Olivia Burik staff writer 1/28/21 When the COVID-19 pandemic forced many states into lockdown, concert halls around the nation went silent.   Jim Rodgers, principal contrabassoonist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, recalled March 13, 2020  as the day everything changed.   “We were told to go home and that we were going to be initiating lockdown,” Rodgers said.   With rising fears of the spread … Continue reading Pittsburgh musicians persevere in the midst of pandemic