The Princeton Symphony Orchestra performs online, and a little bit outdoors
![Nell Flanders, wearing a mask, conducts the orchestra. Visible behind her are two audience members, also wearing masks, and seated on the lawn.](/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2020-10/HZENQ5T2MBGUNAATTJV7QCF3ZU.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=5QMYK3qx)
For the multitudes wearing masks for the first time, the past six months have been a challenge, especially when it comes to communicating.
For Nell Flanders, a conductor with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, it can be especially tricky.
"As a conductor, I express a lot of what I'm feeling in the music through my face and so it's odd to suddenly be conducting behind a mask," she said.
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