Guitarists in the Classroom-Episode 9-Mr. Jayson Martinez with Jon Sayles

Guitarists in the Classroom is a series of interviews with outstanding guitar teachers who teach guitar in secondary schools (middle school and/or high school) as a class. This series is sponsored by BillSwick.com, Guitarintheclassroom.com and Guitar Teachers Newsletter and hosted by Jon Sayles.

This week's leader in guitar education is Mr. Jayson Martinez, who is the first guitar major to graduate from the Arts High School in Newark, NJ. Today, he is the Director of Guitar Studies at the same school. In addition, Mr. Martinez is the Chair for the Guitar Division of the New Jersey Music Education Association and is the Eastern Division Representative for the Council of Guitar Education for the National Association for Music Educators. In addition, he is the founder and conductor of the New Jersey Guitar Orchestra.