Dear Epiphany Church Family,
We hope this email finds you well and that your beginning to ease into your Fall schedules. We are excited to share something NEW coming from the EUMC Traditional Music Department!
This year, we are offering a
FREE Guitar Class
to youth students in grades 4-12! This beginning class is for any young person who would like to learn how to play the guitar, or just brush up their guitar skills.
The class will be on
Sunday afternoons from 1:15-2:15
pm in the EUMC Choir Room and run from Sunday, September 22nd to Sunday, November 24th with opportunities to play in services throughout that time.
Students will learn correct playing technique (both accoustic and classical style), chords and chord changes, how to read chord charts and tablature, note and rhythm reading, and various strum patterns.
Interested families should sign up on the Sign Up Genius link below.
Please know that space is limited to 15 students
.
We are also asking that students provide their own guitars for this class. Students who are interested in taking the class, but do not have their own instrument to play on should contact Sandy ASAP at
Sthornton@epiphanyumc.org
so that we can arrange to have you borrow one if available.
If you happen to have a guitar lying around at home that is not being put to use, would you consider letting EUMC borrow it for the duration of this class? We will be sure to take good care of your instrument and return it to you when the class session is over in November. Good Samaritans can reach out to Sandy at
Sthornton@epiphanyumc.org
to drop off their guitars between now and the 22nd.
Thank you, and we look forward to making music with you on September 22nd!
Warmly,
Sandy Thornton
Did you know?
-Sandy Thornton taught class guitar for seven years while the Choir Director at Anderson High School
-She has taught music in the states of Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas
-She was nominated for and made the semi-finals for the first ever GRAMMY Foundation Music Educator of the Year Award
-She had her Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2013, conducting the Anderson High School Mixed Chorus in concert.
