[Choir] Singer's Masks, etc

[Donia Prince]

Hi Sue,
I would imagine that that method contains some of the droplets, although
I'm pretty sure that any *official *source would say you need something
that fits well around the face for singing.
Donia


On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 7:41 PM Sue Stukey <susan.stukey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all,
> Has anyone else tried singing while holding the lower portion of the
> regular masks away from under your chin with one finger?  I get a lot more
> air that way, and *I think* it's still containing any droplets from going
> out and spreading.......Any thoughts?
> Sue
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:10 AM Donia Prince via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for our gathering this last Thursday--what a lovely
>> time it was to be together again!
>> With recent news I'm feeling somewhat less hopeful about conditions
>> turning back towards the better.  And so thinking it is worth looking into
>> options to make singing with masks easier and more pleasurable (as we
>> talked about at rehearsal) sooner rather than later.
>>
>> The two main options are face mask frames and singer's masks.  I have
>> ordered one set of these frames to see how they work:
>>
>> https://www.4ocean.com/products/4ocean-face-mask-support-frames?variant=37976782405825
>>
>> In general, however, I'm not sure they will work well enough to sing in.
>> I looked up some other styles of frames, and many comments say that while
>> they work great for general breathing, they tend not to be big enough to
>> allow you to open your mouth wide without them sliding out of place.  The
>> ones in the link are a little more expensive than the silicone ones that
>> are more common, and might be better.
>> Various online sheet music outlets now sell singer's and instrumentalist
>> masks, and don't sell any mask frames, so that also speaks against
>> them, but we'll see.
>>
>> This is the mask that Nan showed at rehearsal--seems to be the standard
>> for this type of mask:
>> https://www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask
>>
>> I'd be interested in anyone's thoughts about all of this, and also
>> interested to hear who would be willing to contribute towards a purchase of
>> these masks for the choir, if we decide we should do this.  There just
>> wouldn't be money in the budget for the church to pay for 20 or 25 of them,
>> but we could probably provide some, if enough people were to pay for their
>> own.  If we order more than 20 there is a 5% discount (not huge, but
>> something.)
>>
>> Reminder there is no rehearsal this week--the 22nd.  We'll meet again on
>> the 29th.
>> Donia
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