If you are a newbie or an experienced piano camp teacher you will find many ideas in this supplement to help you continue a musical relationship with each of your students. This virtual piano camp supplement will guide you through everything you need to know about creating a unique piano camp experience for your studio families. But the shifts we’ve designed will allow you to create something that is incredibly valuable to your piano families right now: a of community during this time of social distancing, and an opportunity to bring music and wonder into their homes. Yes, this is possible, and no - it won’t be the same as an in-person camp. However, we have made it easy for you with the virtual piano camp supplement. It’s easy to get bogged down planning your summer events, and this year it seems even more of a challenge if we have to continue teaching online. They may choose to perform a solo or just to attend. Students can sign up for one of three hour time slots on the Friday, May 15, originally scheduled for our recital. Get dressed up for another recital? Scratch that! I’m planning on hosting student-only recitals that don’t involve any prep work for parents or students. With a studio of 120, how is that going to work? It’s heaps of fun for the students and audience to see and hear groups on stage!Įnsemble performances? Scratch that! There’s no way to host ensemble playing via Zoom, so we have to go with solo performances. Because I have a studio of 120 students, ensemble performances are the only way to get that many students performing in a block of 3 one-hour recitals. Our local association has graciously moved that event online and my students are uploading video performances to a Google Drive folder for adjudication.įollowing solo festival at the end of March, ensembles for our spring recital were to be introduced and prepared for our Spring Recitals on May 15th. When our Covid state quarantine was issued, we were nine days away from students performing in our NFMC solo festival. They’re doing the best they can! It’s my job to reassure and support, not add to the stress. They were given eight hours notice that they were to be new homeschooling parents AND work from home. Spring recital? Scratch that! I’ve gotten a sense that my piano parents do NOT need another event. Marie, author of Group Teaching Blueprint, has a large, multi-teacher studio and she’s been thinking fast on her feet since the lockdown.
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