1. GAMA Meeting 2013 First Quarter Member Report

2. Agenda Opening Remarks Education Initiatives Media Initiatives Programs & Partnerships Closing Remarks

3. Education Initiative Teaching Guitar Workshops o 20% Increase in Attendance o NAMM Grant o Gear Report

4. Education Initiative National Association of School Music o NASM, founded in 1924, is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges and universities with approximately 644 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials. GAMA's Goal o Document, publish, and maintain a directory of NASM member institutions where guitar students can earn a bachelor’s degree in music education and learn to teach both studio and classroom guitar.

5. Education Initiative National String Project Consortium o NSPC is a coalition of 40 college- and university-based String Projects. NSPC works to increase both the number of qualified string teachers and the number of children playing stringed instruments. Its unique approach to teacher training has earned national recognition. GAMA's Goal o Work with NSPC member colleges to add a guitar pedagogy component to their existing programs which currently focus only on bowed strings. We have the support of NSPC’s Executive Director, Dr. Eugene Dowdy of the University of Texas, San Antonio, who directs the only String Project that already includes guitar in its program.

6. Education Initiative American String Teachers Association o The national association of teachers of violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, and harp, with more than 10,000 members in all 50 states. o In 2011, ASTA formed its ad hoc Classroom Guitar Task Force to explore ways the organization could better serve its guitar-teacher members. In 2012, the Task Force was upgraded to a permanent standing Committee of ASTA, led by long-time TGW clinician Glen McCarthy. GAMA's Goal o Work with ASTA’s leadership and Classroom Guitar Committee to expand the presence of guitar throughout ASTA’s programs, especially its annual membership conference.

7. Media Initiatives Celebrity Posters Music Inc. Article www.GuitarEduNet.org TGW Facebook

8. Guitars in the Classroom AARP Make Music NY NAMM Programs & Partnerships

9. Closing Remarks Questions & Answers