Understand the effect of the pandemic on the music world and those employed in music and the arts?
Write in first person, The situation: You work for a newspaper in a small town in mid-America. People are upset by the job losses caused by COVID. They understand and

sympathize with the restaurant workers and the factory workers. They do not understand the effect of the pandemic on the music world and those employed in music and

the arts. They DO miss church services, choir practice, and the local concert hall. Your job is to inform them and help them understand the struggle of music and

musicians at this time. The sources listed below are suggestions – Google will offer other possibilities. Be sure to cite your sources. If you wish to enhance your

OpEd with information about musicians who live in the region of the paper, you may invent a fictional town, fictional churches, choruses, entertainment venues, record

stores, etc, and speak about how the pandemic has affected the opportunities for participation and employment in the world of music.