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Classical Guitar Degree Programs in the United StatesUS schools where classical guitar is a degree principal, by state

Built from the NASM accredited-institution directory and each school’s own pages. Faculty names are as shown on the school’s site when last checked.

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Classical Guitar Degree Programs in the United States

This list was built from the National Association of Schools of Music directory of accredited institutions and from each school’s own website, checked one at a time. Faculty names are exactly what the school’s page showed when last checked. Faculty change often: confirm with the school before you apply, and start with my article How to choose a music school.

How to read this list. Every school is listed under its state, in alphabetical order. For most of them, the school’s own pages confirm that classical guitar can be the principal or applied instrument for a music degree. That degree is not always a performance degree. At some schools it is a BA, music education, or music therapy degree, so check the “Degrees” line. A school marked Classical guitar degree not confirmed teaches guitar, but its pages do not clearly confirm that a degree is available there with classical guitar as the principal instrument. At some of these schools a classical guitarist is on the faculty but the degree is unclear. At others, guitar is accepted for a degree but the pages do not say the study is classical. In those cases, ask the school directly. Jazz-only programs are not listed. An asterisk after a degree list means the list is the music school’s as a whole: the guitar page does not say which degrees are available with classical guitar as the applied instrument, so ask the school.

Douglas Niedt — FAQ: How to choose a music school
douglasniedt.comChecked September 2026

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Alabama (4)

Troy University (John M. Long School of Music)Troy
Guitar faculty: Robert Gibson (Lecturer of Music — Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BME, BS Music Industry *
Troy University Guitar Ensemble since 2010.
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham
Guitar faculty: Maria Bitran (Guitar); Carlos Pino (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Instructors, no individual profiles.
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville
Guitar faculty: Phillip Weaver (Instructor — Guitar; "Classical guitarist Phil Weaver"); Joshua Couts (Instructor — Guitar, jazz)
Degrees: Music degrees *
University of MontevalloMontevallo
Guitar faculty: Alan Goldspiel (Professor of Music — Guitar, Music Technology)
Degrees: Music degrees; audition page has a full Classical Guitar section *
Strongest Alabama program on the evidence.

Alaska (1)

University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage
Guitar faculty: Armin Abdihodžić (Professor; guitar and jazz ensembles; DMA UNT); Mischa Shimek (Adjunct, guitar)
Degrees: BM (an alum's bio: "B.M. ... Performance and Education with emphasis in Guitar"), BA
Only classical-guitar degree program found in Alaska. UAA Guitar Ensemble page exists.

Arizona (3)

Arizona State University — School of Music, Dance and TheatreTempe
Degrees: BM Performance (Guitar); MM Performance / Performance Pedagogy; DMA
Northern Arizona University — Kitt School of MusicFlagstaff
Guitar faculty: Philip Hemmo (Instructor, Guitar); Alfredo Vazquez (guitar audition contact on the classical-guitar audition page)
Degrees: Undergraduate and graduate (classical guitar audition repertoire page at /school-music/degrees/classical-guitar-audition-repertoire/)
Josh Moore is named "Professor of Guitar at NAU" on external sites
University of Arizona — Bolton Guitar StudiesTucson
Guitar faculty: Thomas Patterson (Professor, director; Bolton chair)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA (students page shows undergraduate, master's and DMA students)

Arkansas (3)

Ouachita Baptist UniversityArkadelphia
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Bruce Hurley Johnston (instructor of string bass and classical guitar)
Degrees: BM *
Not clear if a degree in classical guitar is offered.
University of ArkansasFayetteville
Guitar faculty: Jake Hertzog
Degrees: BM Guitar Performance; MM Guitar Performance
Multi-genre program (classical, jazz, commercial); lead faculty is jazz/rock-oriented.
University of Central ArkansasConway
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Smokey Emerson (Adjunct Instructor — Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance *
Adjunct.

California (24)

Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa
Guitar faculty: Brian Barany (Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies); Thomas Hynes (guitar/commercial)
Degrees: BM Performance, MM Performance — an APU alum's profile shows "MM Performance (Classical Guitar), 2020"
Degree levels not itemized on the guitar faculty page. Instrument list: apu.edu/arts/music/instrument-faculty/
Biola University ConservatoryLa Mirada
Guitar faculty: Adam Kofler (Applied Lesson Instructor, Classical Guitar); also Daniel Donnelly (songwriting/guitar), Doug Jackson (electric)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA *
Guitar is accepted for the BM Performance track.
Cal Poly PomonaPomona
Guitar faculty: Philip Graulty (Guitar), Emily Barrett (Studio Guitar), Buzz Gravelle (Theory, Guitar) — part-time faculty
Degrees: BM Performance — department page: "Specialize in Guitar, Keyboard, Classical Instruments, Voice, or Commercial Music"
Page does not state classical vs other styles; Graulty is a classical guitarist.
Cal State Los AngelesLos Angeles
Guitar faculty: Satik Andriassian (Lecturer, Classical Guitar); also David Askren (jazz), J.P. Marcondes Mourão (commercial/guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance, BA
Cal State NorthridgeNorthridge
Guitar faculty: Steven Thachuk (Chair, Guitar Area), Bryan Fasola
Degrees: BM Guitar Performance (classical, flamenco or electric focus), MM Guitar Performance
Houses the International Guitar Research Archive. MM page: csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/music/programs/p
CalArts, Herb Alpert School of MusicValencia
Guitar faculty: Woody Aplanalp, Thomas Leeb (Instrumental Arts: Guitar); Anthony Wilson (jazz)
Degrees: BFA, MFA (Instrumental Arts)
Experimental/contemporary conservatory; guitar faculty are classically trained but the program is not a traditional classical studio.
California State University, FullertonFullerton
Guitar faculty: Douglas Lora Las Casas (Guitar Advisor)
Degrees: BM, BA, MM (Performance) — page has separate undergraduate and graduate classical-guitar audition sections
Chapman University, Hall-Musco ConservatoryOrange
Guitar faculty: Daniel de Arakal (Director of guitar program)
Degrees: BM Guitar Performance (classical)
Jeff Cogan (founder, ran GFA competition) is now Professor Emeritus.
CSU East BayHayward
Guitar faculty: Marc Teicholz
Degrees: BA in Music only, with a declared applied discipline of "guitar" and required lessons/juries/recitals; no formal performance concentration
Fresno StateFresno
Guitar faculty: Corey Whitehead (Professor; classical and flamenco guitar, guitar pedagogy/history/literature)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance, BA, MA
Juan Serrano built the program (flamenco); Whitehead continues classical + flamenco.
La Sierra UniversityRiverside
Guitar faculty: Cody Breyer
Degrees: BMus Performance, BA, Performance Certificate
Page does not state style; Breyer's USC MM is in classical guitar.
Pepperdine University, Seaver CollegeMalibu
Guitar faculty: Christopher Parkening (Distinguished Professor; Parkening Chair of Guitar), Anastasios Comanescu, Kevin Enstrom (adjunct)
Degrees: BA in Music with Classical Guitar emphasis; minor
No BM at Pepperdine; the BA emphasis is explicitly classical guitar.
Sacramento StateSacramento
Guitar faculty: George England (Lecturer in Guitar); Molly Redfield (Lecturer in Music, Guitar)
Degrees: BA, BM, MM in classical guitar performance; Performer's Certificate
The PDF is the school's Guitar Studies audition sheet and states the three degrees explicitly. Faculty listing: csus.edu/college/arts-letters/music/meet-us/
San Diego State UniversitySan Diego
Guitar faculty: Ian Bassett (Lecturer, Studio Artist Instructor); Sean Bassett (Guitar Area Coordinator, Lecturer, Ensemble Director, Private Studio Instructor); Fred Benedetti (Studio Artist Teacher, Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA, MM *
Classical Guitar Ensemble page and guitar audition repertoire page exist.
San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan Francisco
Guitar faculty: David Tanenbaum (chair), Marc Teicholz, Meng Su, Richard Savino
Degrees: BM, MM, Professional Studies Certificate
San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco
Guitar faculty: Andrew Levin, Leo Nava (Lecturer Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance, BA, MM
Bulletin lists guitar as an applied-lesson option.
San José State UniversitySan José
Guitar faculty: Steven Lin (Professor, Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA, MM
Strings/guitar area page: www2.sjsu.edu/music/about-us/departments/instrumental-perfor
Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park
Guitar faculty: Eric Cabalo (director of classical guitar studies)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA
Guitar Ensemble page: music.sonoma.edu/guitar-ensemble
UC IrvineIrvine
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: TY Zhang (Lecturer, Guitar – classical); John Schneiderman (Professor Emeritus, Guitar and Lute)
Degrees: BA, BM; MFA with Guitar/Lute Performance emphasis
UC Santa CruzSanta Cruz
Guitar faculty: William Coulter (Senior Lecturer in Guitar), Christopher Mallett (Continuing Lecturer in Guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA — site states lessons are offered on classical guitar
Mesut Özgen founded the Classical Guitar Ensemble (1999) but is no longer listed.
UCLA Herb Alpert School of MusicLos Angeles
Guitar faculty: Mircea Gogoncea (Lecturer – Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance, MM, DMA *
Peter Yates (long-time UCLA guitar professor) is no longer on the faculty list. Profile: schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/mircea-gogoncea
University of Redlands ConservatoryRedlands
Guitar faculty: Stuart Green (Artist Teacher, Classical Guitar); also Jody Fisher (jazz), Sam Mclain (pop)
Degrees: BM Performance ("Classical or jazz guitar" named on the degree page), BA, MM Performance
University of the Pacific ConservatoryStockton
Guitar faculty: Guy Powell (Lecturer in Guitar; classical)
Degrees: BM Music Performance (strings area); MM Performance announced for Fall 2027
Guitar not broken out as its own area on the areas-of-study page.
USC Thornton School of MusicLos Angeles
Guitar faculty: Scott Tennant, William Kanengiser, Brian Head, Pepe Romero
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA, Graduate Certificate, Artist Diploma (all in Classical Guitar Performance)
Largest classical-guitar faculty in the region.

