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All-State Guitar Advocacy: Virtual Summit

All-State Guitar Advocacy Virtual Summit January 26, 2026, at 8PM ET Presented by the NAfME Council for Guitar Education and the Guitar Foundation of America Guitar education is on the…

Guitar Educator Town Hall Fall 2025

Join the members of the Council for Guitar Education, chaired by Kevin Vigil, as we answer your pedagogical guitar questions. We will create breakout rooms to specifically address your needs…

Making Music for People, Not Just for Peers

Making Music for People, Not Just for Peers A Case for Audience-First Composition By NAfME Member José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D. and Brian Bromberg, GRAMMY®-Nominated Bassist-Producer-Composer In jazz education and professional…

Guitar Educator Town Hall

Join the members of NAfME’s Council for Guitar Education as they answer your pedagogical guitar questions. Breakout rooms will be created to specifically address your needs in the classroom.   We…

Setting Up an Effective Guitar Classroom

Setting Up an Effective Guitar Classroom A Checklist By NAfME Member Glen McCarthy, sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member Guitar and Accessories Marketing Association Teaching Guitar Workshops (TGW) celebrates its 30th…

­Guitar in the High School Classroom

­Guitar in the High School Classroom By NAfME Member Michael Klein This article first appeared in the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) magazine Soundboard – The Journal of the Guitar Foundation of…

Playing Music with Your Brain

Kevin Vigil underwent seven brain procedures in 2007. His experience as a neurological patient led him to learn more about the brain. He will present an overview of brain functions…

Higher Education Summit: Guitar in Music Education Programs

Presented by the NAfME Council for Guitar Education and the Guitar Foundation of America Based on recently collected data, 38% of those who teach guitar in secondary education consider themselves…

Higher Education Virtual Summit on Guitar Education

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is pleased to support the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) as a partner in furthering guitar education in the United States, along with…

A Seat at the Table: Guitar Education in Virginia

A Seat at the Table Guitar Education in Virginia [1] By Kevin Vigil, NAfME Council for Guitar Education Southern Division Representative  This article first appeared in the Guitar Foundation of…