UTD Guitar Offerings:

Enric Madriguera, Ph.D.
Director, Guitar Studies
Email: enric.madriguera@utdallas.edu
972-883-2786

The Guitar Studies Program in the School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas offers students many opportunities. The introductory guitar course is suitable for beginners on the guitar or in music and also offers instruction for more advanced players who would like to learn to read music for guitar, and improve their basic technique. The intermediate and advanced guitar courses offer the student the ability to grow further in guitar studies – by offering both ensemble and solo playing opportunities. The Guitar Studies Program also offers graduate level courses and opportunities for performance through the M.A. in Aesthetic Studies/Performance. The School of Arts and Humanities sponsors many interesting and exciting activities to complement the Guitar Studies Program such as the Guitar Concert Series and the Texas Guitar Competition and Festival. These on-campus activities afford the students and the community professional level concerts and master classes with guest artists of international stature.

Guitar Lit., MUSI 3322, is a history course which features an audio visual history of the guitar and related instruments. No pre-requisite playing experience or guitar study is required to take this course.

Please note: a classical guitar which combines nylon with wire wrapped bass strings is recommended for this class. While other types of acoustic/folk guitars may be accepted, the student will get the most out of the class by using the recommended instrument, a classical guitar. If you have questions about this – please check with me. The Guitar Studies program at UTD has guitars suitable for use in class available for loan to qualified students. If you have questions about the guitar program, please check with Enric Madriguera.