Colorado (7)

Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction
Guitar faculty: Javier de los Santos (Lecturer of Music — Guitar and Music Theory; "classical guitarist")
Degrees: BM Performance, BA, BME *
Guitar Ensemble listed among department ensembles.
Colorado State University — School of Music, Theatre and DanceFort Collins
Guitar faculty: Jeff LaQuatra (Senior Instructor; directs the guitar program)
Degrees: BM Performance Concentration — Guitar Option (CSU catalog)
Studied with Ricardo Iznaola.
Fort Lewis CollegeDurango
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Chris Spears (Affiliate Instructor, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver
Guitar faculty: Alex Komodore (Professor; Classical Guitar Area Coordinator); Dave Devine (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — Guitar Concentration
Course sequence: msudenver.edu/music/music-major-bm/
University of Colorado Boulder — Ritter Family Classical Guitar ProgramBoulder
Guitar faculty: Nicolò Spera (Director; Associate Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: Undergraduate and graduate *
University of Denver — Lamont School of MusicDenver
Guitar faculty: Jonathan Leathwood (Teaching Professor); Laura Husbands (Adjunct)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA Applied Music, MM Performance, Certificate, Artist Diploma
University of Northern Colorado — School of MusicGreeley
Guitar faculty: Jason Olson (Adjunct Faculty, Classical Guitar); Steve Kovalcheck, Ben Hall (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance / BA — Strings area: "Study violin, viola, cello, double bass or classical guitar"
Adjunct classical studio; UNC Classical Guitar Ensemble active.

Connecticut (2)

The Hartt School (Univ. of Hartford)West Hartford
Guitar faculty: Christopher Ladd (Chair of Guitar and Harp) — hartford.edu/directory/hartt/ladd-christopher.aspx
Degrees: BM, MM, Graduate Professional Diploma, Artist Diploma, DMA
Yale School of MusicNew Haven
Guitar faculty: João Luiz Rezende (Assoc. Prof. Adjunct of Guitar, since 2025)
Degrees: MM, MMA, DMA, Artist Diploma (graduate only)
Guitar is a listed Area of Study. No undergraduate BM (Yale College is BA only).

Delaware (1)

University of DelawareNewark
Guitar faculty: Dave Bozenhard (Adjunct Instructor, Jazz and Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Applied Music (guitar in the instrument list), BA Music, MM Performance *
Strings area page names guitar as a major instrument. Adjunct-led studio.

District of Columbia (1)

American UniversityWashington
Guitar faculty: Magdalena Duhagon (Adjunct Instructor, classical guitar)
Degrees: BA Music with applied lessons every semester (no BM)
Small liberal-arts program.

Florida (12)

Barry UniversityMiami Shores
Guitar faculty: Not named on any reachable page
Degrees: BM / BA Music, Instrumental Performance Specialization — audition page: "instrumental performance degrees for classical piano and/or guitar only"
Non-NASM.
Eckerd CollegeSt. Petersburg
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Joe Braccio (Instructor of Guitar and Bass); BA Music
Bio does not say classical. Non-NASM.
Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton
Guitar faculty: Juan Antonio Peña (Adjunct Instructor; Areas of Expertise: Classical Guitar)
Degrees: Classical Guitar is a listed audition area; BM/BA/BME and MM offered *
Audition areas: fau.edu/artsandletters/music/prospective_students/
Florida International University (Wertheim School of Music)Miami
Guitar faculty: Mesut Özgen (Coordinator of Guitar Studio)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance, Guitar Studio; MM Instrumental Performance, Guitar Studio
Florida State University (College of Music)Tallahassee
Guitar faculty: Stephen Mattingly (Associate Professor of Guitar); Celso Cano (Teaching Faculty I — Musicology and Strings; guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DM in Performance — strings page lists a separate Program of Study – Guitar at each level
Strings page: music.fsu.edu/programs/strings/ ; Cano: music.fsu.edu/person/celso-cano/
Hillsborough College (2-year)Tampa
Guitar faculty: John Demas (Adjunct Instructor; HC Classical Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: Music AA Pathway with an explicit classical Guitar audition (Carcassi op. 60 / Sor / Villa-Lobos etude; Bach/Carulli/Milán/Tárrega) separate from Jazz Guitar
Two-year college; included because the guitar AA principal is explicit.
New World School of the Arts (music BM via University of Florida)Miami
Guitar faculty: Koh Kazama (Guitar — College)
Degrees: BM through the University of Florida, Instrumental Emphasis; AA via Miami Dade College
The only route to a UF-conferred BM in guitar — UF's own Gainesville school has no guitar.
Rollins CollegeWinter Park
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Strings area: "violin, viola, cello, double bass, classical guitar, and harp"; BA Music
No dedicated applied guitar faculty listed.
Stetson University (School of Music)DeLand
Guitar faculty: name confirmed on Stetson's Guitar Workshop page)
Degrees: BM in Performance (Guitar) — catalog: catalog.stetson.edu/undergraduate/music/bachelor-music-guita
Orlando Roman teaches guitar; his name does not appear on the school’s faculty index.
University of Miami (Frost School of Music)Coral Gables
Guitar faculty: Rafael M. Padron (professor and program director)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA offered at Frost *
University of South Florida (School of Music)Tampa
Guitar faculty: Jonathan Godfrey (Adjunct Professor, Guitar — Classical, Commercial; directs USF Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: BM Performance or BA (Guitar) — "must audition on a nylon-string instrument"; separate Jazz Guitar track
Audition page: usf.edu/arts/music/apply/audition-requirements.aspx
University of TampaTampa
Guitar faculty: Megan Maddaleno (Director Orchestral Strings, Harp, Classical Guitar); John Demas (Studio Lessons: Classical Guitar; Classical Guitar Ensemble); Tom Jemmott (Contemporary Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music — Instrumentalist tracks *

Georgia (8)

Augusta UniversityAugusta
Guitar faculty: George Westafer (Strings — Guitar)
Degrees: BA/BM music degrees *
Columbus State University (Schwob School of Music)Columbus
Guitar faculty: Andrew Zohn (Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM
Profile: columbusstate.edu/profiles/zohn-andrew ; annual CSU Guitar Symposium.
Emory UniversityAtlanta
Guitar faculty: Luther Enloe (Artist Affiliate: Guitar); Dan Baraszu (Artist Affiliate: Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music with applied lessons (MUS 310R)
Lessons page: music.emory.edu/performance/private-lessons.html
Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville
Guitar faculty: Matthew Robinson (Guitar Ensemble, per main music page); Richard Greene (Professor Emeritus, classical guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BMT; guitar audition asks for Sor/Carcassi/Giuliani played fingerstyle *
Kennesaw State University (Bailey School of Music)Kennesaw
Guitar faculty: Sean Thrower (Artist in Residence, Guitar; "classical guitar studio area is led by Sean Thrower"); Trey Wright (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music *
Faculty page: facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/sthrowe2/index.php
University of Georgia (Hodgson School of Music)Athens
Guitar faculty: Daniel Bolshoy (Associate Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA performance *
Area page: musi.franklin.uga.edu/strings
University of West GeorgiaCarrollton
Guitar faculty: Garrett Motes (Part-Time Instructor of Music: Jazz and Guitar)
Degrees: UWG music degrees; audition: "a published solo or étude written or transcribed for classical guitar" *
Audition page: westga.edu/academics/chass/visual-performing-arts/music/appl
Valdosta State UniversityValdosta
Guitar faculty: Jay Hicks (Guitar, under Strings)
Degrees: BA Music, BM Performance, MM Performance *
Audition page lists no guitar section.

Idaho (3)

Boise State UniversityBoise
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Ryan Nitz (Adjunct Professor)
Degrees: BM/BA *
BYU–IdahoRexburg
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Addison Ballif (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BA/BM *
Adjunct.
University of Idaho — Lionel Hampton School of MusicMoscow
Guitar faculty: William St. Peter (Lecturer of Guitar)
Degrees: B.Mus. Performance (guitar listed among accepted primary instruments); BA/BS Applied Music; M.Mus.
James Reid's former studio.

