“Four months after being forced to close down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is preparing to bring the band back together,” writes Charles Lefebvre in Tuesday’s (7/14) CTV News (Winnipeg, Canada). “The organization announced its 2020-21 season Tuesday morning, with changes taking physical distancing and public health guidelines into effect, and placing an emphasis on Manitoba musicians. The first shows of the season take place on October 2 and 3. Indoor stage performances are currently prohibited under public health orders, but the WSO will be meeting with the province in the next month to ask for the rules to be relaxed…. ‘We actually have a very favorable situation when it comes to actual instances of the virus in our community,’ said Trudy Schroeder, executive director of the WSO…. The WSO normally has 67 musicians as members, but when the shows resume, the orchestra will feature 40 musicians on stage … to meet physical distancing requirements. Schroeder said there will also be plastic barriers in front of some instrument sections to help reduce the possibility of infection.… The concert hall, which can seat 2,400, will only allow 420 people in the audience at first to ensure physical distancing.”
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