NSW hits pause on school choirs, but we can't stop the music forever
- Written by Sandra Garrido, NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow, Western Sydney University
ShutterstockThe NSW health department recently instructed schools to stop certain activities to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Among these — which includes school formals and graduation ceremonies — is a ban to all “school-related group singing or chanting activities and use of wind instruments in groups”.





