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...
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 | Mar 20, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Success Stories
Newsleader.com reported that Samson Trinh of Glen Allen Elementary in Glen Allen, VA is teaching third graders to play the ukulele. It seems like ukes are a great entry-level instrument that can lead to bigger (six-stringed) things. Read the article here:...
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...
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