We’re half way through this year of remote learning and what a busy year it’s been! Our students are checking in each week from nearby neighborhoods as well as other counties and even out of state. The studio project this year is called “Take 5!”and has five challenges each with five components. Most of the students have complete two or three of the challenges-and remember, there are five parts to each challenge- so they’ve had a lot to do!
Students always enjoy sharing the holidays in school, but how do we do it remotely? This year we spent December doing a virtual “Secret Santa”. Each student was matched up anonymously with another student and had to share their ideas about their favorite holiday movies, treats, gift cards, and finally record a piece of holiday music to share with their fellow Santa. At the last class identities were revealed!
One of the challenges in the “Take 5!” program is to learn five pieces of traditional American music. Some of our students submitted recordings of their favorite songs to be included in our mid year YouTube recital. You can watch it below.
We’ll be busy now selection our music for the Spring YouTube recital and finishing off the “Take 5!” challenge. One ambitious student only has one more challenge to go!