Pittsburgh's Performance Students, Teachers Adjust To Virtual Lessons

90.5 WESA: It’s one thing to learn economics or world history off a lecture on Zoom. But try it with dance, acting – or tuba.

Ethan Marmolejos got a sudden and unexpected taste of the latter experience starting in mid-March. While on spring break, the Carnegie Mellon University sophomore learned that campus was shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. He packed up and headed back to Watchung, N.J., and the house where he grew up.