Music
Mainly Mozart & San Diego
THE NATION ’ S ARTS OASIS THROUGH COVID
On July 11th , 2020 , the United States was still in the thick of the COVID pandemic . Arts organizations had been shuttered for months and artists across the country had lost both their means of expression and source of income . Yet , it was on that day that San Diego would begin to earn its reputation as an oasis for arts-starved audiences and artists , with access to live performance and live music in
38 GBSAN . COM | JANUARY 2023 a manner unprecedented in the rest of the United States .
On that day , Mainly Mozart became the country ’ s first major arts organization to perform live music in front of live audiences since the pandemic began . As was first reported by Newsweek and then by the Wall Street Journal , the evening was a socially distanced drive-in concert performed at the Del Mar Fairgrounds , with an octet made up of principal players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony . Tickets were offered free of charge : Mainly Mozart ’ s gift to arts-starved San Diegans .
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