Just noticed on the counter that this blog passed the 60,000 viewers landmark a while ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks for reading and coming back again and again.\u00c2\u00a0 I never really intended for this blog to become some sort of public vehicle for anything.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s really just my way of getting random jumbled thoughts out of my head and into some (semi) coherent form.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I can’t afford to take a sabbatical, this is my way of giving myself some therapy and context to my professional life.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just noticed on the counter that this blog passed the 60,000 viewers landmark a while ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks for reading and coming back again and again.\u00c2\u00a0 I never really intended for this blog to become some sort of public vehicle for anything.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s really just my way of getting random jumbled thoughts out of my head […]<\/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":[143,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-dw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":594,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/17\/paradise-except-for-no-paycheck\/","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":0},"title":"paradise except for no paycheck","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 17, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Honolulu Symphony apparently can't make its $60,000 payroll until after the New Year.\u00c2\u00a0 Read more here.","rel":"","context":"In "music"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13889,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/04\/waterfront-concert-thanks-for-turning-out-portland\/","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":1},"title":"waterfront concert – thanks for turning out, portland!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"click image to view gallery full size","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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_5030.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_5030.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_5030.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_5030.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13258,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/11\/thanks-for-stopping-by-and-come-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":2},"title":"thanks for stopping by – and come again!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When I wrote my post about Hilary Hahn, inspired by her playing both in rehearsals and on the first of three nights of a classical subscription concert, I hardly expected the post to get as much attention as it did. 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