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With public schools still operating remotely, one subject particularly challenging to teach online is music. Despite the limitations, choir teachers in Fresno County are brainstorming new ways to instruct, even through a screen. On one Thursday morning, halfway through the high school choir class that Jacob Bailey is teaching on Zoom, he leads the students through a warm up. “Reach up nice and high to wake up that voice a little bit,” Bailey tells the students while stretching. “Wake up those ribs.” As they exercise their voices, he jokes, they might wake up their neighbors: he lets out a “Whoo, whoo, whoo!” like a siren. “Bug our neighbors, here we go!” One student puts in the chat, “My poor dog is trying to sleep, I feel bad.” But of the few students who turn on their videos during the Zoom class, you can tell they’re still singing. Bailey has been teaching with Selma Unified School District for two years now, and says he’s approaching distance learning like he did when he started at
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