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Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021 • January 7, 2021 • 8 minute read • The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the arts are taught at school. At Eastside Secondary School, guitar teacher and Intelligencer columnist Dave Reed had to create a new model for his 25 guitar students. He s split four periods into eight: kids play two of those periods, and the rest of the day consists of music history, theory, active listening, music in the news and even a rhythm unit where guitar kids work through a snare drum studies using drumsticks and practice pads. DAVE REED PHOTO jpg, BI
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