{"id":13835,"date":"2015-08-10T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13835"},"modified":"2015-08-10T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:43:47","slug":"last-festival-great-scenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/10\/last-festival-great-scenery\/","title":{"rendered":"last festival, great scenery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking west towards Bend and the mountains beyond. [click to enlarge]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Another week, another festival! In this case, my last of the 2015 summer season. I’m here in Central Oregon for the Sunriver Music Festival<\/a>, of which I’ve been a part since 2000. We’re off to a good start, with a sold-out pops concert on opening night, and a very well attended first classical concert last night in the Great Hall at Sunriver Resort. It’s a great place to be for a festival, with so much hiking and biking available to do in one’s spare time. If you’re in the area over the next ten days, do check out the festival’s website and come to a concert, we’d love to have you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another week, another festival! In this case, my last of the 2015 summer season. I’m here in Central Oregon for the Sunriver Music Festival, of which I’ve been a part since 2000. We’re off to a good start, with a sold-out pops concert on opening night, and a very well attended first classical concert last […]<\/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":[138],"tags":[3653,3666,3654,982],"class_list":["post-13835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-festivals","tag-bend","tag-oregon","tag-sunriver","tag-sunriver-music-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3B9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3010,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/23\/sunriver-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":13835,"position":0},"title":"sunriver wrap-up","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the 2009 edition of the Sunriver Music Festival is complete.\u00a0 I'm back home, the laundry is being done, the house vacuumed, and the obligatory pizza ordered for delivery.\u00a0 The final weekend of concerts was held at the Tower Theater in Bend, rather than the Great Hall in Sunriver Resort.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "soloists & recitals"","block_context":{"text":"soloists & recitals","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/soloists-recitals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_2352","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/IMG_2352-200x266.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12914,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/05\/sunriver-festival-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":13835,"position":1},"title":"sunriver festival preview","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In a few days Heather and I are off to the Sunriver Music Festival for two weeks of music making in the idyllic landscapes of central Oregon. 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