Jazz Guitar

(This list has not been fully vetted; it is a compilation of counselors' suggestions.  Please research individual programs and see our disclaimer.)

Ball State University (IN) - http://www.bsu.edu/music/

Belmont University (TN) - http://www.belmont.edu/music/

Berklee (MA) - http://berklee.edu/

California Inst. of the Arts (CA) - http://www.calarts.edu/

College of Santa Fe (NM) - http://www.csf.edu/academics/contemporary_music/program

Columbia College (Chicago, IL) – http://music.colum.edu/

Five Towns College (NY) - http://www.ftc.edu/Academics/aca_jazz.php

Full Sail (FL) - http://www.fullsail.com/

Jacksonville University (FL) - http://www.ju.edu/future/majors/music_ricci.aspx

Lawrence University (via their Conservatory of Music) offers a Bachelor of Music degree with a major in classical guitar performance.

    LU also has a jazz guitar professor and extensive jazz & improvisational music department lead by Fred Sturm

    (http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/bios/sturm.shtml). 

    Audition info: http://www.lawrence.edu/admissions/apply/audition.shtml

Manhattan School of Music (NY)

Michigan State University

Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)

Musicians Institute (LA, CA) (for a student who doesn’t want a college experience)

New England Conservatory

New School (NY)

New York University

Purchase College’s (State University of New York) Conservatory of Music

    Admissions site: http://www.purchase.edu/departments/admissions/

    Music Dept. site:  http://www.purchase.edu/Departments/Admissions/areasofstudy/music.aspx

Shenandoah University

SUNY Albany

SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music (NY) -  http://www.potsdam.edu/CRANE/

University of the Arts (PA)

UCLA’s Herb Alpert School (CA) - http://www.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/index.php

University of Georgia School of Music (GA) - http://www.music.uga.edu/

(The Guitar professor's name is John Sutherland and you can access a bio here: http://www.music.uga.edu/areas/view_person.php?id=3Djohnsuth)

University of Memphis (TN)

University of Miami (FL)

University of New Orleans (LA)

University of North Texas (TX) – http://www.jazz.unt.edu/

University of Southern California (CA)

University of Wisconsin (WI)

Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music (TN)

(This list initially compiled by Nikki Magaziner at St. Albans in December, 2007.)