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A clip<\/a> notable mostly for the fact that the subject is a local high school violist Griffin Gaffney (a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic<\/a>). The general subject is “musically gifted kids” and it’s a nice, warm story about a young person who is into the arts but not undergoing a spiritual or emotional crisis. It’s not sensational, and it’s not dramatic – it’s just a view of how many kids got started in the music world. We need more stories like this one on our mainstream television networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A clip notable mostly for the fact that the subject is a local high school violist Griffin Gaffney (a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic). The general subject is “musically gifted kids” and it’s a nice, warm story about a young person who is into the arts but not undergoing a spiritual or emotional crisis. 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