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IU Guitar Department "In 1989, Maestro Bitetti founded one of the finest guitar programs in the world at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music" - GuitarInternational.com

Currently the Guitar Department offers the following degree programs: Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, Performer and Artist Diploma. Many American and international students, while studying at this prestigious department, have won numerous important international prizes. Moreover, many graduates from the department have gone on to secure a variety of careers in music, including important teaching positions and performance careers around the US and abroad. Each student, from undergraduate to master's level to doctoral degree to artist diploma, receives personal attention with a minimum one-hour individual lesson weekly and participation in a weekly master class. The department is committed to nurturing each student, helping the student to grow and learn in a healthy atmosphere. In addition to lessons and master classes, the department offers chamber music coaching, repertoire class, pedagogy class, and transcription class. Our elective guitar program, through various classes and individual lessons taught by our Associate Instructors (graduate students with a full scholarship), attracts an amazing number of students each semester (300-400) . Overall, with over 1,000 classical music performances a year, and only 11 students for every faculty member, the Jacobs School of Music has one of the most favorable student-to-faculty ratios available at a major conservatory of music. There are more than 180 faculty at Indiana who have as their primary responsibility the instruction and training of students. The average performance studio size is just 18. Performance majors are not assigned to graduate students.

🤩🎸 Recap from the amazing guitar extravaganza, produced and performed by our students and our excellent guitar faculty! ...
04/27/2026

🤩🎸 Recap from the amazing guitar extravaganza, produced and performed by our students and our excellent guitar faculty! 🎼 Auer hall was the place where guitar got to shine with our amazing performers, exploring styles and even premiering pieces!!🤩🤩🤩
Gulli Björnsson: Raindrop Army (2023/26, world premiere)
Hai Lin/Duarte: The Whisper of P**a (2003)
Antonio Rey/Duarte: Mi rey (2024)
Falla/Duarte: ‘Danza ritual del fuego’ from “El amor brujo” (1915/25)
Jorge Cardoso/Duarte: Milonga (1976/2003)
Azevedo/Duarte: Brasileirinho (1947)
Guízar/Duarte: Sin ti (1944)
Navarro/Duarte: Una copa más (1947)
Hildegard of Bingen/JIJI: O vis aeternitatis
J. S. Bach/Duarte: Double Concerto in D Minor (arr. for two electric guitars), BWV 1043
Daniel Duarte: Mozart vs. Beethoven (2025)
What are you waiting for? join the guitar studio at for an amazing experience🔥
Petar Janković
Recording: .i.c.h.a.e.lv
Editing:
Background song: Mi Rey - Antonio Rey

First concert this semester! Packed house! Mihailo Dasic, MM recital
10/03/2024

First concert this semester! Packed house! Mihailo Dasic, MM recital

04/05/2024

Don’t miss the world premiere of Concerto for Harpsichord and Guitar Ensemble tonight at 8 pm in Auer Hall featuring guest soloist Alan Huckleberry!

03/25/2024
Learn more about the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music world premiere of Star On The Rise: La Bayadere Reimagine...
03/25/2024

Learn more about the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music world premiere of Star On The Rise: La Bayadere Reimagined! featuring our very own doctoral student Grace Elmer on guitar/banjo.

A new production of the ballet sets it in 1930s Hollywood instead of a mythic India, eliminating Orientalist clichés while embracing American ones.

Congratulations Carlos Arturo Bedoya!
02/06/2024

Congratulations Carlos Arturo Bedoya!

Honored to have won 1st prize at the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale competition in the graduate instrumental section. Congrats also to my friend Joao for his honorable mention!

02/02/2024

Audition weekend is underway here at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music 🎸 Our amazing guitar applicants jumped in for rehearsal with the Jacobs Guitar Ensemble, preparing for tomorrow’s Guitar Extravaganza!

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