In August, 2000 he entered the guitar program at the Indiana University (IU) School of Music in Bloomigton, IN, where he studied guitar with Ernesto Bitetti, receiving his Master of Music degree in May 2003. During his years of study there, he served as an Associate Instructor of Guitar for IU's guitar department, teaching guitar classes and lessons at all levels, including undergraduate classical guitar majors and students minoring in jazz. In these lessons and classes he taught a variety of styles including rock, acoustic fingerstyle, jazz, and classical guitar. His performances at IU included works like Leo Brouwer's Hika, Joaqu�n Rodrigo's Invocation et danse, Takemitsu's All in Twilight, Piazzolla's Tango Suite, and, in April 2003 he performed the first 2 movements of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, as well as the composer's complete Concierto Madrigal for 2 guitars with his long-time friend, guitarist Ramsu� L�pez, and pianist Karin Ou-Yang. Mr. Ufret has premiered works by composers Kenneth D. Froelich and James Holt. He performed many times with the IU Latin-American Popular Music Ensemble, playing works by Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Pixinguinha, and a variety of other composers from all over Latin-America, adding to his knowledge of Latin-American pop/folk guitar styles. From August 2003 to August 2004 he lived in Chicago, where apart from regularly teaching and performing, he took private lessons with world-renowned guitarist Denis Azabagic. Carlos currently lives in Austin, Texas.
Throughout his years of study, Mr. Ufret has been chosen to play in masterclasses for some of the most distinguished names in the classical guitar world, including Pepe Romero, Manuel Barrueco, William Kanengiser, Andrew York, Richard Savino, among others. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Roberto I. Ferdman Award from Pro-Arte Musical de Puerto Rico, the Olympia Barbera scholarship at Indiana University, as well as scholarships to attend the National Guitar Summer Workshop and The Domaine Forget Summer Academy in Qu�bec, Canada.
En sus presentaciones a lo largo de sus a�os de estudio, Ufret ha interpretado algunas de las obras m�s importantes del repertorio guitarr�stico, incluyendo las Tres piezas espa�olas, Invocation et danse y Concierto Madrigal, por Joaqu�n Rodrigo, al igual que los dos primeros movimientos del Concierto de Aranjuez por el mismo autor. Adem�s ha interpretado Hika y Sonata de Leo Brouwer, All in Twilight por Toru Takemitsu, Odisea infinita de Juan Sorroche, y ha estrenado obras de Kenneth D. Froelich y James Holt. Ufret ha sido escogido para tocar en clases magistrales para Pepe Romero, Manuel Barrueco, William Kanengiser, Andrew York, Eladio Scharr�n, Richard Provost, entre otros.
Ha recibido premios tales como la beca Olympia Barbera de la Universidad de Indiana, el premio Roberto I. Ferdman de la fundaci�n Pro-Arte Musical de Puerto Rico, la beca del National Guitar Summer Workshop, y la beca de la academia de verano del festival de Domaine Forget en Qu�bec, Canada, entre otros.
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