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“The symphony originally wanted to program it last September, to speak to the resurrection of the whole operation," Wolfe says."But we realized that it was just too dangerous for vocals at that time, since singing produces aerosols, which can be especially hazardous. We wanted to make sure everything would be safe when we came back, so we changed the date to Easter.”
That June, the members realized that things would not be returning to normal anytime soon, and the choral staff had to think of clever ways to stay engaged. This included webinars, panel discussions, interviews and singing over archival recordings of their work. “It was difficult to rehearse those things, but we did it on Zoom. And, of course, it's very frustrating for everyone, especially if you're the conductor,” he says. “I'm conducting away, and I hear absolutely nothing. They have to put their own mics on mute, because things don't happen simultaneously on Zoom for everyone. And if I give a downbeat, they see it a fraction of a second later or something. So everybody had to be on mute.
While there wasn’t a tangible silver lining in these provisional practice methods, one thing that did come out of it was the insatiable desire to all get back together to start rehearsing. “When we finally were brave enough to get together [this January], we did it in a large church sanctuary where we could still be six feet apart, with everyone in masks and using every other pew, so that everyone felt safe,” says Wolfe.
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