MIGF 2024 Concert
Saturday, February 24, 2024
1:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2023 Concert
Saturday, February 24, 2024
1:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2022 Concert
Saturday, February 26, 2022
1:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2021 Virtual Concert
Friday, February 26, 2021
6:00 pm
MIGF 2020 Concert
Saturday, February 23, 2020
4:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Caramba
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Twangology
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2019 Concert
Saturday, February 23, 2019
4:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Phunk Phase
Thursday, November 29, 2018
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Guaguancó
Monday, April 16, 2018
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Criolla para Adelita
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2017 Concert
Saturday, February 25, 2017
1:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Following the Wind
Saturday, November 19, 2016
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Sandman Cometh
Saturday, April 16, 2016
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
MIGF 2016 Concert
Saturday, February 27, 2017
1:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Tantra
Friday, November 20, 2015
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Mountain Mission
Sunday, April 12, 2015
4:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Mountain Mission
Friday, April 10, 2015
7:00 pm Wolfsonian, Miami Beach
Carnavalito
Sunday, November 23, 2014
4:00 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Carnavalito
Sunday, November 9, 2014
3:00 pm Wolfsonian, Miami Beach
Rhapsodie en Architecture
Friday, April 18, 2014
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
Soundscapes
Friday, November 22, 2013
7:00 pm Wolfsonian, Miami Beach
The FIU Miami GuitART Orchestra was founded in 2013 by its current director guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen. The FIUMGO aims to present new ensemble works for guitar, in addition to transcriptions and arrangements of the traditional repertoire. Dr. Özgen commissioned and premiered many works for the guitar orchestra by renowned composers, such as Benjamin Verdery, Jack Vees, Phil Collins, and Christopher Pratorius. Among the orchestra’s repertoire are “Pick and Roll for guitar ensemble, basketball, two violins, and tenor saxophone” by Benjamin Verdery, “Strum” by Phil Collins, “Quaditorio” by Jack Vees, “Snapshots by the Bay” by Chris Pratorius, “Mountain Mission” by Adam Cotton, “Following the Wind” by Mark Aitken, “Twangology” by Mark Houghton, “Segni Meravigliosi Nos. 3-5 for guitar ensemble and flute choir” by Gerald Garcia, “Acerca del cielo, el aire y la sonrisa” by Leo Brouwer, “Tantra” by Carlos Rafael Rivera, and the guitar orchestra arrangement of Giuliani’s “Grand Overture” by Peter Constant. Some of the other repertoire performed by the ensemble include works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Johanson, Duarte, Ogawa, and Charlton.
The orchestra meets three times a week and presents regular public concerts both on and off campus in the fall and spring, including the Miami International GuitART Festival. All students who are enrolled in guitar lessons at the FIU School of Music Guitar Program are required to enroll in the guitar orchestra. In addition to classical guitarists, other instrumentalists, such as mandolin, banjo, ukulele, bass guitar, double bass, flute, violin, voice, and others, are also welcome to join the orchestra. Players who are not already an enrolled FIU student may also audition and, if accepted, can enroll as a non-degree seeking student or join the rehearsals and concerts without curricular credits.
All guitarists, both professional and amateur, who would like to perform in the FIUMGO concerts with the orchestra, may contact the orchestra director via email for an audition.