Many music educators, without having a guitar performance background, become their school’s guitar instructor by default. If this is you rest assured that it’s possible to teach a high quality guitar curriculum while, at the same time, developing your own playing and pedagogy skills. In this webinar presented by guitar pedagogy authority Mike Christiansen and Read the Rest…
Building a District Guitar Program
Classroom guitar is emerging as the top strategy to increase equitable music participation in school districts around the country. The guitar’s popularity, relative affordability, functionality as solo, ensemble and harmonic instrument, its role in many cultures, and quick learning curve are winning many advocates among district music coordinators. However, building a successful guitar program won’t Read the Rest…
What Classroom Guitar Teachers Need to Know about the Core Music Standards
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the new core standards for music. Consonus presented a session at the recent NAfME National In-Service Conference in Nashville on Blended Learning, and mapping guitar curriculum to the new Music Core. Here are some questions we heard frequently and thought you might be wondering about. Are the Core Read the Rest…