Illinois (22)

Augustana CollegeRock Island
Guitar faculty: Randy F. Pobanz (Part-time Instructor, Guitar; specializations: Classical guitar, Guitar history and literature)
Degrees: BA Music / Music Performance / Music Ed *
Bradley UniversityPeoria
Guitar faculty: Scott Anderson (Affiliate Instructor, Guitar; studied classical guitar at ISU, jazz/classical at NIU)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Ed, BA/BS Music *
Catalog lists applied APL 183/383 Guitar.
Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt UniversityChicago
Guitar faculty: Robert Sherman, An Tran (Artist Faculty, Guitar); MingHuan Xu (Program Director, Strings and Classical Guitar)
Degrees: Classical Guitar BM, MM, Performance Diploma (roosevelt.
Denis Azabagic no longer appears on the CCPA faculty list (he is now listed at UIC).
Concordia University ChicagoRiver Forest
Guitar faculty: Paul Henry (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar; classical guitarist, Hal Leonard method author)
Degrees: BA Music, Music Ed *
DePaul University School of MusicChicago
Guitar faculty: Page names Mark Maxwell (reported recently retired); current studio roster not itemized on page
Degrees: BM Performance (Guitar Concentration), MM, post-master's Performance Certificate (per guitar page)
The school’s page says the Guitar Concentration is not accepting applicants for Fall 2027. Check before applying.
Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst
Guitar faculty: Steve Vazquez (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar; directs the Classical Guitar Ensemble); Neal Alger (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA, BME *
Illinois State UniversityNormal
Guitar faculty: Angelo Favis (Professor of Guitar; profile finearts.illinoisstate.edu/faculty-staff/profile/?ulid=alfav)
Degrees: BM, BME, BA, MM *
Classical guitar studio; ISU Classical Guitar Society; Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival.
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington
Guitar faculty: Michael Hull (Adjunct Instructor, Guitar — "Classical Guitarist/Educator"; bio iwu.edu/music/faculty/mhull.html)
Degrees: BM, BA, BME *
Knox CollegeGalesburg
Guitar faculty: Randy Pobanz (Classical Guitar, Adjunct Teaching Faculty); Scott Anderson (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Tim Fitzgerald (Guitar); Shoji Naito (Blues and Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Loyola University ChicagoChicago
Guitar faculty: Christopher Laughlin, M.M. (Applied Music Instructor of Classical Guitar); Kyle Asche, Matt Gold, Steve Suvada (guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Catalog: lessons in classical or electric guitar.
Millikin UniversityDecatur
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Mark Tonelli (Associate Professor of Guitar Studies, Guitar Area Coordinator; jazz/commercial background)
Degrees: BM etc. *
Has a Classical Guitar Ensemble; guitar-studies program is commercial-music oriented.
North Park UniversityChicago
Guitar faculty: Julie Goldberg (Music, Applied Instruction; classical guitarist — first guitarist to earn the DM at Northwestern)
Degrees: BA Music (concentrations incl. Performance)
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago
Guitar faculty: Brian Torosian (Applied Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Ed, BA Music, MA (catalog: "Guitar students enroll in Guitar Ensemble")
Torosian directs the NEIU guitar program.
Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb
Guitar faculty: An Tran (Classical Guitar studio); Bobby Broom (Jazz Guitar studio)
Degrees: BM, BA, MM *
Separate classical and jazz guitar studios.
Northwestern University Bienen School of MusicEvanston
Guitar faculty: Anne Waller (Professor of Instruction; profile music.northwestern.edu/faculty/profile/anne-waller)
Degrees: BM, MM, DM *
Segovia Classical Guitar Series.
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale
Guitar faculty: Isaac Lausell (Associate Professor; Director of Jazz Studies; Classical and Jazz Guitar, Bass Guitar — faculty.siu.edu/profiles/j-l/lausell-isaac.php)
Degrees: BM Performance: Guitar; MM Performance: Guitar
SIU International Guitar Festival.
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago
Guitar faculty: Denis Azabagic (Instructor, Guitar); An Tran (Instructor, Classical Guitar); Michael Allemana (Instructor, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM in Performance (theatreandmusic.uic.edu/degree/bachelor-of-music-in-performa)
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana-Champaign
Guitar faculty: Guido Sánchez Portuguez (Assistant Professor of Guitar and Theory); Larry Gray (Professor of Jazz Performance, Double Bass and Guitar)
Degrees: Undergraduate guitar majors; MM and DMA in guitar performance (MUSC 515 is "designed for MM and DMA students in guitar performance")
Guitar at Illinois: music.illinois.edu/perform/studio-and-chamber-ensembles/guit
VanderCook College of MusicChicago
Guitar faculty: Julie Goldberg (Applied Guitar)
Degrees: BMEd only (music education with guitar as applied instrument)
Music-education college: guitar as the principal instrument for a BMEd, not a BM in performance.
Western Illinois UniversityMacomb
Guitar faculty: George Turner (Associate Professor, Guitar; jazz and classical guitarist, DMA jazz studies)
Degrees: BM, BA, MM *
WIU has a Classical Guitar Ensemble.
Wheaton College Conservatory of MusicWheaton
Guitar faculty: Brian Torosian (Guest Lecturer, Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA *
Instructor is a part-time guest lecturer.

Indiana (7)

Indiana University Jacobs School of MusicBloomington
Guitar faculty: Petar Jankovic (Associate Professor of Music, Guitar); Jiji Kim (Associate Professor of Music, Guitar); Daniel Duarte (Senior Lecturer in Music, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BME, BS Music and an Outside Field, MM Performance, DM Music Literature and Performance, Performer Diploma, Artist Diploma
Largest classical guitar faculty in the region.
Indiana University South BendSouth Bend
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Daniel Quinn (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BME, MM, Performer Diploma, Artist Diploma *
Music dept: arts.iusb.edu/academic-departments/music/index.html
Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne
Guitar faculty: Laura Lydy (Senior Lecturer; directs the Guitar Ensemble — faculty list does not print instruments)
Degrees: Audition track "Strings, Guitar, and Harp" for Performance, Music Education, Music Therapy, Music Technology, Music and an Outside Field *
Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Daniel Quinn (Guitar Instructor)
Degrees: BA Music
Same instructor as IUSB.
Taylor UniversityUpland
Guitar faculty: Jamie Johnson (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance–Instrumental, BA Music, BS Music–Worship Arts, Music Education *
University of IndianapolisIndianapolis
Guitar faculty: Dr. Nemanja Ostojić (Adjunct Professor, Music — Guitar; DM, MM, AD)
Degrees: BM Performance, BME, BM Music Therapy, BA/BS Music *
Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Stephen John Miller (Adjunct Instructor)
Degrees: "Classical Guitar" is a listed studio-lesson area; Music, Music Education, Music Therapy majors

Iowa (5)

Coe CollegeCedar Rapids
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Tom Nothnagle (Guitar Instructor)
Degrees: BA
Bio: cornellcollege.edu/music/faculty.shtml Unclear if a degree is available with guitar as the applied instrument.
Drake UniversityDes Moines
Guitar faculty: David Crabbs (Teaching Artist, Music; classical guitarist — MA Classical Guitar Interpretation, U. Alicante 2025)
Degrees: BA Music (the BM Performance page lists Wind/Percussion, Strings, Piano, Voice tracks — guitar not named)
Classical guitar principal appears to be BA-only.
Grinnell CollegeGrinnell
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Pat Smith (grinnell.edu/user/smithrex), Alex Aldridge
Degrees: BA Music
Guitar studies focus on blues and jazz.
Morningside UniversitySioux City
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Michael Langley (Adjunct Faculty; applied guitar lessons)
Degrees: BA Music, BME
Style not stated.
Simpson CollegeIndianola
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Steven Kennedy (Music Teaching Artist, Guitar)
Degrees: Music Performance (BM), BA Music, Music Education
Unclear if a degree is available with guitar as the applied instrument.

Kansas (5)

Barton Community CollegeGreat Bend
Guitar faculty: Aleia Gonzalez (Guitar Instructor)
Degrees: Associate in Arts with guitar as the applied instrument
See also: bartonccc.edu/guitar-lessons-fall-aleia-gonzalez-23
Benedictine CollegeAtchison
Guitar faculty: Jason Riley (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar — "degrees in classical guitar performance and commercial music"; certified Suzuki guitar teacher)
Degrees: BA Music, Music Education *
Department's applied-area list omits guitar, though Riley's own site says music majors may choose guitar as primary instrument.
Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg
Guitar faculty: Howard Glanton (Lecturer, Guitar — "classical guitarist"; MM Texas Tech)
Degrees: BM Music Performance, BME, BM Elective Studies; MM Performance *
Degrees: pittstate.edu/music/about-music-program.html. Glanton also teaches at Tabor, Bethel (KS), Hesston, Friends.
Tabor CollegeHillsboro
Guitar faculty: Howard Glanton, M.M. (Adjunct Professor of Guitar; Applied Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BA Music Education *
Adjunct list: tabor.edu/department/pa-adjunct/
University of KansasLawrence
Guitar faculty: Aleia Gonzalez (Guitar Instructor)
Degrees: BME in Music Education or BMT Music Therapy with classical guitar as the applied instrument
Audition requirements: music.ku.edu/undergraduate-audition-information

Kentucky (6)

Bellarmine UniversityLouisville
Guitar faculty: Chris Roseland (classical guitar); Craig Wagner (jazz guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Non-NASM.
Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond
Guitar faculty: Dennis Davis (Director of Guitar Studies)
Degrees: Music degrees; audition page has separate Classical Guitar, Contemporary–Jazz and Contemporary tracks *
Annual EKU Guitar Festival. Program covers classical and contemporary styles.
Murray State UniversityMurray
Guitar faculty: Brent Webster (Senior Instructor, Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
"Instruction in classical guitar and commercial guitar"; studio founded 2009.
University of KentuckyLexington
Guitar faculty: Dieter Hennings Yeomans (Professor of Guitar); Ross Whitaker (Part Time Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA in Music Performance; minor *
Bio: finearts.uky.edu/music/faculty-staff/dieter-hennings-yeomans
University of LouisvilleLouisville
Guitar faculty: Carlos Bedoya (Lecturer)
Degrees: BA, BME, BM, MM ("12-15 undergraduate and graduate students")
Stephen Mattingly moved to FSU.
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green
Guitar faculty: John Martin (Senior Instructor of Guitar; director of guitar and music technology studies)
Degrees: BM Performance — "performance concentration is available in voice, piano, organ, classical guitar ..."

