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Thinking about... What if we had a covid-careful hand-chime group as well as the covid-careful string orchestra?Chimes are among the most...

Thinking about... What if we had a covid-careful hand-chime group as well as the covid-careful string orchestra?

Chimes are among the most accessible, most immediately-fun instruments to play.

Hence more "catchment area" of potential "masked musicians", hence venue hire more feasible. Could have both groups same evening.

Any covid-careful people around #Nottingham who might like a new little musical adventure?

Chimes taster:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=S19oKAz1tLY

#CovidCareful #music #MaskedMusicians

Thinking again today about possible forms of covid-careful gatherings for Nottingham. Actually I kind of want to blog about this - about...

Thinking again today about possible forms of covid-careful gatherings for Nottingham.

Actually I kind of want to blog about this - about how my thinking has evolved, what I think might be possible now, and so on. Not sure when I might get around to that. But at least got as far as talking with a friend about it today!

#covid #CovidCareful #Nottingham

covid-carefulness / orchestra thoughts 2/nWhat I've been thinking about is re-engineering _towards_ that direction. Maybe to build...

covid-carefulness / orchestra thoughts 2/n

What I've been thinking about is re-engineering _towards_ that direction.

Maybe to build momentum towards a covid-careful orchestra, we'd need some covid-careful other things? maybe just a covid-careful #Nottingham meetup for starters. Cast the net wider, get going, and even if we never found enough musicians in the end, it'd be something good.

So yeah despite the recent lack of posting here, it's still on my mind!

#CovidCareful

covid-carefulness / orchestra thoughtsI've been thinking about the future of the orchestra plan.Since I had the original idea, the...

covid-carefulness / orchestra thoughts

I've been thinking about the future of the orchestra plan.

Since I had the original idea, the mainstream climate has changed such that far fewer people are masking. I think that was already swinging around by the time I announced it, & it's part of why we didn't get quite enough people to fund the costs of the venue I'd identified.

But the covid-carefulness was an essential part of it for me, & I don't want to ditch it just to have "any old orchestra".

Haven't posted here for a while. There weren't quite enough people to start the orchestra in September like I wanted, and I ran out...

Haven't posted here for a while. There weren't quite enough people to start the orchestra in September like I wanted, and I ran out of steam a bit. The winter was always going to be the "off season" anyway.

Now I've come round to thinking that maybe the orchestra needs to function as part of a wider network of covid-carefulness - which is also something I'm interested in contributing to.

So for the covid-careful people of Nottingham... let's see what's possible.

#Nottingham #CovidCareful

I still think applying for an Arts Council grant would be a good idea, but I also realised that I'd rather do a trial mini-term first,...

I still think applying for an Arts Council grant would be a good idea, but I also realised that I'd rather do a trial mini-term first, because that would undoubtedly give more useful info to help me write the grant application.

To be honest I'm feeling a bit thwarted at the moment - I'm sure there are more people out there who would _like_ the orchestra, and...

To be honest I'm feeling a bit thwarted at the moment - I'm sure there are more people out there who would _like_ the orchestra, and I wish I could jump ahead to the part where we all get together and make music!

(limiting factor is money: venue hire money, and me hoping to actually get some kind of wage eventually rather than subsidise the orchestra out of my own pocket :-) )

From the responses so far, I'm thinking we still need to find more players, and that a route I could put more effort into is via...

From the responses so far, I'm thinking we still need to find more players, and that a route I could put more effort into is via "covid-careful networks" so to speak. So I've just done a little thread from my main account, asking for help with that:
https://scicomm.xyz/@unchartedworlds/110729579959318966

If you want to help, click over there and give it a boost! And have a think if there's anywhere else online you could share the orchestra info.

Did an email to the interested-people list on Saturday, asking about possible dates in September. If you're on the list and haven't...

Did an email to the interested-people list on Saturday, asking about possible dates in September. If you're on the list and haven't seen it yet, check your email!

"Covid-conscious therapists" listing site!Includes both people who'll do tele-health appointments and people who take sensible...

"Covid-conscious therapists" listing site!

Includes both people who'll do tele-health appointments and people who take sensible precautions in person.

https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/

#MentalHealth #therapy #CovidCareful #CovidCautious #CovidConscious

Seeking a few more players for a beginner-friendly, any-musical-level, #CovidCareful string orchestra for Nottingham!If you play, or would...

