2005 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC

First Place: Lage Lund, Skein, Norway
Second Place: Miles Okazaki, Washington
Third Place: David Mooney, Louisiana

Judges:
Bill Frisell
Stanley Jordan
Earl Klugh
Russell Malone
Pat Martino
John Pizzarelli

The 2005 Competition featured the presentation of the Maria Fisher Founder’s Award to George Benson

Composers Competition Winner: Junko Moriya, Kanagawa, Japan

Photo: T.S. Monk and Billy Dee Williams (far left & right) with Miles Okazaki (2nd place), David Mooney (3rd place) and Lage Lund (1st place)