Louisiana (6)

Centenary College of Louisiana — Hurley School of MusicShreveport
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Andrew Powers (Lecturer in Music)
Degrees: BM (Hurley School)
Louisiana Tech University — School of MusicRuston
Guitar faculty: Cain Budds (Associate Professor of Guitar & Music Theory; Strings coordinator; DMA classical guitar, ASU)
Degrees: BA Music — Performance concentration
No BM offered. Budds also heads the guitar studio at Grambling (adjunct).
Loyola University New Orleans — School of MusicNew Orleans
Guitar faculty: Jay Kacherski (Instructor of Classical Guitar); Don Vappie (jazz guitar); Adam Bock (class guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — classical or jazz guitar concentration ("almost any degree in the School of Music")
Hosts the Loyola Classical Guitar Festival.
LSU New Orleans (formerly Univ. of New Orleans; NASM "pending")New Orleans
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Jay Kacherski, Chris Adkins, Eric Merchant (all adjunct, guitar)
Degrees: BA Music — Performance concentration; MM *
Adjunct-only.
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond
Guitar faculty: Patrick Kerber (Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance ("majoring in guitar")
University of Louisiana at Lafayette — School of MusicLafayette
Guitar faculty: Jeffrey George (Professor of Guitar Studies)
Degrees: BM Performance; MM Performance *

Maine (2)

University of MaineOrono
Guitar faculty: Richard Kenefic (Instructor, Guitar; 20+ years); Ross Gallagher (jazz guitar/bass)
Degrees: BM Music Performance (admissions page lists classical guitar as an applied area), BM Music Education
University of Southern Maine (Osher School of Music)Portland/Gorham
Guitar faculty: Bruno Panunzio (Interim Artist Faculty, Classical Guitar); Gary Wittner (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance; BM Music Education

Maryland (6)

Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg
Guitar faculty: Ian Hrdlicka (Guitar; FSU Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: BS/BA Music incl. instrumental performance track *
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore
Guitar faculty: Manuel Barrueco; Franco Platino
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA, Performer's Certificate, Graduate Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
The flagship program of the region.
Salisbury UniversitySalisbury
Guitar faculty: Danielle Cumming (Associate Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, Instrumental Performance track; "Classical Guitarists" audition section
Towson UniversityTowson
Guitar faculty: Troy King
Degrees: BM — Guitar Performance Concentration; MM *
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)Baltimore
Guitar faculty: Sean Brennan (Affiliate Artist, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music Performance – Instrumental Track; audition page has a Classical Guitar section
Tom Lagana listed separately for electric/jazz guitar.
Washington Adventist UniversityTakoma Park
Guitar faculty: William Feasley; Steve Jones (Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *

Massachusetts (4)

Berklee College of MusicBoston
Guitar faculty: Berta Rojas (Assoc. Professor; teaches Classical Guitar Repertoire); Kim Perlak (Chair, Guitar Dept.)
Degrees: BM Performance with guitar principal (classical is one of the department's style tracks)
Contemporary-music college; classical is a track inside the largest guitar department in the world, not a conservatory-style studio.
Gordon College (Adams School of Music and the Arts)Wenham
Guitar faculty: Robert Bekkers (Applied Instructor of Guitar; classical, DMA NEC)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music
New England ConservatoryBoston
Guitar faculty: Eliot Fisk, Jerome Mouffe
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA, Graduate Diploma, Artist Diploma
University of Massachusetts LowellLowell
Guitar faculty: Joshua Millard (Assoc. Teaching Professor, Performance Coordinator — Music Performance: Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance (Instrumental focus)
Style not stated on faculty page.

Michigan (10)

Albion CollegeAlbion
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Daniel Palmer (Applied Instructor of Guitar, Guitar Ensemble; MM Univ. of Toledo)
Degrees: BA Music (Albion grants BA only)
Style not stated.
Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs
Guitar faculty: Matthias Stegmann (Guitar Instructor, adjunct)
Degrees: BMus Performance / Music Ed / Composition, BS Music, MMus Performance *
Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids
Guitar faculty: Andrew Bergeron (Adjunct Associate Professor, Guitar, Composition); Lee Heerspink (Lecturer in Music, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: Music major with Performance Concentration, BMEd *
Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Dr. Jason Werkema (Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BME
Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti
Guitar faculty: Jonathan Edwards (Lecturer of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance–Instrumental; MM Music Performance *
Directs the EMU Classical Guitar Ensemble.
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale
Guitar faculty: Under "Guitar": Christopher Belland (Adjunct Instructor); Michael Drost (Adjunct Instructor; Director, Jazz Combos)
Degrees: BM, BA, BME, BS Performing Arts Industry (BA page: "Instruction in piano, organ, voice, guitar… is normally available")
Page does not label styles; Belland is the classical side, Drost the jazz side.
Hope CollegeHolland
Guitar faculty: David Martin (Adjunct Assistant Professor of guitar)
Degrees: B.Mus (performance, music education), BA *
Classical guitarist (Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet); also teaches at Calvin and Lake Michigan College.
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Christopher Schoelen (Adjunct Contingent Assistant Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: Music major (BA/BS), BME
No BM; style not stated.
Oakland UniversityRochester
Guitar faculty: Bret Hoag, M.M. (Applied Instructor, Guitar / Special Lecturer, Music)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music *
Guitar Ensemble (MUE 3070) among chamber ensembles.
Wayne State UniversityDetroit
Guitar faculty: Scott Walter (Applied Faculty, Classical Guitar); Chuck Newsome (Applied Faculty, Jazz Guitar and Jazz Guitar Ensembles); Kristopher Kurzawa (Applied Faculty, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — concentration list names "guitar (classical)" (cfpca.wayne.edu/music/bachelor-of-music); MM / MA Music *

Minnesota (12)

Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis
Guitar faculty: Michael Krajewski (Studio Artist, Guitar; DMA Guitar Performance, UMN)
Degrees: Music major, Music Business, Music Education, Music Therapy *
Carleton CollegeNorthfield
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Ben Valine (Guitar; also American Folk Instruments); Zacc Harris (Jazz and Blues Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music; lessons for credit
College of Saint Benedict / Saint John's UniversitySt. Joseph / Collegeville
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Dr. Ryan Picone (Jazz & Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Concordia CollegeMoorhead
Guitar faculty: Eric Martens (Instructor, Guitar — "Instructor of Classical and Jazz Guitar")
Degrees: BM, BA Music, BA Music (K-12 Music Education) *
Hamline UniversitySt. Paul
Guitar faculty: David Crittenden (Undergraduate Adjunct — Arts; private guitar lessons MUS 3540/5540)
Degrees: BA Music *
Macalester CollegeSt. Paul
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Jeffrey Thygeson (Guitar/Ukulele); Joan Griffith (Guitar/Electric Bass — jazz)
Degrees: BA Music; studio instruction on primary instrument
Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead
Guitar faculty: Eric Martens, MM, BM (Adjunct Professor of Guitar and Commercial Music — mnstate.edu/academics/majors/music/faculty-staff)
Degrees: Music major with "Guitar Studies" area of study *
Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Dr. Peter Lothringer (Guitar, Composition, Music Theory — adjunct); Dr. James Tabaka (Guitar — adjunct)
Degrees: BA Music (Instrumental Performance emphasis), BS Music Education
University of Minnesota DuluthDuluth
Guitar faculty: James Cooper (Instructor, Guitar); Jacob Jonker (Instructor, Guitar — "classical guitar is his specialty")
Degrees: BA Music, BM Music Performance, BM Music Education *
University of Minnesota Twin CitiesMinneapolis
Guitar faculty: Maja Radovanlija (Teaching Specialist, Guitar — profile cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/mradovan)
Degrees: BMus (Performance, Music Ed, Music Therapy), BA Music; MM, DMA *
University of St. ThomasSt. Paul
Guitar faculty: Christopher Kachian (Professor — Guitar Studies; founder and Director of the UST Guitar Studies Area)
Degrees: BA Music, BM Music Performance, BA Music Business *
Winona State UniversityWinona
Guitar faculty: Dirck Nagy (Adjunct Faculty; Teaching Area: Guitar)
Degrees: BMus Music (Performance), BA Music, BS Music Education, BS Music (Business) *

Mississippi (4)

Belhaven UniversityJackson
Guitar faculty: Tanja Miric (Instructor of Classical Guitar); Dennis Bonds (Instructor of Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music (Performance emphasis), BA Music Ed, BM Performance: Strings *
Audition asks for an etude by Sor, Carcassi, Aguado or Giuliani.
Mississippi CollegeClinton
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: "Jimmy Turner, guitar" (adjunct)
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg
Guitar faculty: Nicholas Ciraldo (Professor; Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music; BM Performance-Strings; BMEd; BM Jazz Studies; MM Performance-Strings; DMA Performance — all listed on the guitar page
Strongest Mississippi program. Profile: usm.edu/faculty-directory/profile.php?id=1936627
William Carey UniversityHattiesburg
Guitar faculty: David Bryan (Assistant Professor of Music, Guitar; "solo and chamber classical guitarist")
Degrees: Music degrees *
Audition allows classical or popular styles: wmcarey.edu/music/auditions.html

Missouri (8)

