{"id":12648,"date":"2013-05-11T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T17:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12648"},"modified":"2013-05-11T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T17:52:32","slug":"classical-up-close-in-lake-oswego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/11\/classical-up-close-in-lake-oswego\/","title":{"rendered":"classical up close in lake oswego"},"content":{"rendered":"
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lake grove presbyterian church sanctuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday night I got my first chance to play on the awesome Classical Up Close series presented by musicians of the Oregon Symphony. I had played a ‘blitz’<\/a> event at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in the South Waterfront neighborhood a couple days earlier (also very fun!), but this was my first chance to both attend and perform at one of the evening concerts.<\/p>\n

The concert was held at the incredible sanctuary of Lake Grove Presbyterian Church in Lake Grove. It’s a gorgeous setting (they did a $2M remodel several years ago), capped by one of the most striking organ installations I’ve seen – contemporary and grand. The acoustics are also very friendly to all instruments, and the feeling of playing on the stage was very comfortable. It’s a gem!<\/p>\n

To say that this was a unique experience is to underrate it substantially. With Kyle Mustain (OSO English hornist) as the master of ceremonies, each group of musicians performed, and then the floor was opened to questions from the audience. All sorts of inquiries were fielded, from “how much do you practice?” to “what instruments do you play?”. Even some viola jokes were told, when the subject of what the difference between the violin and the viola was: “they’re the same size, just the size of the performers’ heads are different”.<\/p>\n

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Principal cellist Nancy Ives and pianist Cary Lewis warm up before the concert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was beautiful playing all around, a chance to perform with colleagues that don’t normally sit near one another on stage, and the warmth from the audience and the musicians was palpable. If you haven’t yet had a chance to attend one of these very special concerts, you really owe it to yourself to get to one of the two remaining evening concerts – 7:30 tonight at West Linn Lutheran Church [map<\/a>], and Sunday evening at 7:30 at The Old Church [map<\/a>] in downtown Portland. There will also be continuing short blitz<\/a> concerts each day around town as well. Check out the web site for details! www.classicalupclose.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I had played a ‘blitz’ event at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in the South Waterfront neighborhood a couple days earlier (also very fun!), but this was my first chance […]<\/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":true,"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":[3670,3314,3353,3354,3668,3681],"class_list":["post-12648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-chamber-music","tag-classical-up-close","tag-community","tag-engagement","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-outreach-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3i0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13672,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/17\/classical-up-close-2015-save-the-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":12648,"position":0},"title":"classical up close 2015 – save the dates!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Save the Date!\u00a0\u00a0April 24 - May 3, 2015 Free\u00a0chamber music concerts throughout the greater PDX area by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. 6 full-length concerts as well as numerous shorter \u201cblitzes\u201d at various locations Full-length concerts: April 26: Maranatha Church, NE,\u00a04 pm April 28: St. Michael and All\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "chamber music"","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"unnamed","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/unnamed.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/unnamed.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/unnamed.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12577,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/06\/classical-up-close-concerts-blitz-events-set\/","url_meta":{"origin":12648,"position":1},"title":"classical up close concerts & blitz events set","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"You can see the complete list of events\/locations\/times at the Classical Up Close website, but the programs are listed at the Classical Up Close facebook page. \u00a0ED: Now everything is on one handy page at www.classicalupclose.com. 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