Guitar Lessons by Jess

07/29/2024

Excited to share about our new classes next week! will be providing free guitar classes starting next week! We have spots available. Priority for registered students. Ages 8 and up are welcome. Guitars are provided on first come, first serve basis. Email us for registration, walk-ins are welcome. 🎸

Tomorrow will be our last day at Lakewood Library and Pleasant Grove Library until further notice. The Lakewood Library workshop series is ending and we hope to be able to continue to provide lessons in this neighborhood in the near future. PG Library will not have any programming in the month of August but we will return in September. More exciting announcements to come! 🦢

07/13/2024

I returned to Fair Park from my performance in Tulsa by car at 11:30 AM. I told parents to be at South Dallas Cultural Center at NOON. The student’s were scheduled to start their performance at 1 PM. Somehow we made it and our students performed and we just completed Girls Rock Dallas Summer Camp 2024 with Swan Strings! Thanks to all parents and volunteers that helped and attendees that donated today! We packed out the house! Great job everyone!

07/05/2024

Morning y‘all, our Girls Rock Dallas summer camp is next week at South Dallas Cultural Center and we are moving in this morning. We need help with setting up drum kits, PA systems, etc. today and tomorrow morning. Please DM me if you are interested in volunteering. Thanks! 🎸

07/02/2024

Hey y’all,

I’m reaching out because Girls Rock Dallas Summer Camp starts next week on Monday at South Dallas Cultural Center. I need help setting up several drum kits. I don’t have any knowledge regarding setting up drums. The drum teacher is Chelsey Danielle this year and she will be assisting as well. If you are available, I will be at South Dallas Cultural Center. If you are interested to volunteer, please let me know and see the set up times and location information below:

3400 S Fitzhugh Ave
Dallas, TX 75210
United States

Set up
Friday July 5th: 11-5
Saturday July 6th: 8-NOON

There will be other opportunities to volunteer during camp. Please let me know if you are interested. 🥁

Thank you in advance for your consideration and time. 🎸

Jess

06/27/2024

will be providing free guitar classes at Lakewood Library starting next week! We still have spots available. Priority for registered students, ages 11-14. Ages 8 and up are welcome. Guitars are provided on first come, first serve basis. Email us for registration, walk-ins are welcome.

04/18/2024

Just got word that I’ll be on CBS News Texas TODAY at 4:30 PM. 👀🤠🎸

03/26/2024

It’s Cowboy Carter week and Don’t Rock the Inbox featured Decolonizing the Music Room, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival AND Swan Strings for fostering Black roots music in Texas!
🐝🤠🪕

“Garland even solicits donated guitars, ensuring anyone who might want to take a crack at an instrument that is too often delusionally wrongly coded white (via country and rock) can.”

How two North Texas non-profits are fostering Black roots music

01/11/2024

Swan Strings will be at both Pleasant Grove Library and Oak Cliff Cultural Center today, tomorrow and Saturday for guitar classes.

See the schedule below:

Pleasant Grove Library
Thursday, 5:30-6:30 PM
Friday, 3:30-4:30 PM
Guitars provided, limited availability

Oak Cliff Cultural Center
Thursday, 6:30 PM
Saturday, 11:00 AM
Guitars available upon request at [email protected]

09/25/2023

We're thrilled to announce we were selected as one of & 2023 grantee partners! This year Black Girl Freedom Fund selected 17 organizations facilitating programs that center the artistic vision, activism and innovation of Black girls, femmes, and/or gender-expansive youth. is one of them! We're so excited to be collaborating with

09/01/2022

will have more in person programming starting next week! We will be in District 5 at Pleasant Grove Library on some Wednesdays and every Friday after school for the month of September! 🎸These classes are free and are sponsored by Email [email protected] to sign up for all of our upcoming programs. 🦢
To support our programs, please consider donating to our Gofundme at the link in the comments. 👇🏾
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08/02/2022

In addition to we have been providing summer camp at residencies serving districts 4 and 5. Since June we’ve been in the Cedar Crest neighborhood and soon will be announcing our district 5 location in Pleasant Grove. To participate in these classes, complete the application in the comments. All districts can apply. These classes are sponsored by Thank you for being a great partner in promoting our classes. Please DM for more information.