For a musician in New York City, not being fully vaccinated comes at a cost
"My ears are my life," says composer, pianist and teaching artist Beata Moon, who experienced ear ringing after her first vaccine dose. Around the same time, she also tested positive for COVID-19.
Today, New York City's strict vaccine requirements get even stricter. Everyone 12 years old and up has to show proof of full vaccination to dine-in at restaurants, go to the movies, work out in gyms, or attend any kind of indoor performance.
For Beata Moon, a composer, pianist and teaching artist in Queens, that means she will not be able to perform a recital in February at Musica Reginae, a community concert space.
She cannot attend a March concert at Carnegie Hall, where a piece she composed, setting the words of people experiencing homelessness to music, will be performed.
