music.

04/23/2026

Here are some photos from our recent Guitar Studio Recital! We had some amazing performances ranging from chamber to solo pieces!

University of Louisville School of Music

04/21/2026

Joins us tomorrow for our final masterclass of the semester at University of Louisville School of Music with Alex Komodore! We will be in room 142 from 3-5pm. Alex Komodore is internationally recognized as a guitar performer, scholar and teacher. His European Tour in 2019 included performances and teaching opportunities in Turkey, Greece, France and Scotland.

04/16/2026

Our guitar students are making very high level chamber music this semester. We are delighted to be joined by the wonderful Meg Booker, a graduate student of the voice studio at University of Louisville School of Music.

Don't miss our performance tomorrow at 7 pm in Bird recital hall!