School Partners

Lead Guitar is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona and proudly serves school districts across the many states listed below with weekly in-person visits from our highly-qualified Teaching Artists.

If Lead Guitar serves your city and you’re interested in becoming a partner school, visit our start a program page.

If Lead Guitar doesn’t currently serve your city, check out our digital subscription and remote consulting services over at GuitarEnsembleMethod.com.
Students served to date through In-School Guitar Ensemble Classes: 39,000+
In Academic Year 2022-23, Lead Guitar is serving:
  • 5,000+ students in 97 schools across four U.S. time zones with direct, daily-to-twice-weekly in-school music classes;
  • 40,000 additional students are connecting with global touring artists through in-school assembly concerts and our interactive We Are Guitar YouTube broadcast
Key Partners:
  • Aspen Music Festival & School
  • Glendale Community College (Phoenix)
  • University of Georgia
  • Roosevelt University (Chicago)
  • University of Southern California

Arizona

Tucson

Amphitheater High School
Amphitheater Middle School
Apollo Middle School
Catalina High Magnet School
Drachman K-8 Montessori
Flowing Wells High School
F.O. Holaway Elementary School
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet 3-8
Intermountain Academy
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School
La Cima Middle School
Morgan Maxwell K-8
Pistor Middle School
Pueblo Gardens Elementary School
Sky Islands High School
Valencia Middle School

Phoenix

Alhambra High School
Apache Junction High School
Camelback High School
Central High School
Cesar Chavez High School
Desert Horizon Elementary School
Dunbar Elementary School
Edison Elementary School
Fees College Preparatory Middle School
James W Rice Elementary School
Justine Spitalny Elementary School
Kenilworth Elementary School
Kino Junior High School
Maryvale High School
Metro Tech High School
North High School
P.T. Coe Elementary School
Page High School
Poston Junior High School
San Carlos High School
Trevor Browne High School

Colorado

Denver

Adams City High School
DSST College View Middle School
DSST: GVR Middle School
Federal Heights Elementary School
Fort Logan Northgate 3-8
Kearney Middle School
McElwain Elementary School
Sheridan High School
Summit Academy

Roaring Fork Valley

Basalt Middle School
Riverview School
Roaring Fork High School
Ross Montessori School
Two Rivers Community School

ILLINOIS

Chicago

Baker College Prep
Bronzeville Classical Elementary School
Chicago Academy Elementary School
Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine
Edward Tilden Career Community Academy High School
Esmerelda Santiago Elementary School
Foster Park Elementary School
George Washington High School
Mariano Azuela Elementary School
Marine Leadership Academy
Mosaic Elementary School
Muchin College Prep
Orozco Academy
Portage Park Elementary School
Richardson Middle School
Sharon Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz K-12
Victoria Soto High SchoolChicago

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles

Belmont Senior High School
Canterbury Avenue Elementary School
Carlos Santana Arts Academy
Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School
East Valley High School
Edwin Markham Middle School
El Sereno Middle School
Francisco Sepulveda Middle School
Gage Middle School
Huntington Park High School and STEAM Magnet
James Madison Middle School and Magnets
James Monroe High School
Maurice Sendak Elementary ACT Magnet
Mayberry Street Elementary School
Michelle Obama Elementary School
Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School
PUC eCALS High School
Ulysses S Grant Senior High School
Van Nuys Elementary School
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Young Oak Kim Academy

Georgia

Athens

Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School

Atlanta

Conyers Middle School
Heritage High School
HJ Russell West End Academy Middle School
Jonesboro High School
Locust Grove Middle School
Martha Ellen Stillwell School of the Arts
M.D. Roberts Middle School of the Performing Arts
Morrow High School
North Atlanta High School

michigan

Detroit

Cass Technical High School
Pershing High School
Pulaski Elementary-Middle School

Pontiac

TBD