‍ Lead Guitar improves student grades, graduation rates, resilience and life skills by delivering free in-school guitar programs to kids facing significant socioeconomic challenges or other barriers to …

Lead Guitar’s co-founders, Brad Richter and Marc Sandroff, have led lives shaped by music and the guitar: Brad as a concert artist and composer, Marc as an entrepreneur who credits his career …

89% of school teachers report that their partnership with Lead Guitar contributes to the growth in students' resilience in overcoming obstacles or challenges, and 93% witness growth in students’ …

In this video collaboration between the David and Lura Lovell Foundation and Lead Guitar, Tucson student Zach Hensley and his family discuss his transformation through Lead Guitar. Executive …

Schools included Safford, Carrillo, Drachman Primary Magnet, Grijalva, and Bloom, where, as principal, she partnered with Lead Guitar to pioneer a new model for the program: training all K–5 classroom …

We love putting the spotlight on our amazing Teaching Partners and Lead Guitar Teaching Artists. Check out this collection of featured interviews and get to know a few of them!

Lead Guitar appeals to students who may not be drawn to band and orchestra programs by using an instrument relevant to any tradition, genre, and cultural background. If there is a population at your …

It’s an opportunity for students to learn from some of the most experienced guitar instructors in the nation, but Lead Guitar Teaching Artists are also patient mentors who have shown alignment with …

In 2018, Azabagic was appointed Director of Lead Guitar in Chicago, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to establishing free, sustainable classical guitar programs in schools with low arts access.

Lead Guitar relies on donations from individuals, businesses and family foundations to empower thousands of children in under-resourced public schools through music and mentorship.