The socially-distanced reopening of indoor performances in England was due to take place last Saturday, but the government has now postponed it for at least another two weeks.
With circumstances changing so frequently, how do you prepare for future concerts and rehearsals?
During lockdown many of us have had to fall back on our own devices. We’ve been cast ashore on a virtual desert island and asked to fend for ourselves.
It’s tough when you have to do everything by yourself, but it can also be liberating as you have nobody to account to. There are pros and cons to both ways of working: by yourself or in collaboration.
People join choirs for many different reasons. Whatever those reasons might be, a choir ends up being a small community.
In fact, some consider a choir as a kind of family. But what might that mean?
I keep seeing virtual choirs on Facebook and hearing about amazing Zoom singing sessions.
It’s hard not to compare and feel that you’re not keeping up. But whatever you’ve managed to do, you’re doing great.
I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’t return to choir when it started up again.
With choirs and singing groups not meeting in person, those worries are magnified. How can you keep your singing groups alive and ensure that your singers are still there when this is all over?
That last time I was in a room with a group of singers was nearly four months ago.
If I had known then that I wouldn’t be singing like that for the foreseeable future, would I have behaved differently?
