Now in its 52nd year, The Guitar Program at The Hartt School is the oldest and most developed performance-based guitar program in the country. In 1968, Hartt graduated its first guitar major and over the years the program has expanded to offer a Master of Music, Graduate Professional Diploma, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Artist Diploma. Our graduates presently hold or have held guitar positions at New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, The Longy School of Music, University of Idaho at Moscow, University of Akron, Oberlin Conservatory, The Hartt School, University of Central Florida, and William and Mary College to name but a few. Our alumni and present students have won or been finalists in the Alirio Diaz International Guitar Competition in Venezuela, Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition, American String Teachers Competition, MTNA competition, and Appalachian State Guitar Competition.