Virtual Learning

Teachers know the benefit of sharing digital sheet music (ePrint) legally with their students. In a school setting, it’s crucial to involve the principal to obtain both permission and funding…

Virtual choirs have become more popular than ever due to our current need to stay socially distanced from fellow musicians. The publishers Pepper works with have become increasingly creative with…

Up your virtual teaching game and create the best remote learning experience for your students. Virtual teaching and learning are skills needed in education today. We know you want your…

J.W. Pepper recently conducted a webinar regarding copyright as it pertains to virtual worship services. Here’s a summary of the webinar along with a list of questions asked during the…

J.W. Pepper hosted a webinar on October 1st with Katie Baron, attorney and partner at Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP and Shari Molstad, Permissions Manager at Hal Leonard LLC. We…

Many music teachers are sharing plans to add more rhythm lessons to their curriculum this fall since these exercises can be conducted in all sorts of scenarios. Students can practice…

There are many tools that make teaching from home easier. In this video, we cover five hardware items that’ll allow music teachers to shine as they interact with students remotely….

As the school year winds down, jazz is a perfect music genre for students to explore. The elements of jazz—including improv, blue notes, and polyrhythms—can be used by all age…

When we go through a crisis in life, we do two things: we go back to foundational constants, and we seek connection. We listen to that one song, watch that…

Sight-Reading Music Practice Now is the perfect time to work on sight-reading skills. Students can use their moments at home to strengthen their ability to quickly tackle different rhythms and…

With the unexpected changes this year, many students may be missing out on key moments that encourage them to come back to music class year after year. Directors and educators…

Ian is one of my 13-year-old concert choir candidates. He and a group of nine other boys were promoted this semester to become full-fledged members of the Keystone State Boychoir…

Pepper has gotten the opportunity to explore a lot of music history, taking closer looks at both the people and the instruments that helped shape the world around us. Below…

Update: This service is now being extended. Teachers will be able to use the Share Music feature through December 31, 2020. A number of teachers and directors have talked about…

There are many great ideas floating around social media as everyone adjusts to virtual teaching and learning. We thought we’d highlight some of the free resources shared online that have…

To help teachers adjust to virtual learning situations, Wingert-Jones Publications, J.W. Pepper’s publishing division, is offering free online resources for band and orchestra directors to use with their students. They are…

The Pepper team has had the opportunity to interview many amazing musicians about their careers. We’ve rolled up some of our favorite clips about different career paths in music. These videos would…

More time at home means more time to practice and create music. But keeping motivated, organized, and stress-free can be challenging. That is when music experts who have worked on…

*April 3 Update: Pepper has worked with music publishers to provide a way to share music you purchased with your ensemble members for free online viewing through December 31st. Thanks…

In this challenging time, the music education community has been doing what it does best: working together to keep students engaged in deeply meaningful choral, instrumental, and general music projects….

Dr. Alice Hammel remembers when Vinnie started school. He had frequent outbursts and struggled throughout most of his elementary school years; eventually, he was diagnosed as being on the autistic…