by Glen McCarthy | May 21, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Your student could be playing a 99-cent store kazoo, a classical guitar or a Stradivarius. Getting up to play an instrument in front of an audience is nothing like jamming out in at home or even in class. So, as a teacher, how do ease the anxiety that often keeps good...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
On the fence about attending a Teaching Guitar Workshop? Need a little convincing? OK, we got it. Check out these six reasons why Teaching Guitar Workshops are the way to go for professional development this summer! Sign up for a Teaching Guitar Workshop and...
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,...