The Wilsonville<\/a>, the retirement home where he lives with his wife, Katie. Most of the residents — dealing with aches and pains, walkers and wheelchairs — can’t attend a symphony performance. Some have dementia and don’t leave the center at all.<\/p>\nSo Wolf brings the performance to them.<\/p>\n
Wolf and his wife moved in two years ago from Lake Oswego, and it didn’t take long for word to spread that Wolf is a musician. Residents heard him practicing, and the manager asked if he would ever play for his neighbors.<\/p>\n
Wolf agreed on the spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Proof that musicians just keep on going and going – a wonderful profile of Wilsonville violinist Harold Wolf from today’s Oregonian newspaper: WILSONVILLE — Harold Wolf’s beloved 1745 violin is gone now, passed to a granddaughter who shares his passion. But at 88, Wolf still plays, practicing twice a day on another violin. 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