Classical Guitar Alive is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501 (c)(3) organization whose mission is to bring classical guitar music to the widest possible audience, and in innovative ways, with the greatest benefit and farthest reach.

Here’s why: Music with plucked-string instruments, like the guitar, the harp, and the ancient lyre, has a 3,000-year documented history of use in medicine and healing. Today, the proven health benefits of music, especially by plucked-string instruments, have been confirmed by medical research studies.

Classical Guitar Alive is succeeding in bringing this music to the widest possible audience with these innovative programs:

• The Classical Guitar Alive! radio program, the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, reaches over 400,000 listeners each week on over 250 NPR and classical radio stations across the USA, Canada, and internationally. The program is described as “an enthusiastic and fast-paced romp through the classical repertory of the world's most-played musical instrument.” CGA! is a unique bridge-builder program that connects with both classical listeners and fans of all kinds of acoustic music. It has been acclaimed by both critics and the public alike, and has been lauded by artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin rock guitarist Jimmy Page and Yale University professor of music Benjamin Verdery.
• Nationally broadcast since 1997, the radio program is hosted by Tony Morris, and features wide variety of music with guitar and related instruments, including interviews with many performers, composers, and personalities. The program is free to all radio stations, thanks to the support of our listeners and national sponsors.
• A Music In Medicine program, which presents classical music performances at no cost to underserved audiences at hospitals and hospices. CGA also works to promote Music In Medicine nationwide by sharing best practices developed from over 20 years experience, and by assisting other nonprofits, health care organizations, and individuals to start their own Music In Medicine programs in their communities.
• American Classic/TV Content. Our latest program includes content for broadcast on public television. This includes the pilot episode of American Classic, which tells the stories of beautiful historic homes in music and narration.
• Our TV content also includes a series of mini-documentaries for national broadcast on public television stations nationwide on the benefits of Music In Medicine, and can be viewed here:
  
  
  This ongoing project on Music In Medicine is for broadcast on PBS TV stations, to air between their regular programming.

Please join us in supporting our work with your tax-deductible support, either by donating online or by mailing your tax-deductible contributions to:

Guitar Alive
7700 Northcross Dr., Box 4975
Austin, TX 78757