Date
8-29-2025
Department
School of Music
Degree
Doctor of Music Education (DME)
Chair
Brian Stiffler
Keywords
virtual music education, remote teaching and learning, elementary music education, alternative music education, virtual learning
Disciplines
Music | Online and Distance Education
Recommended Citation
Federico-Youngs, Julia, "Virtual Music Education: An Examination of Experiences of a Post-COVID Virtual Elementary Music Program" (2025). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 7398.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/7398
Abstract
This study focused on a three-year phenomenon that occurred at five Title I California elementary schools that took part in a post-COVID-19 virtual music program where the teacher was remote and third- through fifth-grade students were together in their classrooms. This event occurred as an attempt to provide music education to students who had no access to music education. The participants were the general classroom teachers who were physically in the classroom with the students. The participants’ experiences provided the results of this transcendental phenomenological study via interviews. These interviews offered valuable insight into the perspectives and experiences of the classroom teachers, who remarked on the structure, format, accessibility, and effectiveness of the virtual music program. Analyzing the results also provided more information about the program, student engagement, and music education that students received before, during, and after the implementation of the virtual music program.
