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| January 18, 2009 |
OPEN LETTER To The Traveling Guitar Foundation: WATCHUNG BOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS Bayberry School 113 Bayberry Lane Watchung, New Jersey 07069
Our Story Several years ago, the General Music classroom at Valley View Middle School had become outdated and limited in its resources and student interest. With the gracious help from the Traveling Guitar Foundation, we are able to offer an exciting program inviting students to develop their creativity while fostering important learning in the areas of music history, theory, composition and technique. This wonderful gift will give over 340 students from the 5th grade through the 8th grade an opportunity to experience making music through learning how to play the guitar. From each of these experiences many students will begin taking private guitar and piano lessons. Providing these musical experiences helps to shape good citizenship and promotes continued support of the arts through our children. Supplying these valuable tools invokes musical creativity and keeps our students involved in community events. We recently formed a guitar club that meets weekly after school providing students with an outlet to pursue stronger interests. Through this club, students have the invaluable opportunity to work with other students from various grade levels. A great deal of inspirational learning occurs in this environment. Students choose music together and work towards a concert performance. Our Goals Many students have expressed strong interest in playing "electric and bass electric guitars." Our current objectives are to expand our program to include electric guitars and stock necessary items such as strings and required accessories like tuners, effects, and storage units to house equipment. By setting up storage and supply cabinets, we can maintain and service our guitars properly, an area where the Traveling Guitar Foundation will help greatly.
Current trends show that along with a traditional program, we should continue to foster student involvement in the arts by including music and instruments that attract student attention. The guitar whether it be acoustic or electric is the main instrument of choice for middle school aged children.
With the inclusion of both bass and regular electric guitars, we can also enhance concert performances by including drums, bass and electric guitars. Students from the guitar club can accompany the Choral Groups when performing "pop" related material. The one on one interaction between professional and student from the Traveling Guitar Foundation gives inspiration to the children.
A Realistic Economy Given the fact that our current economy limits our desired goals and dictates that we maintain only what is necessary to provide students education in the arts, purchasing this equipment and supplies remains only a strong desire toward our future goals. With the help of donations and supplies from The Traveling Guitar Foundation, we will realize these goals.
The Watchung School District would like to thank the founders Damon Marks and Keith Ballurio for considering us for their amazing music education donations. We are honored to be granted this opportunity to represent the Traveling Guitar Foundation.
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| December 12, 2009 |
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| November 6, 2009 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2009
Auction
proceeds from program go to Music Based Programs and Charities. MANASSAS, VA – November 6, 2009 – The Premier Guitar
and Guitar Edge multimedia networks have teamed up with the Traveling Guitar
Program to raise support and awareness on a global scale for the need of
music education where resources are scarce. As sponsors of Traveling Guitar,
Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge will be lending their global reach to more
than 600,000 guitarists around the world to the program and its mission of
improving access to music education. Traveling Guitar has a two-pronged
approach for raising funds in support of its mission: The Traveling Guitar Program: Annually, the Traveling Guitar Program sends two custom-built guitars on a journey from artist to artist, state to state, collecting stage time and autographs. At the end of their journey, the guitars are auctioned with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support charity. Guitar Donation and Auction Program: Donated guitars will be collected, have the setup checked
and if needed, corrected. The guitars will then be auctioned online with 100
percent of the proceeds going to support the Make a Noise Foundation. Both aspects of the Traveling Guitar Program will be
substantially promoted by Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge and winners of the
Traveling Guitar auction will receive a one-year subscription to each print
magazine. Keith Ballurio, founder of the Traveling Guitar, says,
"The addition of Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge as sponsors to the
program is very exciting. The generous donation of promotion and
complimentary subscriptions to the ‘premier’ gear and guitar instruction
magazines shows their dedication to spreading the joy of music." "We all commend the work of the Traveling Guitar
Program and are happy to help ‘turn up the volume’ on getting its core
message out,” states Peter Sprague, CEO of Premier Guitar. “Improving
access to music-related programming is extremely important to us and we will
gladly use the reach of our print and electronic platforms to raise
awareness and support for such a noble endeavor.” For more information, contact Keith Ballurio at
703-791-2020. About the Traveling Guitar Program
(www.travelingguitar.org): Annually, the Traveling Guitar Project sends custom built
guitars on a journey from artist to artist, state to state. The guitars are
played and signed by guitarists from all music genres. After a year on the
road, the guitars are auctioned on eBay with 100 percent of the proceeds
being donated to fund music education and programs for those unable to
pursue these activities due to limited resources. For more information on
the journey and auction of the Traveling Guitars, visit http://www.travelingguitar.org. About Guitar Edge
(http://www.guitaredge.com):
The Guitar Edge multimedia network features four
integrated platforms; the Guitar Edge Web site (www.guitaredge.com); the
free Guitar Edge digital magazine (http://digital.guitaredge.com); the
Guitar Edge print magazine; and Guitar Xtra, a free weekly E-newsletter.
Guitar Edge was first published by Hal Leonard in July/August 2006 as a
bimonthly print magazine. Through a joint venture, established in July 2009,
between Hal Leonard and Premier Guitar, Guitar Edge has adopted the four-platform
multimedia model, pioneered by Premier Guitar. Guitar Edge is the world's
first and only online resource for free artist-approved, fully-licensed
authentic guitar tab. About Premier Guitar
(http://www.premierguitar.com):
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear
info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar is the media home for players
who are serious about their tone. PG's gear‐centric print magazine has
a monthly readership of more than 51,000 complemented by its freely
accessible digital magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) which
attracts more than 31,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com)
that's the fastest-growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of
more than 500,000 unique visitors consuming almost 11 million page views per
month; and the market's leading interactive gear search service that
attracts more than 200,000 monthly visitors. With nearly 50,000 pieces of
gear, players can find, buy and sell gear on Gear Search (http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/gear_search.aspx).
Published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, Premier Guitar is employee-owned
and based in Additional Contact Information:
Founder of the Traveling Guitar Nick Ireland Marketing Manager
for Premier Guitar & Guitar Edge 319-447-5550 |
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| August 27, 2009 |
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