2023 Teacher Summit: Columbia, South Carolina

July 28 – 29

Join the ACG and GuitarCurriculum team in the USC School of Music for three days of inspiration, information, and fun. New Teacher, Veteran Teacher, and Elementary Teacher Tracks available.

The GuitarCurriculum.com National Teacher Summit is a 2-day intensive workshop designed to prepare teachers who are new to the guitar classroom and to improve the playing and instruction of experienced guitar teachers. You will participate in a combination of technique, pedagogy, conducting and advocacy workshops with hands-on teaching and feedback. Find schedule here. 

Special guest artist Marco Sartor, award-winning guitarist and professor at Wake Forest University, will perform Saturday evening, and join the summit faculty as a clinician. 

Big thanks to Altamira Guitars for sponsoring our opening reception!

Thanks to the support of the South Carolina Arts Commission, the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, and USC School of Music, this Teacher Summit is free to attend and includes a 12-month complimentary subscription to GuitarCurriculum. The three-day summit includes 16 professional development contact hours. Space is limited and will be available on a first-come first-served basis. Registration deadline is July 1.

Recommended Summit Hotel:
Hilton Columbia Center
924 Senate St.
Columbia, SC 29201

This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This project is supported by funding provided to the South Carolina Arts Commission from a partnership with the S.C. Department of Education from American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.