COVID-19 UPDATE: ONLINE LEARNING
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Further to our previous update, we are delighted to announce that we are creating a programme of online learning. This will include one-to-one learning, pre-recording group learning, live group sessions and masterclasses. Our online learning programme will be phased in, starting with some LIVE one-to-one sessions tomorrow Saturday 21 March and some pre-recorded materials for group learning. We will be building on the group learning resources over the coming days, so please bear with us as more will be available next week after they have passed our quality assurance measures!
It is really important that students keep up with their musical journey and distance learning will help them keep motivated to practise and offer continued support of their progress, whilst keeping in touch with their tutors. Although the first lessons might take a little getting used to, research shows it to be a very valid way of learning. As well as ensuring continued development, it will also be an important means of keeping your children occupied whilst being kept at home! Equally we are exploring lots of exciting and innovative ways of developing group learning and each week new sessions and learning ideas will be put onto our new Online Learning pages.
Our LIVE online learning programme will be available on BlueJeans, a video chat platform. This can easily be used on desktops/laptops and smart devices. BlueJeans allows us to host sessions, whilst maintain the privacy of all using it. Email addresses will NOT be publicly available. If using a smart device you will need to download the FREE BlueJeans App. You will be invited to online sessions via email, which will contain a link. Clicking the link will open:
Smart Device – the BlueJeans App
Desktops/Laptops – your web browser
If you have a one-to-one instrumental lesson (Green/Blue/Additional/Instrumental Only), you will receive an instrumental time slot shortly for tomorrow Saturday 21 March. We will attempt to keep lesson times the same as far as is possible, however we cannot guarantee this. Please do let us know if you cannot make the slot, or if you would like the session invite to go to an email other than yours (i.e. your child(ren)’s email). These email addresses will be used by office ONLY and will NOT be shared.
Now is also your chance for you or your children to pick up instruments you might have stopped learning. Please contact Sabina about lessons through Music Lessons For You.
We will send links to our new Online Learning pages later today or first thing tomorrow for I Can Sing! and as many of our CYMH groups as we have material ready.
We look forward to sharing our online learning programme with you all as it grows!
Best wishes and Keep healthy
The HMDT Music Team