Bringing the distinctive D.C. sound of go-go into the classroom.

Teaching for Change is honored to work with D.C. area schools and the authors of The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. to develop lessons and share teaching ideas for infusing the history and music of go-go in middle and high school social studies, language arts, math, music, and/or D.C. history classes, and to bring renowned go-go performers into D.C. classrooms.

"Go-go has stayed true to time-honored cultural scripts such as live call-and-response, live instrumentation, as well as its locally rooted fashions, slang, dance, distribution and economic systems. Simply put: Go-Go never sold out. There is a grit and texture to the music that gives voice to the communities where it was created." –Natalie Hopkinson

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September 28: Cherie Mitchell at Duke Ellington School of the Arts

September 28, 2015 / Mykella Palmer

Renowned go-go artists Sweet Cherie, Shannon Browne, and Kato Hammond talked with students in Mr. Davey Yarborough's jazz class at Duke Ellington High School (DCPS) as part of “Teach the Beat.” Cherie Mitchell is an alumni of Duke Ellington. The visit was coordinated by Teaching for Change, in partnership with DCPS, and with funding from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH). Also on the visit were Nzinga Tull (Teaching for Change board), Renee Abdullah (DCPS), and Leonard E. Brown (Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz).