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Wearing their new face masks, the Chamber Singers practice in the Roland B. Hayes Concert Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking out at 16 masked members of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chamber Singers, Professor Kevin Ford asks them to \u201csing brighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wearing face masks, though, how can they tell if they\u2019re brighter?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve just taken a bite from a hot baked potato, how does your mouth feel? That\u2019s brighter,\u201d he tells them.<\/p>\n

For the students, singing brighter is easier now than it has been in these mask-wearing times. Last week, the Chattanooga Singers, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale and Singing Mocs were given new masks, ones designed specifically to help them breathe better. And in singing, breathing better is one of the keys to singing better, says Ford, director of the Chattanooga and Chamber Singers at UTC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you take a breath in cloth masks, the material plugs your mouth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The new, stylishly black masks \u2014 known as Resonance Singer\u2019s Masks and sold by MyMusicFolders \u2014 have metal strips in them, so they\u2019re sturdier and fit more snugly around the edges than cloth ones. The new masks are made to order, so all students who are members of singing ensembles had their faces measured to ensure proper fit. The masks also have a filter inside that keeps out particles floating in the air, something else that can affect singing.<\/p>\n

While standard cloth masks have only one layer of cloth, the new masks have three\u2014one next to the face, then the filter, then an outer layer. Even with the three layers, they allow singers to breathe more easily than cloth, Ford said. Cloth masks also eliminate audio high frequencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t really hear consonants, and you don\u2019t hear the ring of the voice,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

After only a couple of practices, students in the Chamber Singers say the new masks are definitely better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes the sound a lot clearer and it\u2019s a little easier to breathe than a regular mask,\u201d says tenor Gabriel Hubbard. \u201cYou can get a lot louder because it\u2019s not as confining. You\u2019re able to sing out as much as you possibly can, and it sounds good.\u201d<\/p>\n

For alto Kyndall Blum, less heat is one of the best features.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t get as hot in your mouth as you breathe in, which is very nice,\u201d she said. \u201cI can hear myself better. It doesn\u2019t muffle as much.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a recent practice session in the Roland B. Hayes Concert Hall, the Chamber Singers\u201412 feet apart\u2014tackle such works as \u201cL\u00e4ht\u00f6\u201d by composer Rautavaara, the hymn \u201cPeace of God,\u201d even Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cLight of a Clear, Blue Morning.\u201d In the new masks, the sound is clear and bright and goosebump-raising.<\/p>\n

With decades of teaching, Ford can hear minute differences and, at different points in the practice, he gently said he can\u2019t hear altos as much or told them not to be timid or \u2014 yes \u2014 asked them to sing brighter.<\/p>\n

Ford has been researching better masks for several months, trying several but not being happy with them. He, along with Vincent Oakes, director of the Chattanooga Boys Choir, and Darrin Hassevort, director of the \u00a0Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra Chorus, got together and tested the Resonance masks in a live setting. All three are sold on them.<\/p>\n

In some ways, UTC singers are sort of guinea pigs in the masks\u2019 efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn\u2019t exist eight months ago,\u201d Ford says.<\/p>\n

But taking the chance has been worth it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can already tell that the sound is better, but what I was worried about was they just couldn\u2019t take a deep breath. Now they can,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce they get comfortable with the mask and start singing out, it will help a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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