Enric Madriguera

Ph.D. - Humanities: Concentration in Aesthetic Studies with emphasis in music and guitar studies
University of Texas at Dallas - 1993

M.A. - Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas - 1984

"The Hispanization of the Guitar: The Literary Tradition", in Anuario Medieval, New York: St. John's University, pp.178-199,1992. 1992 - Publication

Madriguera, Enric. "Romance Existencial", in Arte y Conocimiento, Bogota: Corporacion Universitaria lberoamericana INPI, pp.63-64, 1991. 1991 - Publication

"The Guitarras Moriscas and Latinas in the Cantigas de Santa Maria", in Estudios alfonsinos y otros escritos, New York: St. Johns University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Hispanic Council for the Humanities, pp.129-139, 1991. 1991 - Publication

University of Texas at Dallas [2006–Present]

Music Department Coordinator
Eastfield College [1997–1999]

Interim Dean
Arts and Letters Division [1996–1997]

Adjunct faculty in music
University of Texas at Dallas [1996–2006]

Coordinator
Office VPSD, Eastfield College [1990–1994]

Music and Humanities faculty, Chair
Guitar Studies [1980–Present]

Visiting Artist
North Carolina Arts Council and Department of Community Colleges [1973–1976]

Internationally recognized guitar artist

Academic Awards and grants

• 2004 Recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas, Dennis Kratz, Dean.
• 2002 Piper Professor: Excellence in Teaching Award. Eastfield College-DCCCD
• 1998 Partners ofthe Americas/Kellogg: Fellow in International Development. 2.5 year program; 5 semi-annual meetings in NE Brazil, Grenada W.I., Lima, and High Andes Communities of Peru, and Washington, D.C.
• 1992 USIA Academic Specialist Program: Curriculwn development to Universidad Nacional de Ecuador en Loja - School of Music.
• 1991 National Endowment for the Humanites - Fellowship to the University of Kentucky at Lexington for the symposiwn on "Alfonso X and the 13th Century Spanish Renaissance."
• 1987 & 1989 Council for the International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Senior Lecture to Colombia, S. America for and curriculwn development in classical guitar.

Grants in music

• 2007 - US Embassy, Quito Ecuador for performances and classes in Cuenca, Ecuador with soprano Kathryn Evans Dec 1-8, 2007
• 2002 Montaigne Fellow in Fine Arts, travel support for the Darwin IntI. Guitar Festival at Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
• 2001 Montaigne Fellow in Fine Arts to the North Texas Community College Consortiwn Vietnam Seminar.
• 1996 - 2000 City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs: Neighborhood Touring grants program for special projects in DISD schools; Arts International- United Nations, in conjunction with the USIA: Travel Grant for perfonnance tour of Peru.
• 1995 Texas Commission on the Arts: Texas Touring grant with for programs with Dr. Luis Martin.
• 1992 - 1995 Kraft General Foods Foundation grant: $24,000 ($8000. perannwnX 3) to theDCCCD Foundation for music programs in Dallas, Garland and Mesquite public schools. Program designed and implemented by E. Madriguera
• 1992 Arts International at the United Nations: Travel grant for a performance and lecture at the International Festival of Classical Guitar held in Volos, Greece.
• 1990 - 91 Council for the International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Senior Lecturer to Colombia, S. America for music work and curriculwn development in classical guitar.
• 1982 - 84 Texas Commission on the Arts: Texas Touring grant with for solo concerts.
• 1971 & 1972 Scholarships by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores for the Andres Segovia Master Classes in Santiago de Compostela

Recent Leadership in the Arts and Grants

• 2000 - present: Artistic Director, UTD Guitar Series and The Annual Texas Competition and Classical Guitar Festival at UTD. Annual fund raising for this fesival en excess of $10,000.
• 2005 Founder and Director Collegiate Competition and Festival at Eastfield College Funded by annual grants in excess of $10,000 via the DCCCD Foundation
• 2003 Co-producer and performer for the Mesquite Guitar Festival, funded by the City of Mesquite Convention and Tourism Bureau with facilities donated by EFC.
• 2002 - present: Chair of Education and Culture State Executive Board of Partners of the Americas.
• 1991 USIA Peer Panel for Arts America: Classical-Jazz Artist review & classification for US State Dept., 2days- Nancy Hanks Center, Washington, D.C.
• 1991 - 94 Advisory Board Chair: Dallas Classic Guitar Society

Institutional Grants & Service

• Ongoing: Fund raising and grant writing for festivals and guitar series at UTD and Eastfield College. Serial grants from the RennCap Group for the Texas Competition and Festival at UTD and via the DCCCD Foundation for Eastfield College.
• 2005 City of Richardson Grant Proposal to the City of Richardson for UTD Guitar Series. Unfunded, will re-subrnit.
• 2001 - 03 Chair of Student Development and Services Committee for Eastfield College Self Study.
• 2001- present: Board Member: Texas Chapter of Partners of the Americas. Chair for Texas-Guanajuato, and Co-chair for Higher Education and Culture Committee.

