Making Music during Covid-19

Thursday, August 6, 2020, 1pm EDT; Webinar registration link above.

The meeting will also be available on this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NFHSOrg

"A series of video tutorials for Teaching Music with Online DAWs and Virtual Instruments at Ithaca College. All student work is shared with permission."

"The purpose of this document is not to give guidance but rather to bring together the wide amount of available information and share it with the rest of the music community. The study commenced on 19 June 2020 and was completed on 11 July 2020."

Kähler & Hain's study from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, University of the Bundeswehr Munich.

Round one preliminary results: Clarinet, Flute, Horn, Soprano Singer, Trumpet

Spahn and Richter's Univ. of Freiburg study of wind players and singers. (translated) - Updated as of July 1, 2020

Current recommendations and risk considerations for the return to in-person voice and speech training (June 2020).

Rochester NY public radio station program discussing what data shows and how local and national groups are adapting, both in the short and long term. Guests include IC alum Lee Wright, director of music ministry at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, and founder artistic director of First Inversion choral ensemble; Janet Galván, professor of performance studies, and director of choral activities and conducting at Ithaca College; and Dr. Scott Stratton-Smith, family medicine specialist with Rochester Regional Health.

Headed by a multi-disciplinary team of leading researchers at Colorado State University, this proposal aims to quantify the problem and more importantly, identify mitigating strategies to reduce infectious spread. Info on the study and white paper are included. June 23, 2020

"practical guidance for PreK-12 schools as administrators and music educators seek to provide meaningful music instruction for students of all ages and grade levels during the COVID19 pandemic." June 19, 2020

from the American Federation of Musicians

"Through this document, we endeavor to provide resources for all choral musicians, to advocate for ourselves and our profession, to guide our thinking with sample instructional models, and to point us in the direction of additional information."

Tool created by the DHS to help estimate the airborne decay of the Covid virus based on environmental conditions

This article by Schwalje and Hoffman (June 10, 2020) cautions readers about recent research done in Vienna and Freiburg on musicians' risk assessment.