Re: Pre-College Classical Guitar Programs-Any?

Date: 23 Jul 2003 18:44:01 -0700
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"Explurgegator" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<bfn2bj$js5$email-address-deleted>...
> Hi Tony,
>
> For some reason I only go this portion of your message through a response by
> luteman:
>
> >The Carver school of the creative and performing arts, in Montgomery,
> >Alabama. They have classical guitar teachers at the elementary, junior
> >high, and high school level. My good friend Greg Shirer teaches at the
>
> Was there any more that was important, thanks.
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From: Tony Morris (email-address-deleted)
Subject: Re: Pre-College Classical Guitar Programs-Any?
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Date: 2003-07-20 22:43:46 PST
There are 2 more that come to mind:
The Carver school of the creative and performing arts, in Montgomery,
Alabama. They have classical guitar teachers at the elementary, junior
high, and high school level. My good friend Greg Shirer teaches
classical guitar and kick-boxing/karate at the
high school, and is a very good teacher & player. Last I heard, he was
playing Celedonio Romero's "Los Maestros" AND could kick a baseball
bat in half with his shins. I think Sam Wong, from NC School of the
Arts/Florida
State is/was teaching there at the junior high.
There is also a huge program with lots of kids learning classical
guitar and playing ensembles in the public schools in Brownsville, TX.
Dr. Michael Quantz used to teach there, but now teaches at UTexas
Brownsville. I'm not sure who are the teachers there now, but it is a
really thriving scene with a lot of activity, all in a little border
town in the Southernmost tip of the country which is now one of the
fastest growing areas in the US.
In Austin, there is also McCallum High School for the performing arts.
Tony