How did NWS cope with Covid in 2021?
We started the year with a series of Monday night Zoom sessions for playing members featuring these opportunities
Zoom Music – We our commissioned Associate Director and Composer, Keith Davis, to write a piece that can be performed by our members over Zoom. There is a lag in all of these interactive platforms that make group music performance a real challenge. We’re giving this a shot and plan to record Keith’s piece to show others one way real-time music can be accomplished.
Happy Hour – We did a bit of socializing. Took time to talk about things we all were doing and shared in a few online games.
NWS Seminars – Josh Kearney and our Operations Manager, Alex Wewel, arranged for guest speakers to talk about music making in this time of covid. We explored how science is being leveraged to help us play together safely and other things that are happening around the US and elsewhere. We also watched a movie with a studio musician who commented about how the music was incorporated and help emphasize the story.
HIVE by Keith Davis – recorded via Zoom