Master guitar by studying with the legends you want to become and contemporary powerhouses shaping the future of guitar today. Our “artist-as-mentor” pedagogy means you can take private lessons from over thirty guitar faculty, including musicians like Vic Juris, Steve Cardenas, or Nir Felder. Other great guitar faculty include Ed MacEachon, Richard Boukas, Liberty Ellman, and Rory Stuart.
Improvisation is in our DNA and we provide the flexibility and opportunity to shape your training to fit who you want to become as a guitarist and play the music you want to play. Each semester, choose which ensemble you play in from among eighty options. You'll rehearse, record, and perform under the direction of our talented faculty. Choose from ensembles like Brazilian Jazz Ensemble, Electric Miles Ensemble, Futuristic Concepts of Music, Live Drum 'n' Bass Ensemble, M-BASE Ensemble, and the Rhythm and Blues Revue Ensemble, and more.
Begin your career in the heart of New York City's jazz and music scene. Get exposed to contemporary music as it is being played-and have a chance to make it yourself. Recently, guitar students have played gigs at Zinc Bar and the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival. Plus, we're the only school with a jazz club, The Stone, in our lobby.
Learn to think about art, life, collaboration, and creativity in new and unexpected ways-enriching who you are as a musician. Take classes across The New School, including courses in our design school, Parsons, and our liberal arts college, Lang. In one semester, you might work on mastering composition while also looking critically at how music and social justice intersect in the world today. Leave the New School a more well-rounded and prepared artist for the 21st century.