{"id":3847,"date":"2016-03-17T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2016-03-18T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T19:26:09","slug":"2016-guitar-foundation-of-america-international-convention-and-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/2016-guitar-foundation-of-america-international-convention-and-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Guitar Foundation of America International Convention and Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Sponsored Story<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The 2016 GFA International Convention and Competition will be held at Metropolitan State University in Denver, CO from June 20-25, 2016 with local host Alex Komodore. This year\u2019s featured artists include Judicael Perroy, Raphaella Smits, Ben Verdery, Jason Vieaux, and Fabio Zanon. Experience three concerts daily, along with workshops, lectures, master classes and private lessons with the top artists in our field. The Vendor Expo runs all week long and will feature the industry\u2019s finest guitar luthiers, gear and accessories, and a wide variety of sheet music.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3853 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"AD16 GFA Sponsored2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4543.jpg?w=3510&amp;ssl=1 3510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The GFA International Concert Artist Competition and International Youth Competition attract incredible young players who will give some of the most powerful and inspiring performances of the week. Whether you\u2019re competing or just watching the final rounds of the competitions, you won\u2019t want to miss the excitement as the 2016 GFA winners are announced! Denver\u2019s magnificent landscape and surrounding mountains are the backdrop\u00a0for this incredible week of classical guitar. Metropolitan State University is centrally located in downtown Denver with close proximity to nightlife, restaurants, and more. Register before April 1 on the GFA\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarfoundation.org\/?page=2016ConvMain\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/strong> to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration Discount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Watch the 2016 GFA Convention Promo Video\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6nMHVY12iQ\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6nMHVY12iQ\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3855 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-16-at-12.28.02-PM-1024x575.png?resize=1024%2C575\" alt=\"AD16 GFA Sponsored Video\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-16-at-12.28.02-PM.png?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-16-at-12.28.02-PM.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-16-at-12.28.02-PM.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-16-at-12.28.02-PM.png?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarfoundation.org\/?page=2016ConvMain\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3857 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-GFAperpetualogoText3stringBurgandyColor-300x236.jpg?resize=300%2C236\" alt=\"AD16 GFA Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-GFAperpetualogoText3stringBurgandyColor.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-GFAperpetualogoText3stringBurgandyColor.jpg?resize=768%2C603&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-GFAperpetualogoText3stringBurgandyColor.jpg?resize=759%2C600&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-GFAperpetualogoText3stringBurgandyColor.jpg?w=932&amp;ssl=1 932w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored Story The 2016 GFA International Convention and Competition will be held at Metropolitan State University in Denver, CO from June 20-25, 2016 with local host Alex Komodore. This year\u2019s featured artists include Judicael Perroy, Raphaella Smits, Ben Verdery, Jason Vieaux, and Fabio Zanon. Experience three concerts daily, along with workshops, lectures, master classes and private lessons with the top artists in our field. The Vendor Expo runs all week long and will feature the industry\u2019s finest guitar luthiers, gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,6,19,1],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions","category-news","category-sponsored","category-uncategorized","tag-gfa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/USE-Copy-of-dscn4505.jpg?fit=4000%2C3000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}