Date

12-19-2024

Department

School of Music

Degree

Master of Arts in Music Education (MA)

Chair

Monica Taylor

Keywords

COVID-19, Virginia Department of Education, pandemic, resources, music education

Disciplines

Music

Abstract

This research was to identify how the Virginia Department of Education handled Music Education during the COVID-19 pandemic. When proper support from the Department of Education is given, music educators can run their programs efficiently without doing much research on their own. By examining the COVID-19 policies and procedures created by the Virginia Department of Education, this qualitative study investigated how much emphasis was put on the unique needs of an education in music. Therefore, this investigation examined these policies and procedures to note in what ways music education was taken into special consideration. This study explored three distinct phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: pre-pandemic, onset of the pandemic, and virtual education. The last portion of this research focused on the unique challenges of the return to in-person education for Virginia Music Education programs. This study utilized Virginia music educators’ feedback to determine their view on the Virginia Department of Education’s impact during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the results of this survey, it was determined that additional resources for music education during the COVID-19 pandemic were required.

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