{"id":678,"date":"2008-01-21T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/21\/freeway-philharmonic\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:33:10","slug":"freeway-philharmonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/21\/freeway-philharmonic\/","title":{"rendered":"freeway philharmonic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out about a documentary which might provide great insight into the lives of musicians who are making ends meet in orchestras that are part-time.  There is a group of orchestras in the extended Bay Area of California which are collectively known as the &#8220;Freeway Philharmonic&#8221;, because their musicians spend most of their time driving on the freeways from one gig to another to make a living.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I know that this is being broadcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/schedule.jsp\">KQED in the Bay Area<\/a>, but there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirarecords.com\/editorskloot\/freeway\/trailer.html\">trailer online<\/a> at the filmmakers&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirarecords.com\/editorskloot\/freeway\/index.html\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/dvdcover.jpg?resize=299%2C456\" alt=\"dvdcover.jpg\" class=\"imageframe\" height=\"456\" width=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/oboeinsight.com\/\">oboeinsight<\/a> for pointing this out at her excellent blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out about a documentary which might provide great insight into the lives of musicians who are making ends meet in orchestras that are part-time. There is a group of orchestras in the extended Bay Area of California which are collectively known as the &#8220;Freeway Philharmonic&#8221;, because their musicians spend most of their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[44,115,2],"tags":[3669,3663,55],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freelancing","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-music","tag-musicians","tag-orchestra"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-aW","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":678,"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 &quot;the orchestra world&quot;","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":778,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/15\/henry-fogel-on-how-orchestras-look\/","url_meta":{"origin":678,"position":1},"title":"henry fogel on how orchestras look","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Henry Fogel, former administrator of the Chicago Symphony, has a post about the visual aspect of orchestral performance.\u00c2\u00a0 Not much new ground covered, but some interesting questions raised. 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