Creative pedagogies in the time of pandemic: a case study with conservatory students

The present paper reports data from an original qualitative study that investigates how music students reacted to novel remote teaching strategies emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. A population of twenty learners enrolled at Italian conservatory responded open-ended survey, verbalising their recent learning experiences concerning three complementary aspects everyday practice: (i) efficiently new education settings were implemented, (ii) what musical activities have been creatively developed with help technology, and (iii) peer interaction was transformed by lockdown period. By providing concrete examples, our participants offered insights into benefits, challenges, transformations this sudden pedagogical change has produced. Our findings show different approaches rehearsal time management emerged, in turn impacting on prioritise short-term long-term goals, enhance creative potential, establish renew interactions peers.