Barnstable Students Create Music Without Instruments After COVID Forces Classes Online

HYANNIS, MA — Students and teachers alike are learning as they go- and navigating a routine of in-person classes one day, and virtual classes the next. Dan Felix is a music teacher at Barnstable United Elementary School. He said, “basically it’s been different in a way that we’ve had to be more adaptable and creative.”

For music teachers like Felix, things can get a little tricky, especially when there’s no singing or instruments allowed in class. The restrictions are for health reasons, with Principal Mike Wojkowski explaining, “we don’t really have the ability to sanitize them and have them get used by the next class.”

So, Felix’s 250 fourth and fifth grade students are making music, with whatever they can find.

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