It’s amazing what exercise can do for you.\u00c2\u00a0 After making my Most-depressing-post-ever\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, I decided to take the bike out and ride the crap out of it.\u00c2\u00a0 For me that means doing 11 miles at an average speed of 13.5 miles per hour, with a couple small hills but mostly flat terrain.\u00c2\u00a0 I feel much better now, and might actually get a good night’s sleep.<\/p>\n
A couple of addition thoughts about some news tidbits from the musical world.\u00c2\u00a0 About the Seattle Symphony’s Four Concertmaster thingamabob: well, my mother told me if I had nothing good to say, then say nothing at all.\u00c2\u00a0 When I first read the story<\/a> from the online version of the Seattle P.I., I stared at the computer screen for about 30 seconds with my mouth hanging open and small, high-pitched whimpering sounds coming out every few seconds.<\/p>\n Anyway, are any of you planning on coming to one of our two outdoor parks concerts in the coming week?\u00c2\u00a0 They’re both free, so you really have no excuse not to come by!\u00c2\u00a0 The first is a Arbor Lodge Park on Saturday, August 25th at 7:00 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0 Get more info here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Why not make an evening of it? Stop by the Arbor Lodge New Seasons Market, pick up some fixings for a nice evening’s picnic, and enjoy the show!\u00c2\u00a0 The second free concert is at Waterfront Park<\/a> (just south of the Hawthorne Bridge) on Thursday, August 30th at 7:00 p.m. (but come at 5:30 to hear the Portland Youth Philharmonic and claim a good spot on the lawn).\u00c2\u00a0 If it rains, the concert will take place at the same time, but on the following evening, Friday, August 31st.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope to see you there, it should be a fun and interesting program, plus it ends with the obligatory 1812 Overture complete with cannons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s amazing what exercise can do for you.\u00c2\u00a0 After making my Most-depressing-post-ever\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, I decided to take the bike out and ride the crap out of it.\u00c2\u00a0 For me that means doing 11 miles at an average speed of 13.5 miles per hour, with a couple small hills but mostly flat terrain.\u00c2\u00a0 I feel much better […]<\/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_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":[2],"tags":[67,3655,55,3662,62,3656],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-classical","tag-news","tag-orchestra","tag-portland","tag-symphony","tag-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-6M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4317,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/01\/oso-music-director-to-seattle\/","url_meta":{"origin":420,"position":0},"title":"oso music director to seattle","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In a stunning announcement to a small group of musicians, staff and board members in Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Carlos Kalmar announced that he will be taking the helm of the Seattle Symphony after current music director Gerard Schwarz ends his tenure at the close of the 2010 - 2011 season.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":593,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/15\/damning-article-on-seattle-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":420,"position":1},"title":"damning article on seattle symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The New York Times today published an article of not insignificant length dedicated to the Seattle Symphony and its intense level of discord between its musicians and its music director and conductor Gerard Schwarz. 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