Tag Archives: Friesen¸ Glen
Letter to the Editor: Waldheim School Post-Pandemic Update
2023
AL#148 p.6
Glen Friesen
▪ The long-running guitar-building program on the Saskatchewan prairie had another successful year. But the future looks uncertain as shop teacher Frisen moves toward retirement.
Little Lutherie Class on the Prairie: Teaching Guitar Making in a Saskatchewan High School
2020
AL#140 p.52
Glen Friesen
▪ Some public servants take on challenging tasks that many of us would fear to attempt. I’m not talking about fire fighters or the people who change light bulbs on the tops of suspension bridges. I’m talking about high school shop teachers. And here’s a guy who has been teaching guitar making in public school for twenty years. Hats off to you, sir! And respect to the students. These guitars look pretty good.
Letter to the Editor: News From Waldheim School
2015
AL#122 p.2
Glen Friesen
▪ Friesen checks in about his ongoing efforts to teach lutherie as a woodshop subject in a Canadian public middle school.
Letter to the Editor: Waldhelm School 2011
2013
AL#116 p.3
Glen Friesen
▪ Another successful year at the Waldheim School in Saskatchewan and a description of the guitars constructed since the GAL 2011 convention.
Letter to the Editor: News From Waldheim School
2012
AL#111 p.5
Glen Friesen
▪ Another successful year in the Canadian lutherie school.
Letter to the Editor: Public School Lutherie Class
2007
AL#91 p.5
Glen Friesen
▪ Friesen teaches lutherie in a public school shop course in Canada. We have heard from him a few teims over the years. He’s got his young students doing respectable work.