Sharon Isbin (born August 7, 1956 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota) is an American guitarist, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School. Sharon Isbin was born in Minneapolis and began her guitar studies at age nine. She was a student of Aldo Minella, Andrés Segovia, Oscar Ghiglia, Alirio Díaz and Rosalyn Tureck. She received a B.A. cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music. She is the author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, and is Director of guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School.