by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
“The (Teaching Guitar Workshops) caused me to see guitar education in a whole different way. I now teach several high school guitar classes.” Name: Stacey Rubach School: Osbourn High School, Manassas, Virginia Guitar Students: 82 Teaching Guitar Workshops:...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“There needed to be an option for kids that didn’t want to take a performance class. We started the class the first year with about 45 kids and next year we will be at 91.” Name: Don Furness School: Redmond Middle School, Redmond, Washington Guitar...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Watching the students grow. Most enter the semester with little to no musical experience. By the time they leave, they have the skills to be life-long appreciators and makers of music! That is what is so captivating about the guitar. Unlike a saxophone or a trumpet,...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“When I had the chance to teach at 4-5 grade level I chose to use guitar as the teaching device/instrument. Its combination of note playing and chord playing is what caused me to use it.” Name: Leon Enneking School: Batesville Middle School, Batesville,...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
It’s been a shot in the arm for me to be able to offer an alternative and to get even more kids involved in our school music department. I think it has made me a better teacher, as well. Name: Erik Larson School: Fairmont Junior High School, Boise, Idaho Subjects:...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“The students deserve for guitar to be a true option for music education….you don’t have to have a ton of skills to get started, but you have to be willing to seriously learn the instrument, or the kids will see right through you pretty quickly.” Name: Don Hicks...
