“For students studying music, dance, film, visual art, theater and other disciplines, the uncertainty [of the pandemic] adds a layer of anxiety,” writes Makeda Easter in Wednesday’s (7/22) Los Angeles Times. “Even as the fall semester looms closer, some colleges continue to change their plans for in-person learning, remote classes or some hybrid model…. Dylan Kingdom, a 17-year-old who plans to study French horn at Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York, said … ‘Orchestra probably won’t be possible for a long time because that’s 60 to 80 people in very close capacity onstage together, breathing quite heavily.’ Her future school is tentatively preparing for a hybrid learning format.… Some music programs changed lesson plans, scrapping ensemble-based instruction for virtual career panels with professional musicians…. Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio … will offer distanced one-on-one music lessons in the fall and recitals where only select faculty and family can attend…. James Bergren said he is ‘stoked’ to move from Long Beach to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music for bass performance…. If … Berklee switches to an entirely online format, Bergren said … ‘There’s nothing that a school can do about something as big as a national health crisis.’ ”
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