by Miguel Covarrubias | Aug 24, 2017 | General, News
For 16 years both Jennifer Youngblood and Rosanna De La Cruz have been teaching young students in San Diego. Many of those years have been spent at Fay Elementary, a majority Hispanic school in the San Diego Unified School District. Both Jennifer and Rosanna teach...
by Miguel Covarrubias | Aug 7, 2017 | General, News
Music has always been an important part of Zachary Jones’s life. At the age of seven he received his first musical instrument, a harmonica, and has been playing music ever since. In 2016, his musical background led him to attend a Guitars in the Classroom training...
by Miguel Covarrubias | Jul 18, 2017 | General, News, Uncategorized
Silver Gate Elementary School teachers Janelle Rusch and Patrice Maller laugh as they strum their ukuleles in Rusch’s colorfully decorated kindergarten classroom. Both Janelle and Patrice are GITC teachers who have a unique program in which their classrooms buddy up...
by Miguel Covarrubias | May 4, 2017 | General, News
Musopia, a music software developer company from Finland, is helping Guitars in the Classroom (GITC), a national non-profit dedicated to bringing musical training and instruments to public schools, with their FourChords Guitar Karaoke app, which is packed with...
by Miguel Covarrubias | Apr 25, 2017 | General, News
We are planning our second summer retreat in Julian, CA at the Camp Cedar Glen! Join us this summer and retreat to deepen your musical knowledge, expand your skills and double your confidence as a song leader! This three-day GITC experience will help you accomplish...
by Miguel Covarrubias | Apr 25, 2017 | General, News
Written by Cassandra Rocha For more than two years, Eric Van Buhler, an innovative software engineer at Qualcomm, has been volunteering with Guitars in the Classroom (GITC), helping to spread the power of music to children. Eric currently helps teach first graders...
