“University arts programs and conservatories … are scrambling to come up with coronavirus-safe ways to prepare young artists,” write Sarah L. Kaufman, Michael Andor Brodeur, and Peggy McGlone in Friday’s (8/20) Washington Post. “The Berklee College of Music in Boston will be completely remote this fall.… Juilliard [in New York City] … will offer its classes online for the first several weeks of the fall term, followed by a gradual progression of on-campus classes…. University of North Carolina School of the Arts [says it] is on track to meet or exceed its total enrollment goal of 1,330 students…. At Oberlin, most academic classes will be held remotely to make space for the classes best held in person—chamber music, jazz combos, improv sessions…. Justin Phillips, [a] 19-year-old bassist and saxophonist … poised to start his freshman year [remotely] at Boston Conservatory at Berklee … fears his ability to mesh in an ensemble will suffer…. ‘In training to play in an orchestra, you play in an orchestra all the time. That’s not so easily replicated in digital work,’ says Jesse Rosen, president of the League of American Orchestras…. ‘The talent pool comes straight out of higher education,’ he says. ‘But the supply of talent is enormous.’ ”
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