Personal Statement

Dr. Enric Madriguera is Director of Guitar Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities at UT Dallas. Madriguera participates performs as a solo guitarist locally and internationally. In 2001, Madriguera toured Vietnam performing and teaching in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Conservatories of Music. In 2002, he was invited to the International Festival at Charles Darwin University, Australia. Most recently, he performed at The Rust Festival in Burgenland, Austria, the ChamberArt Festival in Madrid, and the Ramon Noble Festival in Pachuca, Hidalgo State, Mexico. Enric Madriguera received a Fulbright grant to perform and teach in Mexico for a period of one semester during the 2009-2010 academic cycle. 

Since forming a guitar duo 1996, Madriguera and his wife Sabine Rabe have performed in festivals in the Americas and Europe including prestigious halls such as the Sala Manuel M. Ponce at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and the concert hall of the Villa de Madrid for the Guitar Society of Spain. They have performed with the Plano and Mesquite Symphony Orchestras in Texas. In Mexico, the duo was featured with the Guanajauto Symphony Orchestra. Duo Madriguera's CD Music of Europe, Asia, and the Americas is on the Encore Label. 

Enric has performed and recorded with the New Music Ensemble Voices of Change: Voces Americanas, A tribute to Eduardo Mata; Frida -- Concert Suite, by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, on the CRI label; Voz y Guitarra with soprano Kathryn Evans featuring songs by composers John W. Duarte and Ernesto Cordero; Guitars of the Americas, with Felix Casaverde of Peru, on the Documentary Arts Label; and Old World/New World. 

Madriguera is a co-founder and artistic director for the Texas Guitar Competition and Festival, and the Guitar Series at UT Dallas. The Texas Competition attracts an elite level of competitors from around the world. He is also the director of The Collegiate Competition and Festival at Eastfield College that targets high school and undergraduate students. He is a past advisory chair for the Dallas Classic Guitar Society and a current Advisory member to the Allegro Guitar Society. 

Guitar Prof Receives Fulbright to Teach in Mexico

The director of the UT Dallas guitar studies program has received a Fulbright award to teach this fall in Mexico. Dr. Enric Madriguera will be based in the Mexican state of Hidalgo under the Fulbright-Garcia Robles Award for Scholars program. He is professor of aesthetic studies in music in the School of Arts and Humanities. “I’m honored to be a recipient of this grant, and I expect it to open up many opportunities for students and other faculty,” said Madriguera. The award offers American scholars and professionals opportunities to study and teach in Mexico. The program is jointly administered by and the Fulbright Commission in Mexico City and Washington, D.C.

Renowned Guitar Collector Endows Professorship

Russell Cleveland is internationally known as a collector of classical and acoustic guitars. His collection, which spans the evolution of guitar making, is the basis for the book, The Classical Guitar: A Complete History, which is valued highly as a reference guide. Cleveland’s love for the music is reflected in his support for the Guitar Studies program at The University of Texas at Dallas and has made him the driving force behind the Texas Guitar Competition, about to celebrate its ninth year and presented by the School of Arts and Humanities. Now Cleveland has taken his passion another step by endowing a professorship that bears his name at UT Dallas. Enric Madriguera, director of guitar studies, is the first recipient of the Russell Cleveland Endowed Professorship for Guitar Studies. With the help of this gift, Dennis Kratz, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, says his goal is to build the best guitar studies program in the state.

Benefactor Provides Custom Instrument for Guitar Studies Program

There is a special sound that comes from a Brazilian rosewood, cedar-top Stephan Connor guitar, a custom-made instrument that can take two years to acquire.
Such a guitar is not something that most UT Dallas students would encounter, but now many — both performers and listeners — will have access to its unique sound.

When Russell Cleveland learned that Dr. Enric Madriguera, director of guitar studies at UT Dallas, was interested in buying a Stephan Connor for the University’s guitar studies program, he gave one to the University from his private collection.

Benefactor Provides Custom Instrument for Guitar Studies Program

There is a special sound that comes from a Brazilian rosewood, cedar-top Stephan Connor guitar, a custom-made instrument that can take two years to acquire.
Such a guitar is not something that most UT Dallas students would encounter, but now many — both performers and listeners — will have access to its unique sound.

When Russell Cleveland learned that Dr. Enric Madriguera, director of guitar studies at UT Dallas, was interested in buying a Stephan Connor for the University’s guitar studies program, he gave one to the University from his private collection.