Individualized Instruction: We tailor our lessons to meet the unique needs and goals of each student.
Experienced Instructors: Our instructors are highly trained professionals with years of experience in music education.
Community Atmosphere: AGC is more than just a place to learn music; it's a community where students can connect with others who share their passion.
This is our guiding question at ACG. Our mission at Austin Classical Guitar is to inspire individuals in our community through musical experiences of deep personal significance. Virtually everything we do is founded in our belief that music can be a uniquely powerful force for positive change in people’s lives – change in how we view ourselves and others, and how we understand the world around us. Through nationally-recognized education programs in schools that engage thousands of young people every year to personalized engagement services in hospitals, clinics, and shelters that bring comfort and hope to people in crisis, to concert programming that showcases the talents of artists from around the world, ACG seeks to leverage the power of music to help people find connection, meaning, and joy.
ACG’s largest programming area is education, which includes a range of services and resources designed to support classroom-based guitar programs in schools. Since launching in one classroom in 2001, we have refined a model for guitar education that has proven uniquely successful at drawing new and more diverse students into the arts, and keeping them engaged over years. In the last 20 years we have expanded our reach by building strong partnerships with schools and districts, who agree to add guitar as a new, for-credit fine arts course, and grant our team access to their campuses to work with teachers and students. Today, our local programs alone include over 50 schools in central Texas, enrolling thousands of students each year. Through our online curriculum resources, teacher training systems, and community partnerships across the country, ACG is helping bring music-making to classrooms far beyond Austin. Along with our core support-based services, ACG has earned national recognition for its groundbreaking guitar education programs for visually impaired students at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Letsplayguitar.org, an online curriculum and song database of braille music that Is used by thousands around the world. ACG’s commitment to removing barriers to arts education is also exemplified in its Free Lessons Initiative, which provides weekly private lessons and instruments to dozens of central Texas students enrolled in guitar programs in Title I schools.
Our programs
These programs are designed to cater to a diverse range of interests and skill levels, providing students with a comprehensive music education experience.
