Next Event: Members' Showcase - March 16th, 2024 at 8pm - Salmon Hall

Eric Wang, Featured Artist Concert

On February 17th at 8pm, The Orange County Guitar Circle will continue its 2023-2024 season of featured artist concerts with the two-time winner of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Youth Competition.

Currently a freshman at Stanford University, Eric started playing classical guitar at the age of four. He has studied with Robert Miller at the California Conservatory of Music and currently studies with Professor Meng Su at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Please join us in welcoming this amazing guitarist to the OCGC!

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Members’ Showcase Concerts

All members are invited to perform at one or more of our Showcase concerts. If you are interested in peforming please press the “Request to Perform” button below. You will then be asked to fill out a form with your details. Please submit your request by the deadline, shown in red. Remaining concert dates are listed below.

  • March 16th, 2024 (deadline 3/9)
  • May 18th, 2024 (deadline 5/11)
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Leonela Alejandro, Featured Artist Concert

On April 20th at 8pm, The Orange County Guitar Circle will host its fourth and final Featured Artist Concert of the season. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Leonela formally began her musical education when she was seven years old. During her first years, she studied with various Puerto Rican teachers including Jomel Rivera, Julio Reyes, and Rey Nieves. She later became a student of Maestro Iván Rijos at the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan and then at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, where she completed the first two years of her undergraduate studies. In 2018, Leonela transferred to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee to complete her Bachelor’s degree with Professor René Izquierdo.
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Eric
Wang

February 17, 2024

Featured Artist Series

Eric Wang is a freshman at Stanford University. He started classical guitar at age 4 and studied with Robert Miller at the California Conservatory of Music. He currently studies with Professor Meng Su at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is also a freshman at Stanford University studying physics and music.

Eric is the 1st prize winner of many guitar competitions including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Guitar
Competition International Youth
Competition (2018, Youth Junior Division and 2020, Youth Senior Division) and Parkening International Guitar Competition (2019 Youth Division). He was featured on NPR’s From the Top in April of 2019. He was also named a 2020 National YoungArts Finalist, receiving the distinction of semifinalist in the 2022 Presidential Scholar in the Arts award. Recently, he competed in the 2023 GFA International Concert Artist Competition, making the semifinal round.

Eric has had masterclasses with many distinguished guitarists including Eliot Fisk, Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Zoran Dukic, Benjamin Verdery, the Eden-Stell Guitar Duo, Nicholas Goluses, Marcus Tardelli, Ian O’Sullivan, the Montenegrian Guitar Duo, and Judicael Perroy.

Leonela
Alejandro

April 20, 2024

Featured Artist Series

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April 2000, Leonela formally began her musical education when she was seven years old. During her first years, she studied with various Puerto Rican teachers including Jomel Rivera, Julio Reyes, and Rey Nieves. She later became a student of Maestro Iván Rijos at the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan and then at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, where she completed the first two years of her undergraduate studies. In 2018, Leonela transferred to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee to complete her Bachelor’s degree with Professor René Izquierdo. Leonela has received prizes in various level categories at festivals including Chicago Guitar Festival & Competition, Columbus Guitar Symposium, Southern Guitar Festival, Troy University Guitar Festival, José Tomás Villa de Petrer Guitar Festival, the Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition, Louisville Guitar Festival & Competition, Florida Guitar Festival, Appalachian State Guitar Festival, the Iserlohn International Guitar Competition, and the Ciudad de Coria International Festival.Leonela recently completed her graduate studies in Columbus, Georgia, where she worked with Dr. Andrew Zohn at CSU’s Schwob School of Music. Leonela is an Augustine Strings Ambassador.