by Glen McCarthy | Mar 15, 2024 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
The Lafayette Guitar Festival got its start 3 years ago when I decided to form a rock band made up of students from my guitar classes. Tuesday Night Rock Band was formed and it is the most fun I have had in years! TNRB, as we call it, made appearances at basketball...
by admin | Mar 21, 2017 | Education, GAMA, Success Stories
Lead Guitar establishes and maintains sustainable, year-long classical guitar programs in public schools with low or no access to the arts. Using music and an instrument with “cool” factor, Lead Guitar establishes daily in-school instruction with the aim of keeping...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | GAMA, Success Stories, Teacher Testimonials
The 10th annual Day of Guitar, High-School Guitar Ensemble Festival was held at VanderCook College of Music November 15, 2016. Directed by Julie Goldberg, VCM Assistant Professor of Guitar and Teaching Guitar Workshop Instructor, Day of Guitar celebrates the...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Education, GAMA, Success Stories
For just $200, Guitars for Vets can provide one Veteran with 10 weeks of individualized guitar instruction, a new acoustic guitar and a complete guitar accessory kit. A recent grant of $6,000 from GAMA will enable Guitars for Vets to launch six new chapters over the...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 17, 2016 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
What to teach? So many choices! I want to teach my kids something substantive, but I don’t want to scare them. I hope they walk away inspired. The first hour of your guitar class can be intimidating; fortunately, you can cover a lot in just a little time. Here’s a...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 6, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever attended a Teaching Guitar Workshop, you may have written a question, concern or comment on an anonymous sticky note for one of or guitar-teaching gurus to answer. If you’ve never been to a Teaching Guitar Workshop, that’s how we roll....
