by Jessica Baron | Oct 17, 2015 | General, News
This weekend at the Guitar Show in Arlington, Texas, Guitars in the Classroom is launching a new effort to help guitar owners create a meaningful future home for instruments they are no longer playing and wish to pass along to the next generation…or bequeath to...
by Jessica Baron | Sep 28, 2015 | General, News
What is Music Integration? Music integration can take many forms but the highest level to which we aspire as an organization involves a balanced approach to teaching academics and music together by finding and making the innate, mutually beneficial connections between...
by Jessica Baron | Sep 21, 2015 | General, News, Uncategorized
Finding Chords for Songs you Like by Dr. Joan Maute, Director of Education for the GITC Board and Jessica Baron If you are wondering what songs you can play once you know how to play three or four chords, we have good news for you. There are literally thousands of...
by Jessica Baron | Sep 7, 2015 | General, News, Uncategorized
Name songs can help every student feel special, included and safe in their new classroom. The fun of learning names with a song also builds auditory memory in general. The best part is you’ll also have their names down pat right away. And when you get a new...
by Jessica Baron | Aug 28, 2015 | General, News, Uncategorized
Happy Spring, Teachers and Staff! With just a handful of weeks left in this school year, we are busy preparing the new class schedule for you so you can register! So far, we have summer intensives going on in more locations than ever. In the past we managed these just...
by Jessica Baron | Aug 13, 2015 | General, News
What do we teachers all have in common? We can’t find our keys as we are walking out the door to teach. With everything we have to keep track of, these are the last thing on our minds and the first thing we’re going to need to get to school. Today’s...