Lead Guitar

06/11/2026

We Are Guitar celebrates hard-working students from Lead Guitar pro...

05/28/2026

🎸Join us in applauding our Lead Guitar students on all of their hard work this school year! Bravo and stay cool this summer!

05/27/2026

Episode 14 of "We Are Guitar" is live! Featuring Antigoni Goni and the Volterra Project Trio leading a virtual ensemble of "O Fortuna," this collection of student performances and interviews showcases our amazing Lead Guitar community. You can watch the full episode at the link below.

Special thanks to our video editors at Virtual Guitar Orchestra and our co-producers at Guitar Salon International!

We Are Guitar celebrates hard-working students from Lead Guitar programs around the U.S. and connects them and the global community of guitar learners, with ...

04/01/2026

That’s a wrap! We raised an incredible $74,975 at this year's Golf Marathon. We couldn't have done it without the generosity of our board members, golfers, and most importantly: all of you. Thank you!!

03/20/2026

Our amazing volunteers are ready to golf 100 holes for music education – will you help them get to the green? Lead Guitar needs to raise $10,093 to meet our goal of $70,000. Donations are accepted through March 25th, so there's still time to make a difference!

On March 24th , our volunteer golfers are putting their skills and endurance to the test. They’ll be playing 100 holes to support Lead Guitar, a music education nonprofit that establishes free and sustainable guitar classes in public schools with the lowest access to the arts. Their task won’t b...

03/04/2026

Help us play 100 holes for music education! Visit https://charity.pledgeit.org/LeadGuitarGolfMarathon to see this year’s amazing volunteer golfers who are putting their skills and endurance to the test to support free in-school guitar programs through the Lead Guitar Golf Marathon fundraiser on March 24th. You can pledge in support of one of our golfers, like veteran athlete and marathon co-founder Glenn P Howell, or you can donate to the general campaign. Either way, 100% of the proceeds go to Lead Guitar. Even the smallest gift goes a long way!

01/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2025 Year-End Campaign! We're happy to share that, with your help, we reached our goal and raised a grand total of $39,354. Special thanks to our partners at Guitar Salon International Foundation who matched all donations received up to $18,000.

We're looking forward to another year of lifting up kids and communities through music with your generous support!

12/22/2025

We're just $1,702 away from our $18k year-end goal and you can help us get to the finish line! Thanks to our partners at Guitar Salon International Foundation, all gifts received by 12/31 will be doubled.

Giving link: https://leadguitar-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1387730

12/17/2025

'Tis the season to give the gift of music-making! We've raised $12,424 toward our year-end campaign goal of $18,000 and you can help us get to the finish line.

Thanks to our partners at Guitar Salon International Foundation, who have pledged to match every dollar we raise between now and December 31st, your gift can be doubled!

Here's Assistant Superintendent Dr. Monika Wiley (Clayton County Schools, Atlanta) sharing just a few of the incredible outcomes that Lead Guitar programs provide for participating schools.

Donation link: https://leadguitar-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1387730

09/17/2025

Happy National Arts in Education Week! Sometimes the best way to tell the story of arts impact is through an individual experience. Here's partner teacher Charles Koltak speaking about one student's transformation in the Lead Guitar program.