Music Education Alumni Connections
Item
- Title
- Music Education Alumni Connections
- Description
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This spring when we went to remote learning, I immediately began hearing from alumni of our program. In speaking and emailing with them, I was being asked for advice, encouragement, and resources. I was also receiving messages that offered assistance to our current students and offers to share their experiences with our current students poured in.
I quickly realized that we all need each other to get through this experience, and this project developed from there. After a few weeks of planning, I hosted several Zoom sessions during April that put current students together with groups of elementary, middle and high school music educators of all backgrounds and disciplines (band/choir/orchestra/general music/AP Music Theory/guitar class/etc!). My music ed faculty colleagues joined us each week and it became a great learning experience for all involved. The connections we all made - albeit online - will hopefully be something positive that is remembered about this time. I created a slide show to document the experience and to provide a resource for our students and alums to access some of the applications and materials that were referenced in the Zoom meetings. I am very proud of the NIU family in the School of Music and am happy to share this project as an example of something positive that was created during this time of uncertainty and doubt. - Contributor is Creator
- Yes
- Affiliation
- Faculty - Coordinator of Music Education
- Creator
- Mary Lynn Doherty
- Date Created
- May 13, 2020
- Contributor
- Mary Lynn Doherty
- Posting Consent
- Yes
This item was submitted on May 13, 2020 by Mary Lynn Doherty using the form “Submit Your Story” on the site “Documenting the NIU Experience to the COVID-19 Pandemic”: https://digitalexhibits.lib.niu.edu/s/covid-pandemic
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