Silviu Ciulei
*$1500 THIRD PRIZE - GUITAR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
*$1000 FIRST PRIZE - Appalachian State Competition
*$1500 FIRST PRIZE - Columbus State University Competition
*THIRD PRIZE - Schadt Concerto Competition
*$2000 Second Prize Winner Texas Guitar Competition (3 time prize winner)
* Graduate Assistanship and Deans Fellowship - Florida State University (largest award ever to a Masters level guitar student at FSU)
*$2000 Second Prize Winner - Texas Guitar Competition (three time finalist and also Fourth Prize Winner)
*Second Prize Winner - Appalachian State Guitar Competition (two time finalist and also Fourth Prize Winner)
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Second Prize - Mississippi Concerto Competition
*Concerto Soloist - Nashville Philharmonic - Giuliani opus 30 Concerto in A Major
*Semifinalist - Schadt Concerto Competition (youngest semifinalist, one of 8)
*National Finalist - American String Teachers Association Guitar Competition
*Concerto Soloist - Black Sea Philharmonic, Constanta, Romania - Giuliani opus 30 Concerto in A Major
*Largest scholarship award ever received by an MTSU Music Student
*Three time Gold medal winner in the Georgescu Guitar Competition, Romania.
*Member of the internationally touring Santa Fe Guitar Quartet.
*Arizona State University Graduate Assistantship Award for Doctoral study with Frank Koonce
* Doctorate Degree - Arizona State University.
Salome Sandoval
*Member of the Boston Camerata Early Music Ensemble *Third Prize Winner in the East Carolina State University Competition at East Carolina State University, NC
*Third Prize Winner, Appalachian Guitar Festival Competition, Appalachian State University
*Second Prize Winner, Boston Classical Guitar Society Competition, Northeastern University
*First Prize Winner, Southern Arts International Guitar Competition, University of Southern Mississippi
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Fourth Prize Winner, Columbus State University Guitar Competition, Columbus, Georgia
*Graduate Assitantship Award, MTSU
*CD recording: Cantando con el fuego
*Concerto Soloist - Simon Bolivar Orchestra , Caracas, Venezuela - Concierto de Aranjuez
* Full Scholarship to study Early Music at Longy School of Music
* Performance at the Guitar Foundation of America - Oberlin
* Graduate Assistantship offers from Florida State University and University of Arizona
* $1000 FIRST PRIZE - Columbus State Guitar Competition in Columbus, GA
* $1000 FIRST PRIZE - Music Academy of North Carolina Guitar Competition in Greensboro
*Second Prize Winner in the Appalachian State Guitar Competition
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Graduate Assistantship Offers from renown instructors, Robert Guthrie at Southern Methodist University and Bruce Holzman at Florida State University
*Graduate Assistantship Awards from renown instructors, Doug James at Appalachian State University and Tom Patterson, University of Arizona
Erol Ozsever
*FIRST PRIZE - Rosario Guitar Competition *Graduate Assistantship - Indiana University
*First Prize for graduate strings in the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale
*Two Time Second Prize Winner- Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis, Tennessee
*National Finalist - American String Teachers Association Guitar Competition
*Honorable Mention - Beethoven Club Guitar Competition
Luke Finney
* Graduate Assistantship offers from Indiana University
*First Prize in the Southeastern Guitar Congress held at Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Guitar Studies Director at the Murfreesboro Academy for the Performing Arts.
*Graduate Assistantship Award from renown instructor, Stanley Yates at Austin Peay State University
Josh Tannehill
Jimmy Moore
Jeff Rogers
Mike Theimann
Brent Coleman
Joe Villaveces
*Third Prize Winner- Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis, Tennessee
*First Prize -Tennessee State Music Teachers National Association Guitar Competition
*First Prize - Strings division of the Mississippi Young Artists Concerto competition
*Concerto Soloist- Mississippi Symphony Orchestra - Ponce Concerto del Sur
*Graduate Assistantship Award, MTSU
* Graduate Assistantship award from Florida State University
*National Finalist - Music Teachers National Association Guitar Competition
*First Prize Winner - Southeast Regionals, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Guitar Competition
*First Prize Winner- Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis, Tennessee
*First Prize WinnerTennessee Music Teachers Association Guitar Competition
*Graduate Assitantship Award, MTSU
*Scholarship award to Southern Methodist University where he completed his Masters Degree with renown instructor, Robert Guthrie
*Faculty member at the following colleges: Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Tarrant County Community
College, Navarro College, North Central Texas College.
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Faculty member at Columbia State Community College and Belmont University
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Faculty member in the Metro Nashville Schools
*$70,000 grant from VH-1 Music in the Schools program
*$10,000 first prize for a production featuring his students from the Oscar Meyer Corp.
*Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
*Graduate Assistantship Award from renown instructor, Robert Guthrie at Southern Methodist University
*Honorable Mention in the 2000 National Finals of the American String Teachers Association Competition
* Masters Degree - SMU
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
at Austin Peay State University
*Graduate Assistantship Award from renown instructor, Stanley Yates
Kevin Arrowsmith
*Performed with nationally touring music group "Shedaisy" - Performed live in primetime on ABC TV on the American Music Awards.
Rich Ragsdale
*Composer/performer of music for a dozen prime time network TV shows and also best selling video games
*Graduate of UCLA Film School with a major in Filmscoring.
Billy Atkisson
*First Prize Winner, Beethoven Club Guitar Competition, Memphis.
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