July 2020 Newsletter: Virtual Vitality

July 2020

SACRAMENTO

GUITAR SOCIETY

A Passing Of The Torch

It's July, which means a new fiscal year has started for Sacramento Guitar Society! With a new year comes changes to our board of directors. Please welcome our new President, Jay Reynolds!

A Message From Incoming President Jay Reynolds

A Message From Outgoing President Sandra Strautman

Giant Virtual Community Concert

There's a saying in show business: "The show must go on!" The plucky performers of the Sacramento and Davis Guitar Orchestras won't let a pandemic stand in their way and have taken to the Internet to perform in one giant recital! Details coming soon!

Young Artists Showcase Auditions

This year, our Young Artist Showcase will be different due to Covid19 Pandemic. We are asking all Guitar Teachers to select their top student(s) and have them submit an audition video which will be rated by a select group of Guitar Teacher who are contracted with SGS for various programs. Stay tuned for more information.

StrumForFun Free Virtual Classes

Last year we were awarded a grant from the California Arts Council Youth Arts Action grant to implement our free guitar classes at local libraries, called StrumForFun. Funding ended in June 30, 2020, but thanks to a new grant from the City of Sacramento's Office of Arts and Culture, we were awarded $9000 towards continuing this program thru the end of 2020. We are currently working on developing a virtual model for delivery and it will launched in September 2020, just in time for the new virtual school year! Stay tuned...

Grants Corner

The Sacramento Guitar Society was awarded three grants by the California Arts Council for our 2020/21 Fiscal Year. These grants allow us to offer guitar education to various members of our community, free of charge. READ the Press Release here. As with many grants, they require matching funds. Your Donations to the Sacramento Guitar Society help us meet this requirements.