{"id":13759,"date":"2015-06-16T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T21:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13759"},"modified":"2015-06-17T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T21:04:48","slug":"niel-deponte-on-mandela-king-and-grace-oregon-artswatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/16\/niel-deponte-on-mandela-king-and-grace-oregon-artswatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Niel DePonte on Mandela, King and grace | Oregon ArtsWatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

By NIEL DePONTE Editor’s note: ArtsWatch asked percussionist\/conductor\/composer Niel DePonte to keep\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Niel DePonte on Mandela, King and grace | Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A lovely and well-written journal on the meaning of being a musician, composer, and human. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By NIEL DePONTE Editor’s note: ArtsWatch asked percussionist\/conductor\/composer Niel DePonte to keep\u2026 Source: Niel DePonte on Mandela, King and grace | Oregon ArtsWatch A lovely and well-written journal on the meaning of being a musician, composer, and human. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[167,269,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition","category-new-music","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3zV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1490,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/06\/a-bequest-from-a-beloved-flutist\/","url_meta":{"origin":13759,"position":0},"title":"a bequest from a beloved flutist","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Martha Herby, who would have had her 57th birthday this past Friday, had one last surprise in store for her orchestral family.\u00c2\u00a0 Niel Deponte, executor of her estate, announced at this past Friday morning's rehearsal that in her will Martha had designated funds to be given to the Oregon Symphony\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "fundraising"","block_context":{"text":"fundraising","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/fundraising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/untitled-30-400x403.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4466,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/18\/the-pleasures-of-working-and-not-working\/","url_meta":{"origin":13759,"position":1},"title":"the pleasures of working and not working","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday was one of those days in which I took off my Oregon Symphony hat and put on my freelance violist hat. 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