UNCSA
High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Guitar
School of Music
Is the UNCSA guitar program right for you?
As a student in the guitar program at University of North Carolina School of the Arts,
you will build the foundations for a professional life in the world of music.
Receive highly-personalized instruction from resident studio teachers who are also seasoned performers.
The guitar program’s 21st century curriculum offers practical courses geared toward making you successful in today’s highly competitive and challenging musical world.
At UNCSA, you'll become part of a community of musicians and other artists, motivating you to take your talent to new levels.
Guitarist Joseph Pecoraro is recognized as a highly-accomplished concert and recording artist, teacher and author. As a recitalist he appears as soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestra across the United States and abroad.
In his teaching, Pecoraro strives to help develop the whole artist and person, using a constantly-evolving repertoire of practice activities and materials. Students learn to become skillful and versatile creators, interpreters, improvisers and performers - not just to play specific pieces.