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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Postcards is an Austin Classical Guitar (ACG) and GuitarCurriculum.com series that explores the guitar programs around the nation and strives to bring the guitar teacher community together.

This week’s Postcards is written by Internal Creations’s (IC) Founder and Executive Director, Jahzeel Montes. IC is a New York-based “classical guitar program dedicated...

Matt Hinsley sitting on Stage.
Friday, September 27, 2019

From the Desk is an Austin Classical Guitar (ACG) and GuitarCurriculum.com series that explores the organization through the eyes of the staff members. These articles focus on the staff’s thoughts and motivations, and hopefully provides a chance to get to know the people behind the scenes.

This week’s From the Desk is written by...

Photo of author Angelica
Monday, August 19, 2019

Our greatest joy with Guitarcurriculum.com is connecting with students and teachers over long periods of time. We make music together, but even more important are the powerful friendships that develop. This summer Angelica Campbell, a former student of ours from Crockett High School who is now a junior at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in music, caught up with a few of our...

Thursday, August 8, 2019

We’re super excited to announce the arrival of ten new audio recordings for our GuitarCurriculum Library!

If you’re not a GuitarCurriculum teacher that may not mean much, but if you are, then you’ll know that it means ten more of the selections in our 160-piece library have clickable reference audio recordings so you can listen before you decide to teach them. You can also download and...

Picture of Dr. Kevin Vigil and students from Heritage High School
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Dr. Kevin Vigil is the 2014 Shenandoah Teacher of the Year for Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). He’s the Guitar & Music Theory Director at Heritage High School, Chair of the Virginia Music Educators Association Guitar Council & All-Virginia Guitar Ensemble, and Member-At-Large of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education....

Mr. Phil Swasey with his guitar class at Bedichek Middle School
Friday, March 1, 2019

We have been super impressed by the guitar classes we've seen at Bedichek Middle School in Austin under the direction of Mr. Phil Swasey. Guests come through Austin frequently to observe guitar classes, and after the second visitor in the same month specifically commented on how peaceful and productive Mr. Swasey's classrooms were, we decided to ask him if he might share some insights into...

Sayil López, a guitar performer and teacher in Mexico City.
Thursday, December 6, 2018

We all know that keeping children motivated is tricky! If students feel as if everyone around is excelling at something while they struggle, their desire to continue can fade. This is a particular challenge in the music classroom, where experience levels among students often differ widely. Sayil López, a guitar performer and teacher in Mexico City, believes the answer lies in allowing students...

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

We love hearing from our education partners, and this conversation with a colleague in St. Louis was so inspiring we thought we'd share it with you. James McKay told us about his path to becoming a music educator, and the success he's had teaching guitar even though it's not his primary instrument.

I grew up in an under-served community in St. Louis. We were fortunate enough to...

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Originally a museum curator and folklorist in St. Louis, Jane Vidrine is a guitar teacher and musician in Lafayette, Louisiana. A few years ago she was named the Lafayette Education Foundation’s “Teacher of the Year,” and she’s part of a two-time Grammy-nominated, all-female Cajun and Creole band called the Magnolia Sisters.

Jane traveled to Louisiana after her friend, Nick Spitzer of...

The score for "Ghost of John"
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

We had a lot fun improvising this creepy Halloween song at our Austin training this summer, and thought we'd share it with everyone in time to prepare it for the big scary day.

Ghost of John is a well-known song. It works in a round, it's easy to play, and has plenty of room for the class to make "creaky door" and other fun sound effects to amplify the overall spookiness!

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