Internationally Renowned Philadelphia Vibraphonist Teaching Music Students From Home During Coronavirus Pandemic

Tony Miceli has been forced to team students virtually.

IT IS A INTERNATIONALLYRENOWNED SILO PHONE PLAYER ANDHE LIVES IN PHILADELPHIAPANDEMIC HAS FORCED HIM TOSTAY HOME AND THEN PLAY.SO NOW HE IS TEACHING MUSICSTUDENTS FROM HIS BASEMENT.PHOTO JOURNALIST DENNISRICHARDSON TALKED TO HIM ABOUTTHE IMPORTANT MESSAGE HE ISPUT TO GO MUSIC.I PLAY AN INSTRUMENTEVERYBODY THINKS IS A XYLAMOUNTPHONE.AS A TEACHER, MUSICIAN, IT ISA VERY DIFFICULT TIME AND I'MSTUCK HERE WITH CAMERA CREWBUNCH OF FEET AWAY BECAUSE OFSOCIAL DISTANCING.I HAVE BEEN WORK NOTHING MYBASEMENT.AS SOON AS EVERYTHING SHUTDOWNEY WAS SPEAKSED TO TRAVELINTO FRANCE AND THEN IN ACOUPLE DAYS IN SWITZERLAND ANDTHEN GOING TO PRAGUE I HAD AWHOLE GREAT TOUR PLANNED.THAT WAS CANCELLED.SO I'M AT HOME DOING CONCERTS,WOK SHOPS AND LESSONS.MAKE SURE YOU ARE BACKUP SOWE CAN SEE YOUR INDUSTRY.SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL.IT IS A GREAT AFTER SCHOOLMUSIC PROGRAM.ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERSOF THE MUSICIANS IN THE STATEOF PENNSYLVANIA.MOVE YOUR CABLE.I'M REAL GOOD WITHTECHNOLOGY.SO I CAN STREAM, I CAN, I HAVEA NICE LITTLE VIDEO STUDIODOWNSTAIRS.WHEN I WORK WITH ALL THESESTUDENTS, OUTSIDE OF WHAT ISHAPPENING RIGHT NOW.THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SETOF CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK MYJOB TO BE HONEST.LET'S NOT LET THIS WHOLEQUARANTINE THING STOP US.LET'S JUST KEEP GOING.THEY ALL JUMPED RIGHT ON THEWAGON.I SAID LETS PICK A POSITIVESONG...♪♪ AND THEN LETS PLAY IT,AND LETS MAKE A VIDEO OUT OFIT, POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT WECAN SEND AROUND TO EVERYBODY.SO WE PICK A SONG WE WEREWORKING ON THAT IS TOTALLY AGREAT SONG FOR THIS AND THATIS THINGS ARE GETTING BETTERBY ADDERLY.BEAUTIFUL SONG, THAT IS THERE,IT IS THEIR TRIBUTE TO INSPIRETHE REST OF TO US LET US KEEPGOING AND LET'S GET PAST THIS.WE HAVE A GOSPEL FEEL AND ITKIND OF GOES...IT IS TWO AND A HALF, THREEWEEKS THAT THEY DID IT THATQUICK.I WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGETHAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER SODO I WHAT I COULD TO MAKE ITAND PUT MY OWN SPIN ON ITWITHOUT TAKING IT TOO FAR.I THINK WE WILL TAKE, TAKESORT OF OUR EXTRACURRICULARACTIVITIES AND WHAT WE DO FORFUN ON A DAILY BASIS.THIS TOO SHALL PASS KIND OFLIKE LIFE WILL GO ON AFTERTHIS AND JUST A LITTLE SPEEDBUMP BUT WE WILL GET PASTTHIS.MUSICIANS.I THINK THAT WE ARE ALLGOING TO BE JUST COMPLETELYDIFFERENT AFTER THIS.I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY TALKABOUT HOW THAT THEY AREAPPRECIATING ARTISTS MORESINCE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENINGBUT THEY COULD BE THINKING IT.