Piano Teachers Adapt to Survive

The pandemic has hit the arts and recreation sector hard

A Bechstein piano used by John Lennon and Paul McCartney on display at a showroom on March 3, 2014, in Manchester, England. Dave Thompson/Getty Images

With non-essential industries shut down in Australia, private music teachers have been forced to think outside the box to deliver music education amid major disruptions caused by the CCP virus pandemic.

The government ordered shutdowns of group classes for the creative arts and sports from March 23—adding to other strict rules—as a way to flatten the curve of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.