Texas Guitar Quartet
Since its inception in 2005, the Texas Guitar Quartet is quickly being recognized as one of Texas’s top guitar ensembles. Isaac Bustos, Jonathan Dotson, Alejandro Montiel and Mitch Weverka, all of who have garnered acclaim and critical praise as soloists on concert stages around the world and in a multitude of international guitar competitions, comprise TxGQ. The variety of styles and different influences of each member give the quartet unusual strength of sound and musical variety rarely seen in new ensembles.
As a group, TxGQ claimed first prize with “Special Merit” in the 2006 edition of the Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Festival and Competition – one of the few competitions of its kind in the United States. An avid supporter of Texas-based guitar composers, the group performed world-premieres of several new works for guitar quartet including Variaciones sobre un tema Huayno by Andrew Dickinson, Estilihaços by Alfredo Barros, and Prism by Mark Anthony Cruz. Because of their warm and casual stage demeanor, TxGQ has been a guest chamber group in numerous venues around the state of Texas, including Texas A&M University in College Station and the prestigious Moores School of Music of the University of Houston. They were also part of the 20th anniversary edition of the Immanuel & Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival, as well as guest artists during the re-opening of Bass Concert Hall in Austin in early 2009.
Mitch Weverka…
is a prize winning guitarist from Fort Worth, TX. He has been broadcast live on NPR affiliates in Nashville and Houston. He is also a frequent guest at guitar festivals throughout the southern U.S. and Italy. Weverka holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (B.M.) and Southern Methodist University (Artist Certificate). In Italy he received a Diploma of Merit from the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena where he studied with Oscar Ghiglia and, received a diploma from the Academia Chitaristica al Teatro Cingio in Parma. Mitch is also the Artistic director of the Fort Worth Guitar Guild and directs the Annual Guitar Guild Music Festival at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Alejandro Montiel…
has been playing guitar since 1993. He studied with Adam Holzman and Julian Gray, and recently completed his doctoral degree at the University of Texas. Dr. Montiel has performed throughout the US and Italy to much critical acclaim. Alejandro is currently on faculty at Sam Houston State, where he leads the classical guitar program.
Jon Dotson…
holds multiple degrees in guitar performance from Kennesaw State University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Mary Akerman and Adam Holzman respectively. He has claimed top prizes at several international competitions. Mr. Dotson completed his doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, and was recently appointed to the faculty at the University of Texas at Brownsville.
Issac Bustos…
is a multiple prizewinner in many international guitar competitions and has performed around the world both as soloist and with orchestras. Dr. Bustos recently completed his doctoral degree with Professor Adam Holzman at the University of Texas, and is on faculty at Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies.
