Ouray School fourth graders Imogene Demuth and Mikayla Hurt play recorders in music class wearing masks made by high school art students. The custom layered masks have a slit for the instrumentâs mouthpiece, and fabric is also wrapped around the end of the recorder to limit the spread of airborne particles that could carry the coronavirus. Photo courtesy Karisa Hoover
Covid
For music classes, the beat goes on
As her students lined up in front of the truck carrying the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, Ouray School music teacher Karisa Hoover reminded them to keep their “arm space,” maintaining distance between them as they prepared to sing.
“Sopranos, how do you stand in the classroom?” Hoover asked them, gesturing to spread out and reminding another student to pull up his mask when it slipped below his nose.
The students, all wearing masks, fidgeted as they waited for their chance to perform, singi...
