GuitarCurriculum.com is a project of the Austin Classical Guitar Society, a non-profit arts organization based in Austin, Texas. All proceeds derived from subscriptions to this site go directly to support the Educational Outreach Program of the Austin Classical Guitar Society which provides free lessons and instruments for low-income students in the Austin area as well as classroom direction, teacher training, and ongoing classroom classical guitar curriculum research and development in the form of GuitarCurriculum.com. Major funding for this project has been provided by the Webber Family Foundation.
With an annual subscription, educators subscribe and gain access to GuitarCurriculum.com which provides ensemble-based repertoire and sight reading materials suitable for medium to large classes (5 or more students). The GuitarCurriculum.com approach divides classrooms into 3 sections of students (Guitar 1, Guitar 2 and Guitar 3).
The curriculum designates 9 levels of student advancement. If all students in the class are the same level (e.g. beginning guitar class), GuitarCurriculum.com will provide scores and parts for three-part guitar ensembles for which all students are required to have the same skill set. Ample scores are available for all levels in the case that all students in the class share a skill level, though typically this is only the case for beginning guitar classes (levels 1-4).
If the classroom contains students at different levels of advancement, students will need to be arranged into three sections that best represent their skills (read more on this here). For example, there may be a class of mostly level 5 and 6 students with some beginners who have been added (level 1). In that case, an educator will simply enter “1, 5 & 6” in the GuitarCurriculum.com search interface and it will immediately return scores and parts customized for that individual classroom.
View Sample Scores and Parts
GuitarCurriculum.com provides:
- Ample customized scores and parts at all levels for classroom guitar instruction
- Ample three-part single-level and multi-level sight reading examples
- Weekly written exams for all levels
- Curriculum sequence text
- Sample lesson plans
- “Course Packet” containing all materials for beginning classes level 1-4
- “Teaching Tips” page accompanying all scores including brief historical background of piece
- Unlimited printing of all materials during subscription period
- Multi-user subscriptions for schools districts, organizations and large schools
During the 2008-2009 Academic Year, annual subscription to GuitarCurriculum.com is just $250, a 5-user subscription is available for $1,000.