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Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award
Lily Afshar
Professor Afshar graduated with a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music degree
in guitar performance from The Boston Conservatory and the New England Conservatory
of Music. At Florida State University, she became the first woman in the world to
gain a Doctorate of Music in guitar performance. Today, Dr. Afshar heads the guitar
program at our Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. England’s Musical Opinion magazine
praised her for her “fresh sense of programming” and “her ability to draw listeners
to the edge of their seats.” She has built her reputation not only for her concert
performances, but for expanding the contemporary classical repertoire. This, her director
writes “exposes her students to a diverse literature of music they would not otherwise
learn to appreciate or study”. The 2000 recipient of the Board of Visitors Eminent
Faculty Award, Dr. Afshar has produced four CDs, including her most recent in 2006,
Hemispheres.
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