Thank you to all BCMEA members who attended "Town Hall pt 3 - K-8 Music Education".   Extra shout out to Janet Wade and Jenn Britton for answering questions!  

Here is the video recording of the town hall and here is the transcript for the chat.

We will hold another Town Hall/Check-In towards the end of the first week of classes.  Stay tuned!

Thank you again to Janet Wade & Christin Reardon MacLellan for their AMAZING work for the Guidelines for Music Classes in BC During COVID-19 and their leadership in the town hall!

Here is the video recording of the town hall and the transcript of the chat.  

Our next Town Hall/Roundtable will be on Wed Aug 26 at 7pm, with a focus on K-8 Music Education.  This will be a brainstorm of ideas to ensure safety of our Music Educators, as well as our students.

Here are the list of the most updated Guidance Documents for Music Educators.

BC Provincial COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines for K-12 Setting 

BCMEA/CMEBC Guidance for Music Classes in BC During COVID-19 

Let's Sing - Safety Considerations and Guidelines for in-Person Singing 
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**Please note - the Ministry of Education document references the BCMEA/CMEBC Guidance for further procedures!**

 Thank you to Kelly Proznick for the resource Solo Voice Unit for Secondary Choirs.  It is described as "This is a process based solo singing activity, focusing on the intentional development of individual rehearsal skills and an embrace of all the "lumps" involved in the slow development of a solo song."  

Thank you to Jonathan Krueger for creating the resource, Note Pyramids.  He describes it as "Series of activities designed to help students identify key signatures, and to write sol-fege into their music. Tonal centre identification and do, re, mi pattern recognition."  

Here are the transcript and audio recording from the Town Hall about Scheduling/Timetabling on Tue June 30.

Here is the audio recording of the CMEBC Town Hall on Wed June 24.