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2 slides Credit: Brooklyn Academy of Music One-To-One Concerts Bring Listeners Back To Live Music, One At A Time By at 1:25 pm NPR On a grey, drizzly Sunday afternoon, I arrived at an industrial building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I was there for something called a One-to-One Concert, but I genuinely had no idea what to expect – what kind of music I'd hear, or even where I'd hear it. After a temperature check, a masked woman approached me. Her name was Stacy, an usher employed by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the event's presenter. As we walked thr...

Originally published on May 14, 2021 3:07 pm On a grey, drizzly Sunday afternoon, I arrived at an industrial building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I was there for something called a One-to-One Concert, but I genuinely had no idea what to expect – what kind of music I'd hear, or even where I'd hear it. After a temperature check, a masked woman approached me. Her name was Stacy, an usher employed by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the event's presenter. As we walked through a noisy corridor, Stacy gave me one very strict instruction for the performance I was about to see: no applause.

arrow Sabrina Harm Despite the fact that music venues around the city were allowed to reopen at lower capacity as of April, many chose to hold off until they were able to open safely to a full house. Now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has decided to end most capacity restrictions as of May 19th, some venues will begin to bring back shows more readily. But in the meantime, BAM is staging an extremely unique—and extremely personal—socially-distanced musical experience in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Artist Is Present—but instead of being engaged in an intense, tear-inducing staring c...