Cloth masks we wear to protect from Coronavirus pose a problem for singers. When you open your mouth to take a deep breath, the close-fitting cloth is sucked into your mouth.
Yesterday I saw an article from West Virginia University at
WVU Today titled The masked singers: How a WVU choir director composed the
perfect masks for performance art. Kym Scott designed new masks with built-in frames.
The cloth then sits further from the mouth. The new designs provide more volume
inside. They still fit well enough to filter most droplets. The article links
to a product web site called Sing-Safe. There is a $30 performers mask for
singers, and a $28 teachers mask (also for public speakers).
The cartoon of a glee club was cropped from an 1896 Puck
magazine at the Library of Congress.
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