“As the COVID-19 pandemic spread through North Texas … this year, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra faced a serious conundrum: How do you make a concert season happen when the world is turned on its head?” writes David Buice in Wednesday’s (12/16) Dallas Morning News. “The leadership and staff of the DSO … devised and implemented a number of innovations [that include building] a state-of-the-art video studio, complete with robotic cameras, to record performances at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. New performances are released every Friday…. The DSO redesigned the 2020/21 season to perform music better suited for smaller ensembles…. Steps to protect the health of in-person attendees during the 2020/21 season include … requiring everyone to wear masks … and limiting in-person attendance…. The DSO has restructured its outreach and donor benefits to [include] special performances at corporate partners’ offices or donors’ homes (distanced, of course), Zoom calls and digital happy hours with musicians…. The annual Women in Classical Music Symposium … was available in-person in Dallas and virtually…. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s ‘A Holly Jolly Celebration: A C-Suite Christmas’ goes nationwide in a televised special this year, from Dec 18 through Christmas week.”
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