Guitar Department
| Our guitar department was established in 1956 and offers instruction on a variety of diverse instruments in the guitar family. Whatever preference you have in style, shape or size, acoustic or electric, we can provide quality instruction to you. |
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What We Offer:
- Faculty members are premiere performers as well as dedicated and accomplished educators
- A wide range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, fingerstyle, flamenco, rock, and bluegrass
- Baroque Guitar, Vihuela, Lute, Mandolin and Banjo instruction is also available
- Customized individual instruction based on age, level and learning
- Group classes for children (including Suzuki), teens and adults
- Ensemble opportunities
- State of the art equipment
- Master classes are regularly offered to students and have included the L.A. Guitar Quartet, Ben Verdery, Michael Hedges, Lawrence Juber, Troy Stetina and Joe Bonamossa
- Performance opportunities in the acoustically superb and beautiful Helen Bader Recital Hall
- The Dorothea Music Library with over 37,000 CD’s, DVD’s, books and scores
- Scholarships and financial aid available
- Free admission to all Conservatory produced performances and master classes
- Free use of practice rooms (based on availability)
- Guitar Weekend Workshop
Path of Learning:
Individual Instruction
Enjoy learning the guitar in a musical environment designed to meet the needs of students of various ages, levels and styles
Group Classes
Group study allows students to learn guitar in a motivational, supportive, and fun setting.
Children
- Individual Instruction
- Suzuki Guitar
- Guitar Discoveries
- Guitar for Kids (offered fall and spring)
- Guitar Ensemble for Kids
- Theory is Fun
- Music & Musicians
Teens and Adults
- Individual Instruction
- Beginning Guitar Class followed by Intermediate Guitar Class
- Intro courses: Jazz, Fingerstyle, and Bluegrass Guitar and Bluegrass Banjo
- Predecessors of the Guitar
- Guitar Technique
- Guitar Songbook
- Theory courses: Scales and Progressions, Music Theory for Guitarists 1 + 2
- Lead Guitar: Classic Solos
- Combos and Ensembles: “Classic Rock” Band, Blues Combo, Bluegrass Ensemble, Rock/Blues Rhythm Section Master Class, and Old World Ensemble
- Jazz Combos, Jazz Rhythm Section Master Class
- Music Theory 1 followed by Music Theory 2
- Music Theory at the Keyboard
- Aural Skills
- Songwriting for Today’s Musicians
- Guitar Weekend Workshop
Current Classes:
For details on current classes available, please click here.
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