As a first-year high school band director in Watford City, Matthew Page faces unique challenges trying to educate his students from a distance. How do you teach the tuba and trumpet using the internet?

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Matthew Page and his band at Watford City were just three days away from their regional competition when the coronavirus shut down schools across the state.

Page says the spring concert was on the horizon and suddenly kids were stuck at home with their instruments at school.

The big question he faced—how to keep his students practicing once he figured out how to get the instruments back in their hands.







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