b'The Composer of the Month is an ongoing programAnother exciting project is a collaboration with her whichcontainstwoversions.Oneversionisforson, Nico Janssen, a dancer with the Royal Danish older students to control and read themselves andBallet in Denmark.Nico created a dance in isolation.the other is for younger students, which is narratedStudentswatchedNicosdance,askedquestions by Withers.Activities are added and sometimes aand Withers challenged the students to create their fun video will be included to enhance the studentsownCreativeProjectDuringSocialDistancing. enjoyment of the composer.An assignment can beWithers received songs, poems and artwork and was attached and other times, just a question about theirimpressed at how creative the students were.The listening is asked. questions were also relayed to Nico, with comments given back to students.Collaboratingwithherpeers,Witherscreateda four-weekphysicaleducation/musicactivity.TheNico will be performing a second dance which will students are challenged to do outside activities atbe posted on the Royal Danish Ballet Website.With least three times a week and listen for the following:studentsbackintheclassroom,theywillwatch, Week 1 asks students to listen for dynamics (volumecompare the two and FaceTime Nico in Denmark, of sounds); Week 2 (tempo - speeds); Week 3 (highfor a question/answer period. It will be recorded and vs low sounds). Each week the students go into theirshared on Google Music Classroom so everyone can Google Music Classroom and categorize the sounds.participate in the same project.Oncethisiscompleted,sometimeinthefuture, WitherswillbechallengingstudentstocreateaAlthoughtheCovid-19pandemichascreated Nature composition with their gathered material. some uncertainty and unusual times, were always impressed to hear and showcase some of the many innovative and creative waysteachers are reaching students.Thanks to Withers for keeping this music program thriving!Page2'