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Guitar Companies to Descend Upon Brookfield, Wisconsin at Wilson Center Guitar Competition August 13 – 15
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Jun 30, 2015, 20:35 ET

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New Berlin, WI (PRWEB) June 30, 2015 -- Milwaukee area musical instrument retailer Cascio Interstate Music has partnered with eight different guitar manufacturers and their representatives to be on-hand for the third annual Wilson Center Guitar Competition & Festival, taking place Thursday, August 13, 2015 through Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The annual, multi-genre festival features four different competitions — Rock/Blues, Fingerstyle, Jazz, and Classical. The weekend will include the semi-final and final rounds of competition, free master classes and clinics, as well as ticketed concerts for the public on all three evenings.

Vendor display booths, open to the public, will be spread throughout the Wilson Center and will include the following manufacturers: Fender, Ibanez, Cordoba, Guild, Dean, Luna, Archer and Breedlove. On-site contests and giveaways will also be offered for guitar fans of all types. Cascio Interstate Music is one of the event's major supporting sponsors and is Wisconsin's largest music store, among the top 20 largest musical instrument retailers in the nation.

“We are pleased to again help support the Wilson Center’s Guitar Competition and Festival again this year," said Michael Houser, CEO of Cascio Interstate Music. "In addition to our participation, we will be bringing in some of our best guitar manufacturers with representatives. They'll be available to provide information and answer questions on their brands and how their guitars are built and what models they have to fit any music genre. Cascio is proud to be a part of bringing regional, national and international guitarists to this fun and educational event.”

Featuring $22,000 in prize money, the first-place winners in each competition will perform live on Saturday, August 15, 2015. 59 semifinalists were recently announced from the pool of YouTube and DVD applications received this spring, and will come from across the US and from other countries to perform live during the weekend’s competition. 12 competitors are in the Rock/Blues category; 15 in the Fingerstyle category; 15 in Jazz; and 17 in Classical. Contestants will travel from Pennsylvania, New York, Minnesota, Maryland, California, Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Mexico, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Puerto Rico. Other competitors will come from Italy, Japan, Brazil and Finland.

The festival weekend also includes three ticketed festival concerts, including Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist Ana Vidovic on Thursday, August 13, at 7:30pm; internationally renowned guitarist Troy Stetina and American jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg on Friday, August 14, at 7:30pm; and fingerstyle legend Leo Kottke with special guest, Canada-based guitarist Antoine Dufour on Saturday, August 15, at 7:00pm. Follow the links to win concert tickets at http://www.interstatemusic.com/GuitarCompetition.aspx.

Over the years, Cascio's involvement in the Milwaukee music community has included concert sponsorships at area theaters and venues, sponsorship of a stage for local/regional bands at Summerfest, (the world's largest outdoor music festival), the Bucks Beats drumline for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, and live performance/educational clinics at their New Berlin retail store.

Cascio's store and website offer electric and acoustic guitars, with the area's largest in-stock selection of top brands including Milwaukee’s number one dealership for Martin, Breedlove, Guild, PRS, Fender and Yamaha and more, along with guitar amps and accessories, drums, wind and string instruments, and numerous other items.

The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is a beautiful performing and visual arts and education facility nestled in Brookfield, Wisconsin's Mitchell Park that opened its doors in 2002. Located just 20 minutes west of downtown Milwaukee, the Wilson Center serves as a bridge for the arts by connecting communities, linking arts organizations, and fostering a collaborative spirit that helps keep the arts alive and growing in Southeast Wisconsin. The Wilson Center is nestled inside Brookfield's Mitchell Park on Mitchell Park Drive. Mitchell Park Drive is just south off Capitol Drive, between Brookfield Road and Barker Road.

Cascio Interstate Music ranks in the top 15 nationally among musical instrument retailers as well as being one of the nation's top drum retailers. Cascio provides musical instruments and accessories to musicians of all ages, including music educators at over 100,000 schools and universities, as well as music professionals worldwide. The company started in 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Over 100,000 musical products are marketed nationwide via catalogs and online, and locally at their SuperStore in New Berlin, Wisconsin. For Wisconsin musicians, their Milwaukee music store offers private music lessons, free educational clinics, musical instrument rentals, musical instrument and electronic repair, and more. Cascio designs, markets and manufactures proprietary brand musical instruments including Union Drums, Archer Guitars, Ravel Band Instruments and Melokia Ukuleles for consumers, major online retailers and schools worldwide.

Mike Houser, Cascio Interstate Music, http://www.interstatemusic.com, +1 (262) 789-7600, [email protected]

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