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ERIC Number: EJ1008729
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jan
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1069-7446
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Is All-State Guitar in Your State's Future?
McCarthy, Glen
Teaching Music, v20 n4 p28-31 Jan 2013
The growth of guitar education in schools has been dramatic. From regional, specialized, and isolated programs just a few years ago to a broad-based movement with strong support from administrators, parents, and students, guitar classes are taught today all over North America. Colleges now offer guitar education. A dramatic indicator of guitar's growing popularity is the emerging trend of all-state guitar ensembles. In January 2010, New Mexico became the first state to include a guitar ensemble in its all-state music festival. Months later, Florida included a guitar ensemble in its state MEA conference. Other states are considering guitar in all-state, so the author puts some questions to two teachers who already have experience in this area: Ed Prasse from Leon High School in Tallahassee and John Truitt from Albuquerque Academy. This article presents what they had to share.
National Association for Music Education. 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-336-3768; Tel: 703-860-4000; Web site: http://www.menc.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Florida; New Mexico; North America
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