Press Releases
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Spanish Romance – A Tour of Spanish Guitar
GCGA is pleased to co-sponsor "Spanish Romance – A Tour of Spanish Guitar", featuring Andrew Blanch (guitar) and Maria Eugenia Nieva (voice). With more than 20,000 tickets sold to date, acclaimed Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch and Argentine mezzo-soprano Maria Eugenia Nieva return to the United States for the fourth tour of their highly acclaimed ... Read more
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GCGA Announces Winners of the 2026 Houston Classical Guitar Festival Competition
The winners of the 2026 Houston Classical Guitar Festival Competition were announced by Dr. Jay Kacherski, Co-Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Guitar Association. The event drew 65 competitors from 9 countries and 16 U.S. states. Since 2024, this competition has been held entirely online and includes five divisions: Artist, College I Advanced, College II ... Read more
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Gulf Coast Guitar Association Names Jeremy García Co-Artistic Director Alongside Dr. Jay Kacherski
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association (GCGA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy García as Co-Artistic Director, serving alongside Dr. Jay Kacherski in shaping the organization's artistic vision and expanding its impact throughout the region and beyond. Together, García and Kacherski will lead the artistic direction of both the Gulf Coast Guitar Association and ... Read more
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2026 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association (GCGA) is pleased to announce registration is open for the 2026 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition (HCGFest). The festival is a six-day education program, June 15 -20, 2026. Guest artists and core faculty will provide presentations, workshops, guitar orchestra, master classes and private lessons to festival students. The festival ... Read more
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2025 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association (GCGA) is pleased to announce registration is open for the 2025 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition (HCGFest). The festival is a six-day education program, June 9 -14, 2025. Guest artists and core faculty will provide presentations, workshops, guitar orchestra, master classes and private lessons to festival students. The festival ... Read more
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2024 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association (GCGA) is pleased to announce registration is open for the 2024 Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition (HCGFest). The festival is a six-day education program, June 10 -15, 2024. Guest artists and core faculty will provide presentations, workshops, guitar orchestra, master classes and private lessons to festival students. The festival ... Read more
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Cuarteto de Guitarras de la Ciudad de México
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association (GCGA) proudly hosts Cuarteto de Guitarras de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Guitar Quartet). The quartet was formed in 2001 with the objective of preserving and spreading contemporary concert music originally written for four guitars. Sayil López, César Lara, Joaquín Olivares and José Luis Segura were trained at the ... Read more
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Bayou Theater University of Houston Clear Lake Concert
The Gulf Coast Guitar Association is pleased to announce classical guitarist Jay Kacherski and pianist Lina Morita will join flamenco guitarist and composer Jeremy García and singer (cante) Irma La Paloma in an eclectic program featuring contemporary classical works and traditional and original flamenco compositions. The concert is Friday September 8, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. ... Read more
Press Coverage
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University of Houston Clear Lake
Bayou Theater celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with classical, flamenco guitar performance
As part of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Hispanic Heritage Month activities, the Bayou Theater is presenting a performance by the Gulf Coast Guitar Association, formed five years ago to promote classical guitar in Houston. The group will take the stage Saturday September 17, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The GCGA produces the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition annually, bringing internationally acclaimed guitarists from throughout the world to perform, teach and compete in Houston.