Music education has been one of the areas that tends to be cut out of the school budgets, yet it is one of the most impactful subjects on a child's education. Studies show that children who learn music: 

- develop larger vocabularies and advanced reading skills

- score higher on reading and spelling tests

-score higher on standardized tests

- score higher in Math and English

- develop strong fine motor skills

- develop spatial-temporal skills 

and those are only a few of the benefits!

Resources for statistics: How Children Benefit from Music Education in Schools | NAMM Foundation

The Benefits of Music Education | Parenting… | PBS KIDS for Parents

For adults, learning music: 

- helps relieve stress

- helps with attention span, and memory 

- can help lower anxiety, blood-pressure, and heart rate

-helps uplift the mood

-gives you an escape

Resource for statistics: Benefits of Learning and Playing Music for Adults | NAMM Foundation

We want to be able to fill any gaps that may be missing in the school system and bring this fun extracurricular to the children of North Adams and surrounding areas. 

We will be providing fun music classes for ALL the age groups at a very affordable price!

But we need your help to get here! You can help us by donating whatever you can so that we can provide this service to you. We just need 500 people to donate $40 in order to hit our goal and make music education accessible for our children. 

Right now, Cheshire Baptist Church is allowing us to use their sanctuary for our lessons. But with our new classes that we are creating, we need our own space. But being just a husband and wife team (with 2 little children) we can't do it on our own. 

Your donations will be used towards leasing a space, as well as classroom supplies, and instruments that students can rent so that music become accessible for more people. 

When you donate, you also subscribe to get updates about the progress of our program, as well as perks for donating certain amounts. 

A little about the owners of Grace Note Guitars: 

Joshua Superneau and his wife, Christy are natives of North Adams. Joshua attended McCann Technical High School and Christy attended Drury High School. 

They both attended Liberty University in Virginia. Joshua received his Bachelors in Music and Worship, and Christy received her Bachelors of Science in Family and Child Development. 

Joshua studied Classical Guitar for 5 years while at Liberty as well as took classes in piano and voice. He has been teaching guitar for about 8 years and playing for 14 years. 

He is currently the worship leader for Cheshire Baptist Church and his wife, teaches the toddler and preschool Sunday School class. They have two children, a 4 year old girl and 2 year old boy. 

Classes that we are going to be offering: 

Group Music Classes

Musical Munchkins: Ages 18 months to 4 years old- A class where your little ones can explore and learn all about music. Come and play with instruments, learn about rhythms, dance, do crafts and activities. These classes will be taught by both Joshua and his wife. (1 hour a week - $10 a week) 

Guitar for ages 5-7: A fun introduction to basic music theory and  guitar designed to be fun and interactive. ( 30 minutes of classical guitar & 30 minutes of fun music activities - $15 a week)

Guitar for ages 8-12: This age group will dive deeper into learning music theory and classical guitar. It will be 1 hour of learning classical guitar and 15 minutes of music theory. (1 hour and 15 minutes - once a week - $15 a week)

Guitar for ages 13-17: This age group will develop a strong understanding of music theory as well as become proficient in classical guitar. It will be 1 hour lesson of classical guitar with 15 minutes of music theory. ( 1 hour and 15 minutes - once a week - $15 a week). 

Guitar for adults (18+): 

This is a class for adults who want to learn how to play guitar or develop their current skills by learning music theory and classical guitar techniques. It will be 1 hour lesson of classical guitar with 15 minutes of music theory. ( 1 hour and 15 minutes - once a week - $15 a week).

The Guitar Collective:  5 hours a week where guitar students can work on their pieces, ask the instructor questions, help each other, work on music pieces together, collaborate, and hang out! 

Private Lessons: 

- Beginner Piano 

-Beginner Violin 

- Guitar (beginner to advanced)

Thank you for you time and contribution!