Second Prize Winner
Reade Park, age 17, is a student in the Pre-College Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studies classical guitar with Scott Cmiel and composition with Robert Chastain. He is a prizewinner of multiple competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America’s 2021 International Youth Competition and the 2022 National YoungArts Foundation competition. He has appeared on NPR’s
From the Top program, and performed in master classes conducted by Manuel Barrueco, Marcin Dylla, Eliot Fisk, Judicaël Perroy, Meng Su, Ben Verdery, and Jason Vieaux. Reade was also first-place winner of SFCM’s 2021 Kris Getz Composition Competition, with a work for solo flute. Outside the Conservatory, Reade enjoys math, playing classical piano pieces with swing, and cultivating carnivorous plants.