Lead Guitar

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“Lead guitar improves student grades, graduation rates, resilience and life skills by delivering free in-school guitar programs to kids facing significant socioeconomic challenges or other barriers to experiencing the transformative power of making music.”

“In the 2024-25 academic year, lead guitar served 257 classrooms in 105 schools in 6 states, teaching 7,590 students to play guitar and 129 public school teachers to teach guitar. Lead guitar brought professional guitarists to 15 in-school assemblies over the school year and hosted seven spring showcase concerts in april and may 2025. Lead guitar also produces a twice-yearly youtube broadcast called we are guitar, featuring guest guitar luminaries, interviews with guest artists and students, and student virtual guitar ensemble performances along with each guest artist. The show was originally developed during the pandemic as a replacement for showcase concerts. During the year ended june 30, 2025, lead guitar provided eight hours of formal professional development sessions for 129 certified public-school teachers in tucson, phoenix, los angeles, denver, chicago, detroit and atlanta. Workshops were hosted online (nationally) and in- person in each local market. Workshops utilized the talents of every staff member to either teach a portion of the workshop or provide up to 90 minutes of private lessons per attendee.”