Drexel University professor and technologist Dr. Youngmoo Kim sings in an a cappella group in his free time and was looking for a way members of his singing group could still create music together while practicing social distancing during the pandemic.

After looking around the Apple App Store, he didn’t find any solutions. That gave him the motivation to create Virtual Chorister.

As a musician, Kim found unique challenges that affected the way chorale members tried to create music when separated — differences in internet speeds could cause delays when recording the same music, for instance. Also, Kim found that several of the singers trying to record their chorale parts were using two devices at once, and he realized that many people don’t have the resources to do that.

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