The GRHS 'Virtual' Chorus is Creating New Ways to Perform and Inspire from Home.

With a message of inspiring strength in isolation, the Glen Ridge High School Chorus is creating new ways for students to learn and perform from home. Seniors chose to sing the song "I Lived" by One Republic (arranged by Deke Sharon) for graduation. With schools now closed in New Jersey for the remainder of the school year, their Chorus Teacher, Gregory Pavliv, was determined to help his Seniors have their moment to let their voices shine.

"My students are like family and I want to give them the same positive experiences we all had in high school, even if we are in the middle of a pandemic" said Mr. Pavliv who has been a music teacher for 14 years. Students learned their music while sheltered-in-place using Google Meet with the aid of sheet music & recorded practice tracks. Each student then recorded themselves using the Voice Memo apps in their smart phones and then submitted them to their online classroom.

Motivated by their "Program Pillars" of representing their community and serving others, senior Alexandra McCarren, the elected Chorus President says, "In a time like this it's important to not lose our sense of community. It's easy to forget we're all going through the same thing. By singing and sharing our message, we hope to inspire and give everyone just a little but of hope."

"We're a team and even if we don't get to perform these songs in front of people, the important thing is we perform them together, virtually" said Alexandra. With the help of Garage Band and iMovie Mr. Pavliv created their virtual performance with emotional video from within the walls of the temporarily silenced high school. "We're fortunate to have the technology that allows us to teach from home," says Pavliv, "and I'm grateful to have such talented & dedicated students to shape the future of music education."

You can see the video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/8kyVnkwFN3k)

Gregory Pavliv
36 Herman Street
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

Gregory's life as an advocate for music education and a researcher of musical neuroscience has blended to create a unique songwriting style. https://www.gregorypavliv.com. His music is a mix of metaphoric lyrics and intense piano technique. Past projects have experimented with full orchestra & electronica but his style has found a home through his piano playing which he officially started when he was four years of age. A public school music teacher, Gregory teaches his art of songwriting to students who compose and perform regularly. A former National Director of Training for Little Kids Rock, Gregory helped over 250,000 public school students discover how to play and write their own music by training other music teachers over a period of three years. And his research into how the structure of music leaves a positive impact on brain development has been published and shared through books and speaking engagements around the world. Find out more about music education with Gregory Pavliv on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Pavliv

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