{"id":4466,"date":"2010-04-18T23:05:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T06:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:20:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:20:33","slug":"the-pleasures-of-working-and-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/18\/the-pleasures-of-working-and-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"the pleasures of working and not working"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday was one of those days in which I took off my Oregon Symphony hat and put on my freelance violist hat. I was on leave from the pops series, so I was not at the hall for the OSO’s pops matinee on Sunday, but I was<\/em> at the hall for an evening performance of the annual MetroArts, Inc. Young Artists Debut! Concerto Competition<\/a> winners (as always, ably led by Niel DePonte).\u00a0 It’s always a joy to see and hear these amazing young musicians, so accomplished at such young ages.<\/p>\n

But, it was strange for me to be on my bike ride in the afternoon swinging by the place I’d normally be getting ready to play a performance about that time, so I took a photo to commemorate the occasion.<\/p>\n

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Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall as I rode by Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday was one of those days in which I took off my Oregon Symphony hat and put on my freelance violist hat. I was on leave from the pops series, so I was not at the hall for the OSO’s pops matinee on Sunday, but I was at the hall for an evening performance of […]<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[50,135,2],"tags":[159,1164,2248],"class_list":["post-4466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-concert","tag-niel-deponte","tag-young-artists-debut-competition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1a2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7490,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/10\/young-artists-debut-concert-live-on-allclassical-radio-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":4466,"position":0},"title":"young artists debut concert live on allclassical radio tonight!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"For the first time, All Classical broadcasts Metro Arts Inc. annual Young Artists Debut Concert LIVE from the Newmark Theatre. 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