Missouri Baptist UniversitySt. Louis
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Jason Weaver (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music (BM Performance is voice/piano only)
Classical guitar principal only within the BA.
Missouri Western State UniversitySt. Joseph
Guitar faculty: Jason Riley (Part-Time Faculty of Guitar; degrees in classical guitar performance and commercial music)
Degrees: Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMA), BME *
Riley also teaches at Benedictine College.
Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau
Guitar faculty: Jesse Steele, M.M. (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar; MM Classical Guitar Performance & Pedagogy, Northwestern — studied with Anne Waller)
Degrees: BM Performance (instrumental), BME, BA *
Dept: semo.edu/arts-media/music/index.html
Truman State UniversityKirksville
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Rebecca Murphy (Lecturer in Music — Guitar; truman.edu/faculty-staff/rmurphy/); Zakk Persico-Jones (Lecturer in Applied Guitar; jazz — truman.edu/faculty-staff/zpjones/)
Degrees: BM (Performance/Composition), BA Music, MA Music *
Murphy's page has no bio, so classical specialty is not confirmed.
University of Central MissouriWarrensburg
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Tom Pender (Adjunct Instructor, Guitar and Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: BM Performance – Instrumental, BME, BA Music, MA Music *
Multi-style performer; classical not stated on page.
University of Missouri–St. LouisSt. Louis
Guitar faculty: Mark Akin (Adjunct Instructor of Applied Classical Guitar; directory: "Instructor, Classical Guitar"); Travis Lewis (Adjunct Instructor of Applied Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music; bulletin: applied instruction in "jazz/classical guitar" *
Faculty list: bulletin.umsl.edu/artsandsciences/music/#faculty Same classical instructor as WashU.
Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis
Guitar faculty: W. Mark Akin (Teacher of Applied Music, Guitar — "award-winning classical guitarist"; studied with Barrueco, Russell; music.washu.edu/people/w-mark-akin); Vincent Varvel (Director of Guitar; Lecturer — "classical and jazz guitar"; music.washu.edu/people/vincent-varvel)
Degrees: BA Music (major/minor) with applied lessons; graduate degrees are MA/PhD musicology and theory only
No BM, but a strong classical studio for a BA.
Webster UniversityWebster Groves (St. Louis)
Guitar faculty: Deyan Bratic (Adjunct Professor of Classical Guitar); Dave Black (Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies, guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — Instrumental Studies, BM Performance–Jazz, BA Music, BMEd

Montana (2)

Montana State University BillingsBillings
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Alex Nauman, Elizabeth Adcock (Adjunct Faculty — Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Adjunct.
Montana State University — School of MusicBozeman
Guitar faculty: Michael Videon (directs the guitar program)
Degrees: BA Music / BME (no BM); guitar audition: "two contrasting pieces… from the solo classical repertoire"

Nebraska (6)

Concordia University, NebraskaSeward
Guitar faculty: Dr. Malachi Million (Adjunct Faculty in Music, Guitar; DMA Jazz Studies UNL; BA Guitar Performance — classical under Howard Glanton)
Degrees: BA Music, B.Mus. Church Music, B.Mus. Music Education *
Teaches both jazz and classical.
Hastings CollegeHastings
Guitar faculty: Dr. Malachi Million (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: Bachelor of Music, BME *
Same instructor as Concordia NE / UNO. Program: hastings.edu/academics/undergraduate-majors/music/
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Daniel Martinez (Adjunct Instructor of Music — Guitar; flamenco stylist with classical training)
Degrees: BA Music, BM Music Education *
Roster: nebrwesleyan.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/music/music-fac
University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Gregory Sales (Lecturer, Guitar — adjunct)
Degrees: BA Music; Music Performance (Instrumental emphasis); Music Ed *
University of Nebraska OmahaOmaha
Guitar faculty: Hadley Heavin (Instructor, Classical Guitar); Mark Irvin (Commercial Music Guitar); Malachi Million (Jazz Guitar and Commercial Music Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance (instrumental), BA Music, BM Music Ed *
Degrees: unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/mus
University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Peter Bouffard (Lecturer, Guitar and Jazz Studies)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA *
Only guitar faculty is the jazz lecturer; his personal résumé mentions classical applied lessons, but UNL pages do not.

Nevada (1)

University of Nevada, Las VegasLas Vegas
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Greg Koenig (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BM/MM performance

New Jersey (3)

Kean UniversityUnion
Guitar faculty: Celil Refik Kaya (Director of Guitar Studies), Jayson Martinez, Steven Sabet, Edison Pereyra
Degrees: BM Music Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music
Augustine Foundation Classical Guitar Scholarship; annual Guitar Fest. NJCU (Jersey City) merged into Kean 2026.
Montclair State University (John J. Cali School of Music)Montclair
Guitar faculty: Oren Fader (Guitar Area Coordinator), David Graessle, Jason Priset
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, MM Performance
The College of New JerseyEwing
Guitar faculty: Michael Newman (Artist-Teacher of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance (classical guitar track), BM Music Education, BA Music

New Mexico (1)

University of New Mexico — Department of MusicAlbuquerque
Guitar faculty: Michael Anthony; Ben Silva
Degrees: BM, BME, BA (Guitar performance area); MM
Page: "primarily a traditional classical guitar program."

New York (17)

Binghamton University (SUNY)Binghamton
Guitar faculty: Paul Sweeny (Adjunct Lecturer in Classical Guitar); James Wilding (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA Music (performance track), MM
Sweeny is president of the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York.
Brooklyn College, CUNY (Conservatory of Music)Brooklyn
Guitar faculty: Lars Frandsen (Coordinator, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance; MM Performance; Advanced Certificate / post-master's Advanced Diploma in Performance
Guitar program "focuses on solo classical and contemporary concert repertoire."
Eastman School of Music (Univ. of Rochester)Rochester
Guitar faculty: Nicholas Goluses (Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA
Program page: 18 majors, all study with Goluses.
Houghton University (Greatbatch School of Music)Houghton
Guitar faculty: Anton Machleder (Assistant Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — instrumental track lists guitar; BM Music Education
Ithaca CollegeIthaca
Guitar faculty: Giuseppe Buscemi (Lecturer). Longtime professor Pablo Cohen is listed as retired.
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, MM (historically with guitar)
Guitar audition page lists Performance (B.M.) among the guitar degree options. Confirm the current studio teacher with the school.
LIU PostBrookville
Guitar faculty: Harris Becker (Director, Guitar Studies; Classical Guitar and Lute), James Erickson; Mark Marino (jazz)
Degrees: BM Music Education (dept. page today lists only BM Music Ed and BFA Music Technology)
Long-running classical studio; performance BM no longer shown on the department page.
Manhattan School of MusicNew York
Guitar faculty: David Leisner (Chair), Mark Delpriora, Oren Fader
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA, Professional Studies Cert., Professional Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
Mannes School of Music (The New School)New York
Guitar faculty: Michael Newman; João Luiz (joined 2025); Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo in residence
Degrees: BM, MM, Professional Studies Diploma
Queens College, CUNY (Aaron Copland School of Music)Queens
Guitar faculty: William Anderson (Adjunct Lecturer – Classical Guitar); Paul Bollenback (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education; MM Classical Performance (classical guitar listed explicitly)
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook
Guitar faculty: João Luiz Rezende Lopes (Guitar)
Degrees: MM, DMA (graduate); BA Music undergraduate
Jerry Willard headed the guitar/lute studio for 44 years before retiring.
SUNY Buffalo StateBuffalo
Guitar faculty: Evan E. Drummond (Lecturer, Applied Guitar); Kahlil P. Sarikey, DMA (Lecturer, Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: MusB Music Education, BA Music (no performance BM)
Guitar ensembles; guitar principal in music ed.
SUNY Fredonia School of MusicFredonia
Guitar faculty: Nathan Huvard (Assistant Professor, Guitar; DMA Stony Brook, MM Yale)
Degrees: MusB Performance, MusB Music Education, MM Performance
James Piorkowski led the studio 1983–2024 (Fredonia Guitar Quartet).
SUNY Potsdam (Crane School of Music)Potsdam
Guitar faculty: Kenneth Meyer (Adjunct Instructor: Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance (classical guitar concentration named on program page), BM Music Education
Meyer teaches at both Crane and Syracuse.
SUNY Purchase Conservatory of MusicPurchase
Guitar faculty: Oren Fader
Degrees: MusB, MM, Artist Diploma, Performer's Certificate
Dedicated classical guitar program page.
Syracuse University (Setnor School of Music)Syracuse
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Kenneth Meyer (Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Education, BS Music (performance honors); Performance BM page says "not accepting applications" as of 2026-09-26
Guitar study continues (Kenneth Meyer), but the Performance BM is not accepting applications.
The Juilliard SchoolNew York
Guitar faculty: Sharon Isbin (Chair, Guitar Department)
Degrees: BM, Undergraduate Diploma, MM, Graduate Diploma, Artist Diploma, DMA
Department founded by Isbin in 1989.
University at Buffalo (SUNY)Buffalo
Guitar faculty: Sungmin Shin (Assoc. Professor of Practice, Guitar); Stephen Guerra (theory/guitar/choro)
Degrees: MusB Performance, BA Music, MusB/EdM Music Education

North Carolina (12)

