Guitar Center grant funds school guitar clinic program.(FLASH)

Music Trades, October, 2008

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Guitar and Accessories Marketing Association (GAMA) has agreed to expand the Teaching Guitar Workshop Program to include 12 workshops, up from ten in previous years. With the expansion, 600 school music teachers will receive guitar training through 2009 and 2010, an expansion of 20% over previous years.

The expansion was made possible by Guitar Center's pledge of $100,000 to the program. It is estimated that the additional 100 school music teachers attending the workshops will introduce guitar to ...