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St. Pius X Guitar Program Shapes Student Musicians

The guitar program at St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, has been around almost 25 years, shaping and molding musicians. The Georgia Bulletin observed the advanced jazz guitar class, the beginning and advanced classical guitar class and witnessed a Nov. 2019 performance at the Dr. Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan Hall, on the campus of Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw.
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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    St. Pius X High School senior Amelia Temme and junior Benjamin Whitaker, background, rehearse for an upcoming performance in their advanced jazz guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    (Foreground to background) St. Pius X High School seniors Alex Ratchford and Vy Nguyen and junior Natalie Mohr rehearse a song during in their advanced jazz guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    St. Pius X High School junior Cooper Harlan listens to guitar instructor Brion Kennedy during the advanced jazz guitar class last October. Photo By Michael Alexander

  • St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    St. Pius X junior Cooper Harlan is “tabbing out” the music for a Sonny Rollins composition entitled "St. Thomas." It was one of the songs being rehearsed during an October 2019 class that would be performed during a future scheduled event. Photo By Michael Alexander

  • St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

    (Foreground, clockwise from right) Seniors Alex Ratchford, Brianna Harris, Matthew McDaniel and Amelia Temme rehearse for an upcoming jazz performance in their advanced jazz guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Advanced Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    St. Pius X High School’s Brion Kennedy, guitar instructor and Fine Arts department chair, walks among students in the beginning classical guitar class discussing barre chords. Kennedy has been teaching at the Atlanta school since 2010. Photo By Michael Alexander

  • St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    St. Pius X High School’s Brion Kennedy, standing left, guitar instructor and Fine Arts department chair, works with students on barre chords in the beginning classical guitar class. Kennedy has been teaching at the Atlanta school since 2010. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    St. Pius X High School’s Brion Kennedy, guitar instructor and Fine Arts department chair, walks among students in the beginning classical guitar class as he teaches the students about barre chords. Kennedy has been teaching at the Atlanta school since 2010. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    The fingers of St. Pius X High School freshman Hannah Hungel play an E-minor chord during the beginning classical guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    Students in the beginning classical guitar class work on barre chords, which is the technique of moving chords up and the down the strings. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    Brion Kennedy, far end, the guitar instructor and Fine Arts department chair at St. Pius X High School, sits with some students in the beginning classical guitar class as they play The Eagles song, "Hotel California," in the course of working on barre chords. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    With a music book on her stand, St. Pius X High School sophomore Jessica Trane works on barre chords, which is the technique of moving chords up and the down the strings. Photo By Michael Alexander

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    St. Pius X - Beginning Guitar Class

    (Foreground to background) Freshmen Andrew Mattei and Paul Van Rooijen and senior Paulina Rey look up at the video screen as they work on barre chords in the beginning classical guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

  • Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    During the advanced classical guitar class, Brion Kennedy, St. Pius X High School guitar instructor left center, observes Vy Nguyen, right center, as the students work on The Nutcraker’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” for the 2019 Christmas concert. Looking on from the left is Sarah Escoffery and sitting on the right is Ella Hill. Escoffery is first freshman to successfully audition and be a participant in the advanced guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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  • Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    (Clockwise, from bottom left) Senior Vy Nguyen, juniors Ella Hill and Cooper Harlan and freshman Sarah Escoffery rehearse The Nutcraker’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” for the 2019 Christmas concert. Escoffery is first freshman to successfully audition and be a participant in the advanced guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

  • Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    Advanced Classical Guitar Class

    Sarah Escoffery rehearses with classmates for the December 2019 Christmas concert during the advanced classical guitar class. Escoffery is first freshman to successfully audition and be a participant in the advanced guitar class. Photo By Michael Alexander

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