Music students adapting to virtual performances

Posted November 2020

By Nellie Shevtsov

Cub Reporter

Zoom music concerts are now the new norm during Covid-19.

In the beginning of the Covid-19 virus, music teacher were problem solving on how to perform while social distancing. While a group of school musicians performed on Zoom on March 13, a digital audience listened in. The group pointed out that even though there were some issues with wifi, it was a success. The group engaged and entertained a live audience, and they also collected feedback and information.

Now, there will be virtual play, choir and orchestra performances, and other types of music performances online. Music teachers are also adapting to the reality of virtual lessons and small concerts.

“Whether you’re an out of work musician offering lessons for the first time, a private instructor scrambling to keep clients, or a public music teacher forced to keep an entire class motivated over a zoom call, there are wealth of obstacles and awkward learning curves you must overcome in this strange reality," one music teacher said.

Guitar teachers also said that children slowed down the learning process on instruments, and that the teachers couldn't be there to help them hold the instrument and place their fingers correctly. Teachers say that this will be the new normal until things get back together, but for right now zoom will do.