A Vision for Change in Online Music Teaching

A seachange in instrumental music teaching has been thrust upon teachers and students. The welcoming atmosphere of face to face lessons has been replaced by online tuition and this has brought about difficult challenges related to security issues, connectivity problems and new ways of teaching and learning.

But what if we came to regard the change as an opportunity for musicians to embrace what is already at our fingertips through technology? What if we could devise a more creative and efficient means of teaching one-to-one, online?

Online tuition demands of us that we redesign the way we teach to include a greater emphasis on independent learning. A different type of lesson preparation is needed from the teacher, with a different follow-up for the learner. Online teaching gives us the opportunity to manage and optimise the student's practice time between lessons in previously unimagined ways.

Making the most of this chance relies on the vision to change our traditional approach radically and, crucially, on the right platform through which the change can be implemented.

Musician, teacher and co-director of E-MusicMaestro, Peter Noke has set up a project which is being offered to schools and individual music teachers across the UK for free. His aspiration is that, as a teaching community with such vast talent and skill, we are able, collectively, to spearhead an influential project of immense importance at this time. 

The platform being tried out initially is samepage.io. It fulfils all the security features, multi-factor authentication and end to end encryption required and provides an easy to use and engaging online space which, unlike other platforms, is ideal for instrumental teachers' needs. E-MusicMaestro’s own branded platform, which will be launched later in the year, will be modelled on the structure and performance capabilities of that third party platform.

It would be great to be able to celebrate our success collectively as a musical community whose prime interests are coming together to find new and imaginative ways to continue teaching our students at this particular time. If you are an instrumental or singing teacher who would like to be involved in this exciting project by trying out new, creative ways of online teaching, Peter would love to welcome you to take part free of charge.

Please watch the video then get in touch with Peter using this contact form link.