{"id":1474,"date":"2008-11-30T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2008-11-30T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:58:29","slug":"viola-reindeer-and-violin-baby-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/30\/viola-reindeer-and-violin-baby-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"viola reindeer and violin baby boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend brought the first of an onslaught of holiday-themed programming for the month of December.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve been enjoying the vocal stylings of the Von Trapp Family Singers (the actual great-grandchildren of the stars of the musical and movie) and the cool arrangements of our principal pops conductor Jeff Tyzik (the Little Bolero Drummer Boy is a favorite).\u00c2\u00a0 We were advised to give some touches of holiday cheer to our wardrobes for these concerts, and here’s what the viola section came up with:<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: Chien Tan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

And principal second violinist Chien Tan showed me a photo of the results of a recent violin baby boom:<\/p>\n

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From left to right: former OSO violinist Lisa Hansen with Zane (7 weeks), Chien Tan with Larissa (7 months), and former OSO violinist (now with the Seattle Symphony) Ayako Gamo with Sayuki (13 months).\u00c2\u00a0 What a beautiful collection of moms and babies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend brought the first of an onslaught of holiday-themed programming for the month of December.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve been enjoying the vocal stylings of the Von Trapp Family Singers (the actual great-grandchildren of the stars of the musical and movie) and the cool arrangements of our principal pops conductor Jeff Tyzik (the Little Bolero Drummer Boy […]<\/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":[42,1,2,22,21],"tags":[3660,3659],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-news","category-the-orchestra-world","category-viola","category-violin","tag-viola","tag-violin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-nM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12577,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/06\/classical-up-close-concerts-blitz-events-set\/","url_meta":{"origin":1474,"position":0},"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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