by Glen McCarthy | Oct 13, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
I wanted to share a very cool idea from my friend Jane who teaches guitar at a middle school up in Nebraska. She decided that during parent teacher conferences this year, that when students brought their parents to come discuss their grade – that they were going to do...
by Glen McCarthy | Sep 27, 2013 | Education, Stories, Success Stories
An Interview with Skip Chaples, President, Music for Life Two years ago Michael was a high school sophomore with marginal grades. He didn’t see the need to apply himself in school; after graduation he assumed he’d follow in the footsteps of all his family members...
by Glen McCarthy | Aug 26, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
Interning at the Teaching Guitar Workshops Atlanta kicked off the summer Teaching Guitar Workshop (TGW) series, offering both level 1 and level 2 courses. Attendees consisted of educators from elementary, secondary, and even collegiate contexts. While some of the...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 19, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
**true story First day classroom guitar: Student:” Mr. D., can you play “Eruption” by Eddie Van Halen?” Mr D.: “Wow, that is a pretty challenging piece! I can’t currently play that, but is it something you are interested in learning...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
Night of the Arts Concert Posting some highlights of our concert at our school’s Night of the Arts. Every year we have all our performing groups play a short 30 minute set while we also have a juried art show. The event has been very popular at our school. This year,...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Success Stories
At first glance, Florida and New Mexico seem to have very little in common. Dry, high desert New Mexico with its sparse and far-flung population would seem to be the opposite of lush, green Florida with its big cities and miles of ocean playgrounds. New Mexico and...
