YOUNG GUITARISTS is an education program launched in 2024. Children are given free guitars and weekly lessons to engage and inspire them through the power of music. The program is provided in collaboration with Casa de la Cultura of Nuestras Raíces in Highlandtown, Baltimore.

JÓVENES GUITARRISTAS es un programa educativo lanzado en 2024. Niños reciben guitarras gratis y lecciones semanales para involucrarlos e inspirarlos a través del poder de la música. El programa se ofrece en colaboración con la Casa de la Cultura de Nuestras Raíces en Highlandtown, Baltimore.

If you wish to support this program, please click on the blue DONATE button on this page and place your donation amount in the membership box. When checking out, put a note in the “additional information” box underneath the billing information stating that you want your donation to go toward the Education programs. You can also contact us HERE for more information.

The guitar is portable, flexible, polyphonic, and approachable. The guitar’s popularity makes it an obvious choice for many who wish to learn an instrument.

Yes, we accept donated nylon string guitars. We do not use steel string guitars.

All donations are recognized with a letter and are tax deductible as permissible by law. We recognize both donated funds and in-kind donations such as guitars and footstools in our concert programs.

The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society would like to thank the Augustine Foundation for providing the funds to open a location in Baltimore City and to Elville Center for the Creative Arts and the Guitar Center Music Foundation for providing instrument for the program.

Special thanks to Nuestras Raíces and to our artist-in-residence Andrés Felipe Palacios, teaching artist in the program.

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Teacher Andrés Felipe Palacios with students.
Andrés Felipe Palacios, Teacher in Baltimore
Artistic director Manuel Barrueco with Ángelo Solera, executive director at Nuestras Raíces