Appalachian State University (Hayes School of Music)Boone
Guitar faculty: Adam Kossler (Assistant Professor of Guitar); Anderson Page (Senior Lecturer of Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: Four undergraduate and two graduate music degrees *
Brevard CollegeBrevard
Guitar faculty: Lou Mowad (Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BA Music Education *
Davidson CollegeDavidson
Guitar faculty: Christopher Jones (Guitar — Classical and Jazz); Jon Singleton (Guitar — Folk)
Degrees: BA Music major/minor
Duke UniversityDurham
Guitar faculty: Colin Fullerton (Instructor of Music, Guitar; classical soloist per Duke Scholars); Kevin Van Sant (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music with applied lessons
East Carolina UniversityGreenville
Guitar faculty: Chip Newton (Director of Guitar Studies)
Degrees: BM and MM (strings concentration, guitar)
Hosts the ECU Guitar Festival.
Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville
Guitar faculty: Carlos Castilla (Adjunct Lecturer, Guitar — per faculty PDF dated 9-11-25)
Degrees: BA Music – Instrumental Studies, BA Music Education – Instrumental *
Faculty list is a PDF, not a web page.
Meredith CollegeRaleigh
Guitar faculty: William vonReichbauer (Adjunct Professor of Music — Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BM Performance, BM Music Education *
Meredith College opened with just over 200 women. Today, the student body has grown to include approximately 1,600 students, including men.
UNC Chapel HillChapel Hill
Guitar faculty: Billy Stewart (Teaching Associate Professor, Guitar; UNC Guitar Ensemble); Baron Tymas (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music *
Faculty list: music.unc.edu/people/musicfaculty/
UNC PembrokePembroke
Guitar faculty: Derek Day (Adjunct Associate Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music, BM Music Education, BA Music (Music Industry); dept page has guitar audition requirements *
UNC School of the ArtsWinston-Salem
Guitar faculty: Joseph Pecoraro (Guitar Area Coordinator); Luke Payne (Guitar)
Degrees: High School diploma, BM, MM in Guitar
Coordinator profile: uncsa.edu/faculty-staff/joseph-pecoraro.aspx
UNC WilmingtonWilmington
Guitar faculty: Justin Hoke (Associate Professor; Music Technology, Guitar); Jesse Killman (Jazz Guitar, part-time)
Degrees: BA Music (performance area); BM Music Education
Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem
Guitar faculty: Marco Sartor (Associate Teaching Professor; guitar and jazz guitar)
Degrees: BA Music major/minor

Ohio (14)

Baldwin Wallace University ConservatoryBerea
Guitar faculty: Bryan Reichert (Lecturer of Guitar; M.M., CIM)
Degrees: BM Music Performance: Strings (guitar is a listed string instrument)
Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland
Guitar faculty: Jason Vieaux (Department Head)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA, Graduate Diploma, Artist Diploma, Artist Certificate — all in Classical Guitar
Flagship Midwest studio.
Cleveland State University School of MusicCleveland
Guitar faculty: Brian Kozak (Applied Faculty, Guitar — CIM and Baldwin Wallace classical guitar performance graduate); also Amanda Tavani (Bass, Guitar), John Karkosiak (Electric Guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA *
Applied (adjunct) faculty.
Kent State University at StarkNorth Canton
Guitar faculty: George Dean (Classical and Electric Guitar); Dennis Roden; Erin Vaughn (Guitar Area Coordinator)
Degrees: BA Music (Stark campus)
Caveat: the main-campus Kent catalog lists only an ELECTRIC guitar applied studio; classical guitar as a primary instrument is a Stark-campus offering.
Miami University Department of MusicOxford
Guitar faculty: James McCutcheon, M.M. (Adjunct Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA *
Adjunct; same teacher as Wright State/Dayton.
Oberlin Conservatory of MusicOberlin
Guitar faculty: Stephen Aron (Teacher of Classical Guitar; founded the program 1992)
Degrees: BM — "Principal Private Study – Classical Guitar" (PVST 026)
Guitar sits in the Strings Division: oberlin.edu/conservatory/divisions/strings
Otterbein University Department of MusicWesterville
Guitar faculty: Alex Schrock, M.M. (Teaching Areas: Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BME, BA *
The College of WoosterWooster
Guitar faculty: James Marron (Adjunct Instructor of Music, Guitar)
Degrees: B.Mus. Performance, BA
The Ohio State University School of MusicColumbus
Guitar faculty: Karl Wohlwend (Associated Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BM in Performance (classical guitar major launched 2024-25); graduate applicants invited *
Newest program in the region; free trial lesson for prospects.
University of Akron School of MusicAkron
Guitar faculty: Adam Keeler
Degrees: BM "Music, Guitar Performance" (per bulletin); MM *
Long-established program founded by Stephen Aron (Akron 1981–2015).
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)Cincinnati
Guitar faculty: Christopher Wilke (Adjunct Instructor of Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM
University of Dayton Department of MusicDayton
Guitar faculty: Jim McCutcheon (Guitar); Christian R. Berg (Jazz Bass and Modern Guitar); Cameron Voorhees (Jazz and Electric Guitar)
Degrees: BM, BA *
Wright State University School of MusicDayton
Guitar faculty: James (Jim) McCutcheon (Adjunct Professor, Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM performance *
McCutcheon has taught at WSU since 1978; also teaches at Dayton and Miami.
Youngstown State University — Dana School of MusicYoungstown
Guitar faculty: François Fowler (Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM *
Student-run Dana Guitar Association.

Oklahoma (4)

Oklahoma City University — Bass School of MusicOklahoma City
Guitar faculty: Matthew Denman (Assistant Professor of Guitar on page; Associate Professor elsewhere)
Degrees: BM Guitar Performance
"Synthesis of classical, folk, historical performance, jazz, and popular"; home of the Celedonio Romero Guitar Institute.
Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Chris Brown (Assistant Professor of Music)
Degrees: BM/BA *
Teaches Classical Guitar I–II but built a "contemporary guitar option"; multi-style.
Univ. of Science and Arts of OklahomaChickasha
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Audrey Oden (Applied Studio Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Adjunct studio instructor.
University of Oklahoma — School of MusicNorman
Guitar faculty: Rachel Neece (Guitar, General Studies)
Degrees: B.Mus. "Strings & Guitar"; MM (Wind/Percussion/String, includes guitar) — per OU catalog
Rachel Neece is listed as "Guitar, General Studies"; rank not stated.

Oregon (4)

Lewis & Clark CollegePortland
Guitar faculty: John C. Mery (Adjunct Faculty of Classical Guitar, Director of Guitar Ensemble); Dan Balmer (jazz), Julia Banzi (flamenco/folk)
Degrees: BA in Music, performance track
Liberal-arts BA only.
Oregon State UniversityCorvallis
Guitar faculty: Cameron O'Connor (leads guitar program); Brandon Azbill (Instructor, Classical Guitar)
Degrees: B.Mus. Guitar Studies
Classical core plus jazz/pop/early-music components.
Portland State UniversityPortland
Guitar faculty: Mario Díaz (guitar faculty; directs PSU Guitar Series); Danny Gildea (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA/BS, MM Performance (instrumental — classical or jazz)
Southern Oregon UniversityAshland
Guitar faculty: Grant Ruiz (classical and flamenco guitar), Derek Keller (Assistant Professor; guitar, composition); Ed Dunsavage (jazz)
Degrees: BA/BS Music; Music Performance certificate
No BM; performance is an emphasis/certificate rather than a named degree.

Pennsylvania (14)

Carnegie Mellon University (School of Music)Pittsburgh
Guitar faculty: John Marcinizyn (Artist Lecturer in Guitar, Director of Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: BFA Music Performance, MM, Advanced Music Studies Certificate
Audition page requires Renaissance/Baroque, Classical/Romantic and 20th-c. works.
Commonwealth University – MansfieldMansfield
Guitar faculty: Michael Hardy (teaches classical guitar, guitar history)
Degrees: BM (Music Performance, Music Education) — BM offered at Bloomsburg and Mansfield campuses
Former Mansfield University; merged into Commonwealth U. of PA.
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia
Guitar faculty: David Starobin, Jason Vieaux
Degrees: Diploma, BM, Post-Baccalaureate Diploma, MM
All guitarists study with both faculty.
Duquesne University (Mary Pappert School of Music)Pittsburgh
Guitar faculty: Ben Meyer (Adjunct Professor of Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance – Classical Guitar; MM Performance – Classical Guitar; guitar principal also allowed in Music Ed / Music Therapy / Music Technology BMs
Catalog: duq.edu/academics/university-catalogs/2024-2025-catalog/unde. Aaron Shearer taught here 1996–2008.
Gettysburg College (Sunderman Conservatory of Music)Gettysburg
Guitar faculty: Ian Hrdlicka (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music (per conservatory)
Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana
Guitar faculty: Alex Price (Instructor, Guitar; MM Duquesne)
Degrees: BFA Music Performance, BSEd Music Education, BA Music
Price's bio is multi-style (theatre/cruise-ship work). Not clear if an emphasis on classical guitar is available.
Mercyhurst University (D'Angelo Dept. of Music)Erie
Guitar faculty: Jonathan Nolan (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education
Small studio; Nolan's bio spans Irish folk, rock, jazz and classical.
Millersville University (Tell School of Music)Millersville
Guitar faculty: David Cullen (Instructor of Guitar); Rusty Banks
Degrees: BA Music (Performance concentration), BSE Music Education, BS Music Industry — classical guitar audition listed for all three
No BM in performance. Audition page: millersville.edu/music/auditions/information/auditions-solo-
Moravian UniversityBethlehem
Guitar faculty: John S. Arnold (Artist-Lecturer; classical, flamenco, lute, fingerstyle; directs guitar ensembles)
Degrees: B.Mus. Performance, B.Mus. Music Education, BA Music
Penn State University (School of Music)University Park
Guitar faculty: Jonathan Gangi (Assoc. Professor, classical guitar); Mac Himes (jazz), Jesse Tyler Moore (pop/bass)
Degrees: BM, BA, BMA, BME (guitar studio page lists all four)
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg
Guitar faculty: Raymond Myers (Instructor of Guitar); John Marcinizyn also teaches guitar here per his CMU bio
Degrees: BM Music Performance (guitar listed as instrument option), BM Music Education
Temple University (Boyer College of Music and Dance)Philadelphia
Guitar faculty: Allen Krantz, James Hontz (Adjunct, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance – Classical Guitar concentration (bulletin.temple.edu/undergraduate/boyer-music-dance/performa); MM Performance
West Chester University (Wells School of Music)West Chester
Guitar faculty: Unknown
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance (catalog has "Guitar only" footnotes and Guitar Literature I–II), BM Music Education – Instrument Concentration, MM
Degree confirmed from the catalog; the guitar instructor could not be confirmed from the site.
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington
Guitar faculty: Unknown
Degrees: BM Performance (Instrumental), BM Music Education, BA Music

