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Is Music Essential?

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Did change and challenge our perceptions of music? What a year!

Never before in recent memory have concert halls been shuttered and performances with in-person audiences paused because of a global pandemic. Words like Zoom, Google Classroom, social distancing, PPE, and essential workers have become common in our daily conversations link friends and family. We've worked to find ways to be together but apart, especially during the holidays. We've relied on essential workers to care for the sick and drive us to school and work.

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They've stocked grocery store shelves with food and medicine and delivered packages filled with gifts and household items that we bought online. They also kept us learning online when we couldn't be in school. While not considered essential in the same way as first responders and those on the front lines in nursing homes and hospitals, or grocery clerks and bank tellers, bus drivers, mail carriers, or teachers, musicians have played an essential role throughout this pandemic.

Even with concert halls closed, music continued to uplift people worldwide. Despite all the limitations, the masks, and social distancing, these young musicians are doing a great job making beautiful music during a dark time. That we should all be grateful for. Orchestras, like ESYO, found creative ways to make music together online.

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We built virtual concert halls and found new ways to share the music we love. The Tutti! Virtual Festival brought ESYO musicians together- all together- for the first time in over eight months. Throughout this ordeal, we have learned that music is essential to our well-being, especially during a pandemic. Music is more than entertainment or an escape from the realities of today.

It is an essential part of life that feeds the soul in trying times. ESYO recognizes that music nourishes the mind and sustains the well-being of both the music-maker and the listener. We've seen first hand the joy that can come from making music together.]