{"id":942,"date":"2008-04-25T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=942"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:52:50","slug":"instrument-petting-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/25\/instrument-petting-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"instrument petting zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our partnership with different communities each year, our education department includes what is called the instrument petting zoo. \u00c2\u00a0No, it&#8217;s not a bunch of instruments in a fenced in area, with children walking around them petting them with timid hands. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What it is in actuality is a chance for kids to get their hands on an instrument and be taught or guided in how to make some sort of elementary sound on it. \u00c2\u00a0The theory is, if they get a small taste of creating new sounds on an instrument they&#8217;ve never seen or heard, they&#8217;ll want more, and might even want to take up an instrument in school or at home.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a YouTube movie I found of a youngster named Soren getting his first taste of the violin, with OSO violist Stephen Price giving him a hand with fingering the notes:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HeRjCC4wSRE&amp;hl=en\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another video of OSO music director Carlos Kalmar giving the Portland Metropolitan Youth Symphony a workout in Beethoven&#8217;s <em>Egmont<\/em> Overture.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cz1y-CgBpYk&amp;hl=en\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our partnership with different communities each year, our education department includes what is called the instrument petting zoo. \u00c2\u00a0No, it&#8217;s not a bunch of instruments in a fenced in area, with children walking around them petting them with timid hands. \u00c2\u00a0 What it is in actuality is a chance for kids to [&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":[247,115,2,13,637],"tags":[501,3669,3658,3659,64],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","category-video","category-youth-orchestras","tag-beethoven","tag-music","tag-video","tag-violin","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-fc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":926,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/oops\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":0},"title":"oops&#8230;","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A British man left an extremely valuable old Italian violin on a train luggage rack - now it's missing. LONDON - A retired shipping consultant said he lost an expensive 17th-century violin after forgetting it on a train. Rob Napier said he did not realize the instrument, made by master\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":771,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/12\/oh-crap\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":1},"title":"oh, crap!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo credit: Theremina It's every string player's nightmare - tripping, falling, and destroying your instrument. Now imagine that you own a rare Guadagnini priceless Stradivarius violin. Yeah, you get the picture! I wince, but also appreciate the wicked glee with which this story is written: As a former child prodigy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"131506997_2f8360d2ea.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/131506997_2f8360d2ea.thumbnail.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1082,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/instrument-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":2},"title":"instrument fun!","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We did another photo shoot for Fear No Music this evening, and In\u00c3\u00a9s Voglar had found a pile of deserted violins that were about to be recycled from David Kerr Violins, so a pile of cast-off fiddles came to the shoot! If you come to the free Waterfront concert on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;contemporary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"contemporary","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/contemporary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo \u00c2\u00a92008 Charles Noble","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/crw_0784_flat-400x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7133,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/12\/a-very-worthy-cause\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":3},"title":"a very worthy cause","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I just finished giving money to a wonderful organization that helps young musicians, and I strongly urge you to do the same. The organization is the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, which provides resources for young string musicians. Rachel Barton is a Chicago-based violinist who has a busy solo career (and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;fundraising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"fundraising","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/fundraising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bart_rebf_head-e1323743305121.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bart_rebf_head-e1323743305121.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bart_rebf_head-e1323743305121.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14617,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/04\/is-alto-clef-becoming-extinct\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":4},"title":"is alto clef becoming extinct?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"<begin_rant\/> In the age of music notation software, composers and arrangers can crank out music quickly, and for the most part, neatly. However, in their quest to get an arrangement out the door asap, arrangers can often cut-and-paste lines of music from one instrument to another. I don't have a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;arranging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"arranging","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/arranging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/clefs.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1332,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/24\/rachel-barton-pine-on-strad-cover-this-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":942,"position":5},"title":"rachel barton pine on strad cover this month","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, who has appeared twice with the Sunriver Music Festival - making a huge positive impression both times - is the featured artist in this month's issue of The Strad - a leading stringed instrument magazine. You can find copies of The Strad at some Borders or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/5616113c.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}