Kami Rowan, Charles A. Dana Professor of Music, has taught at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., since 1994. Her success has resulted in a nationally recognized classical guitar program within a liberal arts setting.

The Guilford College Guitar Ensemble has received top prizes at ensemble festivals and competitions, and has performed in Virginia, South Carolina, Illinois, Georgia, NYC, Philadelphia, and Ireland. Kami is also the faculty adviser for the Guilford College Radio Station, WQFS, ranked as high as third in the nation among college stations by the Princeton Review.

As a teacher, Kami guides students in the process of finding themselves through the guitar. Her Guilford alums have pursued higher-level music degrees at prestigious institutions, have taught for colleges and universities, public and private schools, and music academies, and they have been successful in creating professional performing and recording careers. 

Kami currently sits on the board of six nonprofit organizations, including the Eastern Music Festival, the Aaron Shearer Foundation, the Piedmont Classic Guitar Society, and the Guitar Foundation of America. Additionally, she has been a clinician and adjudicator for many guitar festivals and competitions on the East Coast and is a published author and editor. Kami teaches every summer at the Shearer Summer Institute in Zion National Park, and most recently in the mountains of North Carolina.

In 2015, Kami began the Guitar Summit at the prestigious Eastern Music Festival where she is currently director and teaches alongside Jason Vieaux and Jiji Kim. Kami also co-created and directed the U.S. Guitar Orchestra (USGO) in Carnegie Hall followed by a tour of France in summer 2019. In 2022, the second iteration of the USGO performed in Merkin Hall and toured Spain. These two experiences included a total of five world premiere commissions written for the USGO.