Howdy, Teachers, Specialists and School Staff Members!
Whether you are teaching online or in person, these classes will prepare
you to engage students in learning through music.
We offer sections of various course levels, Beginner through Strummer, throughout the year. Please stay tuned for announcements of forthcoming classes and special workshops.
Whether you are teaching online or in person, these classes will prepare
you to engage students in learning through music.
We offer sections of various course levels, Beginner through Strummer, throughout the year. Please stay tuned for announcements of forthcoming classes and special workshops.
OUR NEW SCHEDULE WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY, JULY 6th
GITC provides a free ukulele to beginners in our programs.
We also LOAN a guitar to teachers who would like to borrow one.
We ask that participants cover the cost of shipping these instruments.
If wish to purchase your own guitar or ukulele to play,
we recommend calling your local music store to see what they have for sale.
Many are doing curbside delivery.
We can attest to the quality of Kala Brand ukuleles, Korg's Tanglewood ukuleles and Cordoba Ukuleles! We also recommend Martin and Godin guitars for steel string guitars.
If no local music store exists in your area, we recommend shopping at
a reputable online music store such as
Musician's Friend, Sam Ash Music or Sweetwater Music
We also LOAN a guitar to teachers who would like to borrow one.
We ask that participants cover the cost of shipping these instruments.
If wish to purchase your own guitar or ukulele to play,
we recommend calling your local music store to see what they have for sale.
Many are doing curbside delivery.
We can attest to the quality of Kala Brand ukuleles, Korg's Tanglewood ukuleles and Cordoba Ukuleles! We also recommend Martin and Godin guitars for steel string guitars.
If no local music store exists in your area, we recommend shopping at
a reputable online music store such as
Musician's Friend, Sam Ash Music or Sweetwater Music
Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom shares our "SmartStart" Open Tuning approach through books that are available for sale to the general public. SmartStart Guitar is available from Hal Leonard Publishing. Smartstart Ukulele is available from Korg/Soundtree.
However, our GITC programs encompass much more than an instrumental approach to beginning guitar and ukulele.
Only certificated GITC faculty members teach music integration that includes employing music making and song-based learning to enrich and deepen literacy and math learning, social-emotional growth, cross-curricular connections, and more. If you are looking for an official GITC program, it will be listed at this website or it will be known to us. It must be taught by one of our trained and certified faculty members. Anyone else saying that they are teaching Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom may be using some version of our instrumental approach to teach music in some way. They are not providing endorsed or official GITC training. For example, Special Olympics uses our method in Arizona and Texas, and they are calling it Unified Ukulele. This is not a GITC-endorsed program and we cannot endorse their work since we are not involved- but we are glad they are sharing music with Special Olympians.
If you want to check on someone's standing with our organization or alert us to possible copycat programs, we ask that you please REACH OUT HERE. Thanks so much for the help keeping our charitable work safe and ensuring the quality of GITC instruction!
However, our GITC programs encompass much more than an instrumental approach to beginning guitar and ukulele.
Only certificated GITC faculty members teach music integration that includes employing music making and song-based learning to enrich and deepen literacy and math learning, social-emotional growth, cross-curricular connections, and more. If you are looking for an official GITC program, it will be listed at this website or it will be known to us. It must be taught by one of our trained and certified faculty members. Anyone else saying that they are teaching Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom may be using some version of our instrumental approach to teach music in some way. They are not providing endorsed or official GITC training. For example, Special Olympics uses our method in Arizona and Texas, and they are calling it Unified Ukulele. This is not a GITC-endorsed program and we cannot endorse their work since we are not involved- but we are glad they are sharing music with Special Olympians.
If you want to check on someone's standing with our organization or alert us to possible copycat programs, we ask that you please REACH OUT HERE. Thanks so much for the help keeping our charitable work safe and ensuring the quality of GITC instruction!