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The coronavirus pandemic shut down Park City 12 months ago.
Through those 52 weeks, the town’s four biggest performing arts nonprofits the Egyptian Theatre, Park City Institute, Park City Beethoven Festival and Mountain Town Music found ways to keep themselves in the public eye and, most importantly, stay afloat.
While all canceled most of their programming, Mountain Town Music found a different way to bring live music to a small crowd through its Door 2 Door tour, and the Park City Institute and the Park City Beethoven Festival turned to virtual programming.
The Egyptian Theatre, on the other hand, went dark to preserve resources but, like the others, is finding ways to come back.
Westmoreland music students celebrate holidays by creating Christmas album
Students in the Westmoreland Junior/Senior High School music program record holiday songs.
Posted: Dec 22, 2020 12:39 PM
Updated: Dec 22, 2020 12:41 PM
Posted By: Kali Zigrino
WESTMORELAND, N.Y. – Music students at Westmoreland Junior/Senior High School haven’t been able to perform in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, but two music teachers found a creative way to feature the students by recording a holiday album.
‘Christmas Together’ is a collection of 10 holiday songs performed by students in the Select Choir, Broadway Voices, Saxophone Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Brass Ensemble.
“In mid-summer, I realized our lives were not going to return to normal this school year,” said Emily Davis, music teacher at Westmoreland Central School District. “I began to wonder what I could do to give my students an artistic outlet and continue to connect with our community when they weren’t allo