Little Kids Rock, a leading nonprofit provider of free musical instruments and teacher trainings, today announced that it will launch its program in 19 sites in the San Diego Unified School District, bringing free instruments and an innovative music education program to hundreds of students. On December 5-6 at the Mission Beach Center, Little Kids Rock will instruct participating teachers in its unique curriculum and provide participating schools with 360 brand-new Fender® guitars, along with software and materials. Teachers who complete the workshop will begin leading classes this school year, reaching over 600 students in San Diego.

This Little Kids Rock guitar workshop is presented in the San Diego Unified School District through generous support from The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation.

The following San Diego public schools will benefit from the Little Kids Rock program and instrument donation:

Crown Point Junior Music Academy, Edison Elementary School, Golden Hill Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary School, Innovation Middle School, James Whitcomb Riley School, Junipera Serra High School, Kearny High School of Science, Connections & Technology, La Jolla High School, Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, Monroe Clark Middle School, Muirlands Middle School, New Dawn School at Riley, Perkins Elementary School, Ralph Dailard Elementary School, Stephen Rowan Elementary School, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Zamorano Fine Arts Academy.

Workshop Details:

Where: Mission Beach Center Intern Office Room 12
818 Santa Barbara Place
San Diego, CA 92109

When: December 5-6, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Media are invited to attend the two-day workshop. Please contact Keith Hejna at keith@littlekidsrock.org if you would like to attend.

About Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that transforms children's lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in underfunded public schools. Little Kids Rock was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school. Today, Little Kids Rock is one of the leading nonprofit providers of free lessons and instruments to underserved children in US public schools, and has served more than 85,000 students at over 1,100 schools in 21 cities nationwide. Little Kids Rock Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley and other famous friends in the music industry. More information can be found at: www.littlekidsrock.org.

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Wouldn't it have been cool to learn how to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or "Shook Me All Night Long" back in grade school when you were in music class? Little Kids Rock makes this possible by training teachers who subsequently teach their students in the music kids love - pop, rock, reggae, funk, blues, rap and hip-hop. LKR also provides all the instruments to the underfunded public schools from across the nation that participate. What began as an informal project led by a handful of volunteers has since catapulted onto the national stage, revitalizing modern public school music education: Today, LKR is one of the leading providers of free instruments in the U.S., reaching more than 42,000 students in underserved schools in New York, California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Louisiana and Washington, D.C. LKR Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley, and many other famous friends in the music industry. Find out more at: www.littlekidsrock.org and www.littlekidsrock.tv.

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