{"id":122,"date":"2006-11-21T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T23:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=122"},"modified":"2013-02-07T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T01:53:19","slug":"mmm-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/21\/mmm-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"mmm… chocolate…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nancy Ives, the orchestra’s principal cellist, is a HUGE chocolate fan, and we from time to time will present each other with new and exotic varieties that we happen upon. Yesterday, in honor of Thanksgiving, Nancy gave me some aptly named chocolate:<\/p>\n

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Here’s a link to their website<\/a> – enjoy!<\/p>\n

Have a Happy Thanksgiving – if I’m not there in-person to say it myself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nancy Ives, the orchestra’s principal cellist, is a HUGE chocolate fan, and we from time to time will present each other with new and exotic varieties that we happen upon. Yesterday, in honor of Thanksgiving, Nancy gave me some aptly named chocolate: Here’s a link to their website – enjoy! Have a Happy Thanksgiving – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[55,3660],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-orchestra","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2583,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/25\/congrats-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":0},"title":"congrats","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Congratulations go to Marc Rovetti (with whom OSO principal cellist Nancy Ives and I and former OSO violinist Denise Dillenbeck played a quartet concert in Astoria this spring), who has won the job of Assistant concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra!\u00c2\u00a0 He was already a member of the Philly Orchestra for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "auditions"","block_context":{"text":"auditions","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/auditions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"3342860131_5ba61f7650_o","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/3342860131_5ba61f7650_o-400x296.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3290,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/24\/nancy-ives-plays-dvorak\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":1},"title":"nancy ives plays dvorak","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Nancy Ives\/Photo \u00a9 Charles Noble I had the pleasure of venturing North into the wilds of Vancouver, Washington to hear Nancy Ives, principal cellist of the Oregon Symphony, perform the great Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony under the direction of Salvator Brotons.\u00a0 I don't really want to write\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "cello"","block_context":{"text":"cello","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/instruments\/cello\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CRW_1653","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/3811818687_ef01fecabb_o-200x290.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5725,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/16\/appreciation\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":2},"title":"appreciation","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On my mind over the past couple weeks has been the dual concepts of appreciation and recognition. 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