Since March 2020, the CMC has developed several new ways to adapt their Older Adult Choir Program (OACP), which serves nearly 400 older adults in senior centers throughout San Francisco, to a successful online learning platform. To keep their dynamic choir communities connected during COVID-19, the center worked with their senior center partners to create remote instructional videos and zoom sessions.
When COVID-19 forced teachers and students to shelter in place, Stagebridge’s programming was between sessions. Staff were able to take this time to decide how to proceed with their popular Performing Arts Institute, and discovered that the digital shift to online learning could be the next step to building their community of artists and older adult learners.
Lifetime Arts Roster Teaching Artist, Greacian Goeke, has been teaching her signature class, “Free to Move: Expressive Movement & Rhythm for Brain & Body Health,” at the Albany Senior Center outside of Oakland, CA for the last 10 years. When COVID-19 forced the Albany Senior Center to shut down and in-person programming and live performances to disband, Greacian immediately reached out to her students to continue her weekly movement classes via Zoom.
