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The Virtual Ensemble: A Brief History and Guideline

The Virtual Ensemble: A Brief History and Guideline

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected how we make music with others and teach music to our students. Musicians still want to have group performances, and music teachers want to have some sort of concert experience. In response to stay-at-home restrictions, school closures, and online learning, tech-savvy music teachers across the United States quickly put together virtual performances of their school ensembles. Read on for brief history of the virtual ensemble and general guidelines on how to prepare your students to record for a virtual performance.

This is Music Education: Chadwick/Milledgeville Schools

This is Music Education: Chadwick/Milledgeville Schools

A look into the music program at Chadwick Milledgeville Schools with the choral and general music educator, Scott Mattison. “The most satisfying part of teaching music is the sheer joy of watching students faces when they can bring happiness to their audience through their performance. I want my students to enjoy what they are performing and you can see that on their faces when they sing.”

Let's Do Better: Seeing Color in Music Education

Let's Do Better: Seeing Color in Music Education

There are no prescribed answers or paths to solving the inequities that exist in music. Methods of curriculum and repertoire are only as effective as the thoughtfulness with which they are crafted and selected, based on the students and communities we serve. So rather than searching for concrete or formulaic answers, let’s choose to engage. Let’s choose to question. Let’s choose to admit our own complicity. Let’s be willing to have uncomfortable conversations. Let’s wrestle with challenging ideas.