With health authorities warning that singing spreads virus-carrying droplets at a high rate – because it involves deep breathing and voice projection – choirs have been forced to cease in-person rehearsals and cancel concerts. Since early March, the more than 3.5 million Canadians who sing in choirs have been searching for ways to practise without getting together and struggling to make do without ticket revenue from performances.
Choir singing made headlines at the outset of the pandemic when dozens of members of the Skagit Valley Chorale in Washington State were found to have contracted the illness after a rehearsal in early March. Two died. “I have no doubt that once we’re allowed to come together in smaller groups, we’ll see wonderfully streamed concerts that may not have big live audiences but that do have a small number of people and well-developed guidelines around safety,” said Kellie Walsh, the president of Choral Canada and the founder and artistic director of Lady Cove Women’s Choir in St. John’s. “But many provinces do not have guidelines for how people might engage safely in any form at all for singing.
The Universal Gospel Choir performs 'We Shall Overcome' online on May 11, 2020. To produce virtual concerts, singers prerecord individual performances and send the footage to editors who synchronize dozens of voices together in one video.But videoconferencing software tends to freeze, causing the music to fall out of sync. And recording alone is not the same as singing alongside dozens of other voices, Ms. Walsh said.
If it were 'post-pandemic' it wouldn't be a problem. Mid-pandemic is the problem.
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