Seeking a few more players for a beginner-friendly, any-musical-level, #CovidCareful string orchestra for Nottingham!

If you play, or would LIKE to play,

• violin
• viola
• cello
• bass

& you either want to be covid-careful yourself, or don't mind masking to help others...

then this might be the orchestra for you!

Please boost for reach, esp if you know people in England :-)

https://mooremusic.org.uk/nbfso/

#music #orchestra
#CovidCautious #CovidIsAirborne #masks #Masks4All #LongCovid #disability

A step!I just emailed the venue people to ask about some specific dates in September, for a trial mini-term for the orchestra!Going by the...

A step!

I just emailed the venue people to ask about some specific dates in September, for a trial mini-term for the orchestra!

Going by the trajectory so far, I think there's a good chance we shall have enough players by then. I reckon we're currently a bit over three-quarters of the way there already. Just need to keep putting the word about :-)

A lot of this figuring-out would be simpler if I had Arts Council project funding for the venue hire & some of my time - which I am...

A lot of this figuring-out would be simpler if I had Arts Council project funding for the venue hire & some of my time - which I am working towards applying for.

The tricky thing is, I get the impression that those funding forms are predicated on saying in advance what yr gonna do, which is not entirely in tune with the iterative way I like to proceed! Bit of a "chicken & egg" predicament.

Maybe I can build in some iteration to the funding application. Hmm.

Maybe in a bit, I'll do a new questionnaire, & find out if there's anything else people want. I don't wanna bother people...

Maybe in a bit, I'll do a new questionnaire, & find out if there's anything else people want.

I don't wanna bother people too often, though - when the one thing I _do_ know they want is to play, and things aren't in place yet for that bit.

One of the things I've been wondering about is online extras. I don't mean that any online events could be a rival for the main...

One of the things I've been wondering about is online extras.

I don't mean that any online events could be a rival for the main rehearsals, but there are things we _could_ do - like a briefing for orchestra-beginners, or a session on making the most of your practice time.

But right now, I have no data on whether the people who've expressed interest in _playing_ would have any interest in _that_! Maybe they dislike Zoom! Maybe they're out in the sticks with rubbish internet! Who knows?

Reading some stuff about how top-class organisations & services take care of the people they serve, and it's sparking ideas about...

Reading some stuff about how top-class organisations & services take care of the people they serve, and it's sparking ideas about how I want the orchestra to be! How can everyone get the maximum learning and the maximum enjoyment?

Another bit of gradual good news is that the recent round of dysautonomia seems to be wearing off. I was standing up for a while today,...

Another bit of gradual good news is that the recent round of dysautonomia seems to be wearing off. I was standing up for a while today, & also sat up for several hours last week while writing.

(Backstory here is POTS-alikey post-covid stuff, which had got quite a bit better in March/April & then kicked off again in May. For a few weeks there, I think I'd have had trouble conducting a rehearsal. Have to see how that goes in the coming months & what work-arounds I can invent if necessary.)

Latest numbers of potentially-interested players:18 violins2 violas7 cellos3 bassesof whom _most_ have instruments already, though not all.I...

Latest numbers of potentially-interested players:

18 violins
2 violas
7 cellos
3 basses

of whom _most_ have instruments already, though not all.

I did a bit of estimation on a spreadsheet, informed by "how likely to play" & "how likely to be available on each day". Based on that, I reckon there'd be around 15 players if I started rehearsals now - as long as I didn't pick Fridays, which are by far the least voted-for day. Not _quite_ enough to make the money work, but getting close!

Useful resource from the Brooklyn Art Book Fair team on running a fully-masked event! What they did, how they explained it to visitors,...

Useful resource from the Brooklyn Art Book Fair team on running a fully-masked event!

What they did, how they explained it to visitors, etc.

https://fullymaskednotes.carrd.co/

#masks #Masks4All #inclusion #CovidCareful #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #events

Anyone in the UK & built a Corsi-Rosenthal box recently? I know how to _build_ it, I'm just wondering about convenient sources of...

Anyone in the UK & built a Corsi-Rosenthal box recently?

I know how to _build_ it, I'm just wondering about convenient sources of suitable filters and fans which would be available in England.

(Ideally not via Amazon, because of how they treat their workers... but not totally ruling them out if there aren't good alternatives.)

Any info much appreciated!

#CorsiRosenthalBox #UK #AirQuality #CovidIsAirborne