{"id":18330,"date":"2020-04-27T08:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=18330"},"modified":"2020-04-27T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:52:08","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2020\/04\/27\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"in memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, especially now, I find myself wondering if what we musicians do matters. Then I see something like this, and I know that what we do matters more now than ever. What a beautiful tribute to a colleague and friend lost too soon by one of the great viola sections of the world. Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/METOrchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@METOrchestra<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/74PyAy-CO8Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, especially now, I find myself wondering if what we musicians do matters. Then I see something like this, and I know that what we do matters more now than ever. What a beautiful tribute to a colleague and friend lost too soon by one of the great viola sections of the world. Thank you, [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-18330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-4LE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2617,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/31\/why-ballet-matters-in-portland\/","url_meta":{"origin":18330,"position":0},"title":"why ballet matters in portland","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"A great comment, submitted to Portland Arts Watch blog by Jamey Hampton of BodyVox - I'll repost it here in its entirety: There are a few key measurable that define a vibrant, thriving and desirable community. 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