Rhode Island (1)

University of Rhode IslandKingston
Guitar faculty: Adam Levin (Assistant Teaching Professor; Instructor of Classical Guitar); Dan Liparini (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Performance: Classical Guitar; MM Music Performance (classical guitar named)
Program page: web.uri.edu/music/academics/bm/performance/

South Carolina (11)

Bob Jones UniversityGreenville
Guitar faculty: Isaac Greene (DMA/MM Guitar, Peabody; teaches "Pvt Guitar Inst: Major/Principal", Guitar Ensemble, Guitar Methods)
Degrees: BMus Performance, BME (guitar principal is an explicit course track)
Division list: bju.edu/academics/faculty/bydivision.php?id=1160
Clemson UniversityClemson
Guitar faculty: Steve Newbrough (Classical Guitar); Adam Knight (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Performing Arts (Music) — guitar lessons have a music-major course track
Not a BM/BA Music; liberal-arts performing-arts degree.
Coastal Carolina UniversityConway
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Zachary Patton (Teaching Associate, Guitar; teaches classical and jazz)
Housed in the Commercial Music and Jazz concentration of the BA.
College of CharlestonCharleston
Guitar faculty: Gregory Guay (directs the classical guitar area); Tyler Ross (Adjunct, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music (Applied Classical Guitar, Repertory Class, Ensemble)
Dedicated Classical Guitar area page; has hosted the GFA convention twice.
Furman UniversityGreenville
Guitar faculty: Matt Dingledine (Visiting Lecturer, Music); Daniel Sarkela (Adjunct Instructor of Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BM Music Education, BA Music *
Lander UniversityGreenwood
Guitar faculty: Richard Thomas (Applied Guitar; DMA South Carolina)
Degrees: BS Music; BS Music K-12 Teacher Certification *
Newberry CollegeNewberry
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Matthew Smith (guitar instructor)
North Greenville UniversityTigerville
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: BA Music with Guitar among 19 primary-instrument concentrations; catalog has "Guitar Primary" courses
No guitar faculty named anywhere on the site.
University of South CarolinaColumbia
Guitar faculty: Grace Elmer (Instructor of Guitar); Mak Grgić (guitar assistant professor per Dec-2025 school news — not yet in the directory); Steve Briody (Instructor of Jazz Guitar); Christopher Berg emeritus
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA — guitar page: "three degree programs in classical guitar"
Directory: sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/faculty-staff/index.php ; Grgić news: sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2025/12/music-faculty-2026-grammy-nominee
Winthrop UniversityRock Hill
Guitar faculty: L.H. Dickert Jr. (Professor of Music, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BME, BA, MM; separate "Classical guitarists" audition requirements *
Audition page: winthrop.edu/cvpa/scholarships/music.aspx
Wofford CollegeSpartanburg
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Keith Groover (Adjunct Instructor of Music, Guitar)

South Dakota (2)

Augustana UniversitySioux Falls
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Geoff Gunderson (Instructor of Guitar); Micah Wetzel (Instructor of Commercial Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music; BM Performance "coming Fall 2026"
Separate "Commercial Guitar" post implies Gunderson covers classical/general, but his profile has no bio.
University of South DakotaVermillion
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Timothy Snow (Music Adjunct Instructor, Guitar)
Degrees: Music, Music Education, Music Performance; graduate Music *
Style not stated.

Tennessee (10)

Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville
Guitar faculty: Francis Ferri (Guitar); audition page says contact Stanley Yates
Degrees: BM, Concentration in Guitar Performance; guitar also allowed in Music Education, Music Therapy, Composition, Liberal Studies
Faculty list: apsu.edu/music/facstaff/faculty.php
Belmont UniversityNashville
Guitar faculty: Paulo Oliveira (Associate Professor, Guitar; "Brazilian traditions, classical, jazz, and contemporary guitar"); John Cardoni, James DaSilva (adjunct, commercial guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Directory: belmont.edu/cmpa/faculty-staff/music-faculty.html
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City
Guitar faculty: James West (Adjunct Faculty, Director of Guitar Program); Robert Rogers (Graduate Assistant, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Instrumental Performance, BME, BA Performance (classical audition: Sor/Segovia etude + repertoire); MM Performance offered
Audition page: etsu.edu/cas/music/auditions/auditions.php
Lee UniversityCleveland
Guitar faculty: Alan Shikoh (Instructor of Classical Guitar); Shawn Perkinson (Instructor of Commercial Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
No individual profile pages.
Maryville CollegeMaryville
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Harold Nagge (Adjunct Instructor of Music, Guitar — jazz, classical, fingerstyle, flatpick); BA Music
Teacher's own degree is jazz guitar.
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro
Guitar faculty: William Yelverton (Professor; Guitar/String Faculty); Chip Henderson, Matt Lund (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Fields list: music.mtsu.edu/faculty-fields/
Rhodes CollegeMemphis
Guitar faculty: John Ross (Guitar Performance, area coordinator; classical guitarist); David Lay (Guitar Performance); John Bass (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music *
Division list: rhodes.edu/academics/majors-minors/music/faculty-division
Sewanee: The University of the SouthSewanee
Guitar faculty: William Yelverton (Visiting Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music; lessons for credit *
Non-NASM; visiting appointment shared with MTSU.
Tennessee State UniversityNashville
Guitar faculty: Richard Todd (Interim Department Chair; String Area Leader; Classical Guitar); William "Tiger" Fitzhugh (Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Todd holds BM/MM/DMA in Guitar Performance.
University of Memphis (Scheidt School of Music)Memphis
Guitar faculty: Patrick Sutton (Assistant Professor of Practice for Guitar)
Degrees: Music degrees *
Guitar program founded by the late Lily Afshar.

Texas (20)

Baylor University — School of MusicWaco
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Patrick Kelly (Adjunct Lecturer in Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance *
East Texas A&M University (formerly Texas A&M–Commerce)Commerce
Guitar faculty: Andrew Daniel (Adjunct Instructor of Music, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music (Guitar concentration); BM Performance (Guitar); MM
Sam Houston State University — School of MusicHuntsville
Guitar faculty: Michael Shanks (Pool Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BM (catalog: students "admitted as a Guitar primary"; GUIT applied sequence through junior recital)
Adjunct-level ("pool") faculty; no guitar program page.
Southern Methodist University — Meadows School of the ArtsDallas
Guitar faculty: Bryan Burns (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance (guitar), MM Guitar Performance
Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown
Guitar faculty: David Asbury (Corbin Robertson, Jr. Professor of Music — Guitar, Theory, Technology)
Degrees: BM Performance; BA Music
Guitar not itemized as a BM track on the site; full-time endowed guitar professor.
St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Jason Valdez
Degrees: BA Music (Instrumental Music major)
Tarleton State UniversityStephenville
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Mark Scott (Adjunct Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Music Ed / BA (performance track unclear)
Adjunct.
Texas A&M International UniversityLaredo
Guitar faculty: Gilberto Soto (Professor of Music and Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance; BM Education
Not NASM-listed.
Texas A&M University–Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi
Guitar faculty: Justin Ortiz (Adjunct Professor, Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance–Instrumental; BM Teacher Certification; BA Music
Texas State University — School of MusicSan Marcos
Guitar faculty: Mark Anthony Cruz (Professor of Instruction, guitar); Chad Ibison (Lecturer, class guitar); Carter Arrington (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance — Guitar Concentration (catalog)
Hosts the Hill Country Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival & Competition.
Texas Tech University — School of MusicLubbock
Guitar faculty: Jason Mullen (Lecturer of Guitar and Music Humanities)
Degrees: Guitar Performance major (BM); also serves Jazz, Music Ed, Commercial Music majors
Page: "Grounded in classical technique and repertoire."
Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Degrees: BA Music with concentration in guitar (catalog lists "voice, piano, organ, strings, guitar…")
BA only, adjunct instructor, and no guitar information on the site.
Texas Woman's University — Division of MusicDenton
Guitar faculty: Carlo Pezzimenti (Adjunct Instructor of Music — Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance (Instrumental track), BA, MM Performance *
Adjunct.
University of Houston — Moores School of MusicHouston
Guitar faculty: Jeremy Garcia (Affiliate Artist, Guitar); Gregory Petito (Affiliate Artist, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM/MM performance *
Page: "An immersive curriculum in classical guitar"; also flamenco theory/technique. Affiliate (part-time) faculty.
University of North Texas — College of MusicDenton
Guitar faculty: Bokyung Byun (Assistant Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA *
Page: "UNT's Classical Guitar Program stands as one of the leading programs in the United States."
UT Austin — Butler School of MusicAustin
Guitar faculty: Adam Holzman (Professor of Guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA *
UT El Paso — Department of MusicEl Paso
Guitar faculty: Hiram Rodriguez (classical guitar); Shaun Mahoney (commercial guitar; Guitar Area Coordinator)
Degrees: BM Performance (classical), BM Commercial Music, BM Theory & Composition, MM Performance
UT Rio Grande Valley — School of MusicBrownsville / Edinburg
Guitar faculty: Michael Quantz (Professor); Kurt Martinez
Degrees: BM Performance — Guitar concentration; BM Teacher Certification — Guitar concentration; MM
Annual UTRGV Guitar Festival.
UT San Antonio — School of MusicSan Antonio
Guitar faculty: Isaac Bustos (Assistant Professor); Alejandro Montiel (Instructor of Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BM (performance concentration), MM, Graduate Certificate in Instrumental Performance
Hosts the Southwest Guitar Symposium.
UT Tyler — School of Performing ArtsTyler
Guitar faculty: Sergio Hernandez Felix (Adjunct Lecturer of Music — Guitar)
Degrees: BM (seven specializations) and BA *

