ADVICE FOR BANDS, ORCHESTRAS AND MUSICAL GROUPS FROM COMMUNITY TO PROFESSIONALOCTOBER 12 2020

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Advice for Musicians/Bands

NSW Health: Advice for Musicians/Bands

Advice regarding Musical Instrument Activity was updated on 24 September:

Advice regarding Musical Instrument Activity was updated on 24 September:

• Musical instrument ensembles may continue. • Players of non-reeded woodwind instruments (such as flutes and

recorders) should maintain a physical distance of 3 metres from others in the direction of air flow from their instruments, and 1.5m in all other directions.

• Players of all other musical instruments (including reeded woodwind instruments) should maintain a physical distance of 1.5m between each other and the audience / conductor.

• Ensembles and other musical groups should rehearse and perform outdoors or in large, well-ventilated indoor spaces.

NSW Health: Advice for Musicians/Bands

NSW Health: Advice for Music

Advice for Musical Instruments in education/classrooms:

• Musical instruments activities can proceed.

• Students playing non-reeded woodwind instruments such as flutes and recorders should be positioned so that they can maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres from all persons (including other members of the musical group).

• They must also maintain a minimum 3 metres space between the direction of airflow from their instruments and other performers.

Education NSW Information

For working in the education context, the current advice is correct at the time of this presentation:

• Only providers that are essential to the delivery of curriculum can continue to provide services and programs until further notice.

• Parents and carers and other non-essential visitors are not allowed on the school site unless volunteering for educational purposes.

• Singing and band rehearsals and performances should take place outside or in well ventilated indoor spaces.

Education: Advice for Music

SafeWork NSW: Music as Professional Practice

For professional organisations or businesses with risk mitigation contingencies in place, the following advice applies

• Professional performance organisations are workplaces and are subject to work health and safety legislation. Any person conducting a business or undertaking has responsibilities under work health and safety legislation and is required to consult with others to manage the risk.

SafeWork: Music as Work

• Work, health and safety principles should be applied to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 among performers, staff and audiences, for example, through increased physical distancing and improved ventilation in indoor settings.

• Organisations should implement comprehensive COVID-19 Safety Plans. The onus is on professional performance organisations, as employers, in consultation with their staff, to develop appropriate plans and ensure compliance with such plans.

SafeWork: Music as Work

• Purpose-built venues and their associated permanent workplaces may have an opportunity to implement specific work practices and engineering controls that may not be viable for infrequent performances in a community setting.

• These tailored controls may help augment the approach to meeting the necessary public health outcomes. Where tailored controls are employed, NSW Health recommends that organisations obtain specialist professional advice to verify the effectiveness of measures.

SafeWork: Music as Work

What does this SafeWork information mean?1. If your organisation needs to undertake work with musicians/bands/orchestras which deviates from the advice issued by NSW Health, then you will need to professionally manage this risk in and for your workplace.2. You will need to develop and submit a detailed COVID-Safe plan for your workplace. 3. You will need to get an external consultant to check your risk management protocols. This could be: o An independent epidemiologist.o An occupational health and safety consultant. 4. You will need to inform all of your staff, contractors, volunteers and casual workers of the details of your COVID-Safe plan, and commit to comply with your plan.

SafeWork: Music as Work

Industry Developed GuidelinesLive Performance Australia (LPA) and the Live Entertainment Industry Forum (LEIF) are two organisations that have developed guidelines to support arts and culture practitioners and organisations to be COVID-Safe at this time, and to return to work safely.

Resources can be downloaded at:

liveperformance.com.au

leif.net.au

Please remember to cross-reference industry advice with guidance from NSW HEALTH and the NSW Government.

Industry Resources

Venues and Premises All of these venues have different COVID risk profiles, and therefore different capacity limitations and activity limitations applied to them through the Public Health Order.

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Questions received by email1. Has progress been made on schools allowing community users to run

band rehearsals?

2. Do outdoor wind band rehearsals need to follow the 20 people or less rule?

3. Regarding capacities for community venues, is there any idea/view on when the 4sqm rule will change? Why is it not the same as managed venues at 50%?

4. What is the best way for event organisers to offer an easy to use and implement COVID safe sign-in for an event?

www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe/qr-codes

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