It seemed after-school music education at North Knoxville’s Norwood Elementary School was dead, at least for the time being. We can’t hold on-site general music classes, because of the coronavirus, and when we prepared an online version this fall, almost no kids signed up. (Zoom burnout is real!)But luckily, there is a Centro Hispano site near Norwood , and extra-luckily, site coordinator Luci Diego is committed to music education. When she heard about the dropped music class at Norwood, she got approval to offer an after-school Joy of Music School program at Centro Hispano. The class is run by Kiran Seth, who has taught the JoMS outreach class at Norwood for several years. She leads the class remotely, with the help of a Spanish interpreter. The students — all from Norwood — participate at Centro Hispano after school. Right now there are eight kids ages 6 to 9. Kiran is happy with the program so far. She got the little ones singing Happy Birthday in English and Spanish in their first class. “Our Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Spanish was somewhat successful,” she says with a laugh. We look forward to growing our affiliation with Centro Hispano. Meanwhile, Norwood is trying to restore Kirin’s virtual classes for their on-site kids starting in January. So in the best possible outcome, we’ll have after-school outreach programs at both!