Due to the current state of COVID-19 cases in the local area, we have decided to continue to require masks to be worn at all times while in our facility by all staff, teachers, students, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. 

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With the continuing uptick in cases and our ongoing commitment to following the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s orders pertaining to Face Coverings in K-12 School Entities. We have decided it is once again necessary to require masks to be worn at all times while in our facility by all staff, teachers, students, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. This will start on Tuesday, Sept 7th, 2021.

As an organization, we are committed to doing everything that we can to ensure the continuation of in-person instruction (including classes, workshops, and rehearsals) while staying focused on keeping all of our students, staff, teachers, and their families safe & healthy.

We will be adhering to guidelines set forth by the CDC as well as the PA State Board of Education. 

CLICK HERE to read our safety protocols for returning to in-person lessons.

The Uptown Music Collective will be offering in-person and virtual lessons beginning on Monday, August 31, 2020 for the Fall Semester. We will be adhering to guidelines set forth by the CDC as well as the PA State Board of Education. 

The Uptown Music Collective’s Administrative Staff has decided to return to teaching the schools private lessons solely online for the remaining 5 weeks of the 2020 Summer semester. This decision is based on the safety of our students, our instructors, our staff, and their families as a whole in this very uncertain time in the world.

Please read the following letter below from the UMC’s Administrative Staff:

Dear UMC Students and Parents,

After much thought, conversation, research, and debate the Uptown Music Collective’s Administrative Staff have decided to return to teaching the schools private lessons solely online for the remaining 5 weeks of the 2020 Summer semester. This decision is based on the safety of our students, our instructors, our staff, and their families as a whole in this very uncertain time in the world.

In early June, as we were planning our return to in-person lessons, the Covid-19 numbers were moving in the right direction. In preparation for the change, the staff spent the last month planning, and prepping, to ensure that the safety protocols and guidelines that we put in place worked.

However, now as cases are surging across the country, and the pandemic hits closer to home. We feel that going back to virtual lessons is the only way to mitigate the dangerous x-factors that all of our preparations cannot control.

We plan to return to in-person lessons for the start of our 2020 Fall semester. This week is currently the 11th week of our 15 week Summer Semester, which means there 5 more weeks of lessons, which will be done remotely. This current semester will end on August 15th. The week of August 17th will be the “make-up” week for this semester and the week of August 24th the Collective is closed for our Summer Break. The first day of the 2020 Fall semester is currently slated to be August 31st.

We will be closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19 and adjusting our game plan accordingly. We hope you all can respect the decision we are making and understand why we are making it. If anyone has any questions or concerns , they can feel free to email Brendan ([email protected]).

We thank you for your understanding,

The UMC Administrative Staff

The Uptown Music Collective will be re-opening for in-person lessons beginning on Monday, July 6TH, 2020. We will be adhering to guidelines set forth by the CDC as well as PA State Board of Education. 

CLICK HERE to read our safety protocols for returning to in-person lessons.

As mandated by Gov. Tom Wolf, all K-12 public schools in the Commonwealth will remain CLOSED until further notice. The Uptown Music Collective will be following this mandate.
There will be no on-site lessons, classes, workshops, rehearsals or meetings throughout this time.
We will begin delivering private lessons online during this time and continuing for as long as this mandate continues. We will be monitoring the situation closely and adjusting our timeline as needed. 

The need to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has, and will for a time, impact all of our lives. With the health of our students, their families, our teachers and staff, foremost in our mind. We have made the difficult decision to follow Governor Wolf’s closing of all K-12 Schools for the next 2 weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak also known as the Coronavirus.