{"id":13725,"date":"2015-05-19T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13725"},"modified":"2015-05-19T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:00:30","slug":"2014-2015-is-almost-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/19\/2014-2015-is-almost-a-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"2014-2015 is (almost) a wrap!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L-R) Leah Ilem, Kenji Bunch, Anna Schaum, Martha Warrington, Brian Quincey, Jennifer Arnold, Charles Noble, Anna Kolotylina, Jo\u00ebl Belgique.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Oregon Symphony 2014-2015 season is almost a wrap. We have two highly entertaining concerts with Pink Martini Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, then school’s out for the summer! Thanks also to all those who subbed with us this year, your artistry was greatly appreciated! And thanks to Kenji Bunch and Anna Kolotylina for playing with us for this season – we’ll miss you!. Congrats to Vio Russo, Lea Ilem, and Jennifer Arnold on completing their 10th seasons with the section! You guys are awesome! And I just finished my (gulp) 20th. Oh lord…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Oregon Symphony 2014-2015 season is almost a wrap. We have two highly entertaining concerts with Pink Martini Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, then school’s out for the summer! Thanks also to all those who subbed with us this year, your artistry was greatly appreciated! And thanks to Kenji Bunch and Anna Kolotylina for playing with […]<\/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":[2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","category-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3zn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22014,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/06\/tonight-open-music-kenji-bunch-at-the-old-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":13725,"position":0},"title":"tonight: open music – kenji bunch at the old church","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight at 7:30 at The Old Church Concert Hall on SW Clay downtown the Oregon Symphony is presenting its first(ish)* Open Music concert. 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