Andrew Mercer has taught music in Newfoundland and Labrador since 1994 and has been involved with Internet-based music education since 1995. In 2004 he joined the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovations where he has pioneered the practice of teaching of high-school music via the Internet.  His work on Internet-based music education has been featured in Canadian Music Educator, Popular Science, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Nippon TV, etc.  He has presented his work on web-based music education at numerous conferences including the 2008 ISME Conference, MTNA National Conference and the MENC. Andrew’s most recent work explores the educational uses of such new technologies as Second Life and Apple’s iPhone.