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Reserve your spot for the Shearer Summer Institute (July 26-August 2) with a $100 non-refundable deposit (full balance due by June 30, 2024). Fill out the form below. All fields marked with an (*) are required. Upon “Submitting” the form, you will be directed to Paypal for payment.

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If you are under the age of 18 , you must download the Parental Permission form to be completed, signed by a parent or legal guardian and returned to:

The Aaron Shearer Foundation, P.O. Box 62011 , Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Double Occupancy—$1375

Double Occupancy deposit— $100

Single Occupancy—$1875

Single Occupancy deposit—$100

Non-Guitar Particpant—$1000

Non-Guitar Participant Deposit—$100

Commuter—$900

Commuter deposit—$100

Teacher Offer

Includes a shared room for seven nights, three meals a day, and all activities.

Includes a private room for seven nights, three meals a day, and all activities.

If you are a teacher and bring a minimum of 4 students, you qualify for a $400 tuition discount (which is applied to either shared or private room) Please indicate the institution where you teach and how many students you will bring. No deposit due at this time.

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Guitar Orchestra rehearsals are scheduled every day, with a performance at the end of the week. Select your choice for guitar orchestra music:

Yes, and I'd like to perform

Yes, but just for fun

	1st choice	2nd choice	3rd choice
Early music (Renaissance)
Baroque Music (Bach, Corelli, Telemann, etc.)
Classic (Mozart, Haydn, Giuliani, etc)
Romantic (Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mussorrgky, etc.)
20th Century (Stravinsky, Bartok, Copland, etc)
Folk/ethnic (Guantanamera, Scottish Folk songs, etc)
Popular (Rock/Jazz, Blues)

the hardest

active, but not too challenging

in the middle (not too hard/not too easy)

easy

	1st Choice	2nd Choice	3rd Choice
Guitar I (Hardest)
Guitar II (Intermediate)
Guitar III (Easy)
Guitar IV (Medium easy)
Guitar V (low D/Intermediate)

	Not interested	Easy	Medium	Challenging
Duo
Trio
Quartet
Quintet

The Shearer Method Series

Classroom Shearer: a Teacher’s Manual

Guitar Harmony (Classroom Digital version)

Guitar Harmony (Guitar Theory)

Guitar Harmony Instructor’s Manual

Learning the Fingerboard (Shearer Method—Book 3)

Learning the Fingerboard Supplement (Guitar Sight Reading)

The Shearer Method: Classic Guitar Developments (Book 2)

The Shearer Method: Classic Guitar Foundations (Book 1)

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