It’s the stuff of anxiety dreams – having to play a clarinet in an orchestra while wearing a mask, or to play the flute with an unwieldy apparatus attached to it designed to keep your breath aerosols in check.
But this is no dream. Those are just a couple of the pandemic safety protocols the musicians of Worthington’s McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra (MACCO) have put in place as they rehearse together in-person for their livestream performance this Sunday.