The course is open to solo guitarists, guitar duos, and established chamber ensembles that include guitar alongside string instruments, wind instruments, piano, harp, or operatic voice (from duo to quintet).

The entrance examination must be submitted via online video audition only. Candidates must present a program of approximately twenty minutes in length, to be indicated in advance on the application form. This program shall include important works from the solo or guitar duo repertoire, with an obligation to an original piece for guitar composed after 1960.

From the program presented, select pieces will be chosen for the audition at the discretion of the commission.

Each member of the ensembles must individually submit an application for admission to the course. If admitted as active participants, they will be eligible for the tuition fee reductions traditionally offered by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana.
For students admitted as active participants in the “Five Centuries of Guitar” course, only one registration-exam fee is required.