Utah (6)

Brigham Young University — School of MusicProvo
Guitar faculty: Sophie Stanley (Professor of Classical Guitar); Adam Keith (Modern Guitar)
Degrees: Undergraduate music degrees by audition *
Classical and jazz audition tracks.
University of Utah — School of MusicSalt Lake City
Guitar faculty: Todd Woodbury (Associate Professor/Lecturer, Classical Guitar); Willis Clow (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BMus Classical Guitar Performance (named emphasis); MM not guitar-specific
Faculty at music.utah.edu/faculty/.
Utah State UniversityLogan
Guitar faculty: Corey Christiansen (Professor, Guitar) plus studio teachers Christian Bott, Sergio Frias, Nate Ostermiller, Austin Weyand
Degrees: BM Guitar Performance
Multi-style ("not just jazz and classical"); lead faculty is jazz-oriented.
Utah Tech UniversitySt. George
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Lisle Crowley, Brad Pike, Thomas Richey (Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music (no BM found)
Three part-time guitar teachers; style not stated.
Utah Valley UniversityOrem
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Cynthia Spell (Guitar Performance Area Coordinator); Christopher Kaukali (private and group guitar classes)
Degrees: BA Music
Weber State UniversityOgden
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Sophie Stanley (Adjunct Instructor — Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance & Pedagogy lists keyboard/voice/instrumental; guitar not named
WSU’s Guitar Ensemble is a small group of classical guitarists. This ensemble performs everything from classical music to romantic and baroque era compositions to contemporary tunes.

Virginia (12)

Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News
Guitar faculty: Tom Clippinger (Guitar, Artist in Residence); Eldon Sully (Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance (guitar audition under Strings with Milan/Tarrega/Bach/Sor repertoire); BA Music
Audition page: cnu.edu/academics/departments/music/auditions/
George Mason University (Dewberry School of Music)Fairfax
Guitar faculty: Matt Trkula (Adjunct Faculty, Classical Guitar); Shawn Purcell (Adjunct Faculty, Jazz Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance: Guitar Emphasis; BM Music Education: Guitar Emphasis (catalog)
Guitar Ensemble page: music.gmu.edu/academics/ensembles/guitar-ensemble
Liberty UniversityLynchburg
Guitar faculty: Michael Brennan (Coordinator of Guitar Studies); Keith Cooper; Dwight Spencer; Leon Neto; Sean Beavers (all listed as guitar faculty)
Degrees: Guitar Performance Major (BM) *
Largest guitar faculty roster in the region after Peabody; full list liberty.edu/music/faculty/
Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk
Guitar faculty: Sam Dorsey (Professor of Music; founder, Tidewater Guitar Orchestra)
Degrees: BM Music, MM Music *
Old Dominion University (Diehn School of Music)Norfolk
Guitar faculty: Anibal Acosta (Classical Guitar; Adjunct Instructional Faculty); Eldon Sully (Jazz and Popular Guitar)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA, BME *
Radford UniversityRadford
Guitar faculty: Robert Trent (Professor; Director of Guitar Studies); Joao Ramos (Part-time, Guitar Class)
Degrees: BA, BM, BS, MA, MS in Music *
Hosts the Radford International Guitar Festival.
Roanoke CollegeSalem
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Kristopher Hale (Adjunct Lecturer, Guitar); BA Music
Shenandoah University (Shenandoah Conservatory)Winchester
Guitar faculty: Colin Davin (Director of Guitar Studio)
Degrees: Conservatory BM, MM, DMA *
University of RichmondRichmond
Guitar faculty: Cory Blake (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar and Classical Guitar); also Charles Hampton Arthur, Kevin Harding, Charles F. Moeser III (guitar, various styles)
Degrees: BA Music major/minor (performance focus area)
Faculty list: music.richmond.edu/people/faculty.html
University of VirginiaCharlottesville
Guitar faculty: Michael Rosensky (Instructor, Guitar — Jazz and Classical)
Degrees: BA Music with applied lessons (no BM)
University of Virginia's College at WiseWise
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Matthew Mullins (Adjunct Instructor of Guitar); BA Liberal Arts and Sciences – Music
Style not stated.
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond
Guitar faculty: Classical Guitar Area: David Toussaint, David Robinson (faculty-by-area page); Trey Pollard (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM with a concentration in performance/guitar
Faculty by area: arts.vcu.edu/music/frequently-asked-questions/music-faculty-

Washington (7)

Cornish College of the ArtsSeattle
Guitar faculty: Michael Nicolella (Adjunct Professor of Music, Guitar)
Degrees: BM
Eastern Washington UniversityCheney
Guitar faculty: Michael Millham (Instructor of Guitar — classical; also teaches at Gonzaga); Tim Zilar (jazz)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA
Millham directs the Northwest Guitar Festival.
Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma
Guitar faculty: Elizabeth C. D. Brown (Lecturer – Guitar; head of Guitar & Lute Program; classical guitar, early guitars, lute)
Degrees: BM Performance (Instrumental), BMA, BA — page refers to "guitar/lute majors"
Hosts PLU Guitar Festival.
University of Puget SoundTacoma
Guitar faculty: Jay Hildebrand (Affiliate Artist, Guitar; DMA classical guitar, Univ. of Minnesota)
Degrees: BM Performance, BA *
University of WashingtonSeattle
Guitar faculty: Michael Partington (Artist in Residence, Guitar; head of guitar studies)
Degrees: BM, MM, DMA in instrumental performance
Runs the UW Classical Guitar Intensive summer workshop.
Western Washington UniversityBellingham
Guitar faculty: Eli Schille-Hudson (Senior Instructor, Guitar); David Feingold (Professor Emeritus, Guitar)
Degrees: BMus Performance ("studio guitar degree"), BA, MM (Strings & Guitar advisor: Grant Donnellan)
Guitar page: classical curriculum for first two years, then pathway chosen at upper-division juries. Directory: cfpa.wwu.edu/directory/music
Whitworth UniversitySpokane
Guitar faculty: Fabian Carrera (Classical Guitar)
Degrees: BA in Music, Track II Instrumental Performance

West Virginia (2)

Marshall UniversityHuntington
Guitar faculty: Júlio Ribeiro Alves (Guitar; Program Director)
Degrees: BFA Music, BA Music, MA Music Performance
Audition page: marshall.edu/music/application-audition/
Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown
Guitar faculty: Josh Klein (Guitar; bio: classical guitarist)
Degrees: BA Music, BME *

Wisconsin (8)

Carroll UniversityWaukesha
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Maxim Anisimov (Applied Faculty, Guitar)
Degrees: BA Music
Carthage CollegeKenosha
Guitar faculty: Matt Mifflin (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music — Guitar)
Degrees: BA, BM *
Lawrence University Conservatory of MusicAppleton
Guitar faculty: Nathan Wysock (Lecturer of Music; classical guitarist)
Degrees: BM Performance (optional jazz emphasis), BM Music Education, BA, BMA; dual degree
Dedicated classical guitar program page.
St. Norbert CollegeDe Pere
Classical guitar degree not confirmed
Guitar faculty: Christopher Cramer (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music/Guitar)
Degrees: BA/BM Music *
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mead Witter School of MusicMadison
Guitar faculty: Javier Calderon (Professor of Guitar); a Lecturer in Jazz Guitar also listed
Degrees: BM Performance: Guitar; MM Performance (Guitar path)
Strings, Guitar & Harp: music.wisc.edu/strings-guitar-harp/
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Peck School of the ArtsMilwaukee
Guitar faculty: René Izquierdo (Distinguished Professor, Classical Guitar; Area Head — uwm.edu/arts/directory/izquierdo-rene/); Peter Billmann (jazz guitar)
Degrees: BM, MM *
Classical & Jazz Guitar Studio; students hold 100+ competition prizes.
University of Wisconsin–ParksideKenosha
Guitar faculty: Jamey Buencamino (Classical Guitar, Adjunct Instructor)
Degrees: BA Music (concentrations incl. performance)
University of Wisconsin–River FallsRiver Falls
Guitar faculty: Joseph Hagedorn (Lecturer of Music: Applied Guitar, Guitar Ensemble)
Degrees: BA, BME *

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