by Glen McCarthy | Apr 1, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories
Guitars In The Classroom (GITC) (or “git-see” for short) provides free music integration classes for educators and school staff working with children of all ages in educational settings.They show teachers how to make music, lead music for learning and how to write...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories
Eight high school boys in matching maroon T-shirts are focused intensely on Travis Marcum, our Director of Education. They are sitting with their left feet on footstools, holding classical guitars, playing a piece of music beautifully together. Their playing is not...
by Glen McCarthy | Feb 25, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories
Name: Skip Chaples (skip@guitarsnotguns.org) Organization: Guitars Not Guns (National Capital Area) www.gngnca.org Title: President What is Guitars Not Guns? How did it get started? Guitars Not Guns (GnG) was founded in San Jose California in July 2000 by Ray and...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 12, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories
I taught a few of the hour long workshops under the watchful eyes of the other two clinicians who offered constructive criticism on how I taught. Through their guidance my teaching became stronger. I took their ideas home with me and applied them to my own classroom...