What began as an experimental project to help answer a choral teacher’s questions about working remotely has turned into one of the most beautiful videos I have ever had the privilege to produce. Words cannot express how grateful I am to all 111 musicians from 9 countries and 18 states who shared their musical gifts to collaborate in this performance of Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus - translated as, “Hail To One True Body” - with music, we are truly united as one voice around the world, no matter the separation surrounding us in this challenging environment!
Read MoreIn the midst of our current pandemic and state mandate to close all non-essential businesses and maintain “social distancing” practices, I’ve been focused on helping piano teachers make the transition to become online teachers and learn how to teach one-on-one live lessons online through video conferencing apps, like Zoom. I, myself, have had several years of experience. I started out in 2009, creating a YouTube series called Clair de lune From Scratch. I am still presently to this day, teaching Online Popular Piano at ArtistWorks. Last night, I got an interesting question from someone who was asking for my help, to help a choral teacher in Canada. Is there a way that she could still meaningfully work with her students, even though she’s restricted to staying at home, and restricted to using online collaboration tools like Zoom? Is there a way that a choral teacher can still work with her chorus, when they can’t be in the same room together at the same time?
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