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Friends in Concert: from Prelude to Encore Preparing for Virtual Performances Editors Chua Siew Ling, Alvyn Eng and Tommy Wong | Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts
Content A. P.2 Narratives of Creative and Collaborative Processes C. P.17 Challenges and overcoming them
B. P.15 Models of practices
D. P.18 Key learning
Prelude This is a special compilation of narratives, reflections, and thoughts from music teachers who have been involved in putting together virtual performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Putting up a virtual performance for the first time can be daunting and challenging, yet these virtual performances filled a void created from the absence of music-making in a period of isolation and social-distancing. Music, as we believe, must continue in our lives. And music-making can take place anytime, anywhere, and in different forms. This publication offers insights into the different processes of putting together virtual performances by revealing the creative and collaborative workflow told by participants who have helped pioneer a virtual edition of Friends in Concert. Perhaps their sharing of their creative pathways and experiences can collectively forge new understandings of music-making, and therefore, inspire new ideas for music teaching.
E. P.20 Resources
Narratives of Creative and Collaborative Processes We interviewed a few participants of Friends in Concert 2020. They shared their processes and reflections. From their transcripts, we re-constructed their narratives so that the events were presented in chronological order. These narratives, titled by their performances, were focused on the collaborative and creative processes in which the respective virtual performances were put together. Some of these include reflections for music teaching. We hope these narratives could benefit our music teaching community through a closer look into the experiences of preparing for virtual performances, the diverse ways of expressing musical ideas, and the technicalities involved, which could then grow some insights for music teaching.