FOBISIA MUSIC TEACHERS eCONFERENCE: MUSIC EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE
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Beth Bown
Gareth Groves
Director of Music Dover Court International School
Head of Performing Arts & Creative Outreach The ABC International School Ho Chi Minh City
he past two years have been a steep learning curve for those of us in education, with the move to virtual learning proving a challenge for so many. We have felt the limitations of online learning hard within the FOBISIA Music Community as our live musical collaborations became a distant memory. The Music Committee has tried to keep this collaborative spirit alive and to continue to provide challenge and opportunity for our young musicians to perform together. The
success of last year's FOBISIA Voices project proved that there was still a huge desire for our students to collaborate, even if this could not take place in person, and we are continuing to build on this with the forthcoming Battle of the Bands and Virtual Orchestra events taking place this year. The aim of our 2021 annual conference, ‘Music Education for the Future’, was to equip our teachers with the necessary skills 40
