{"id":29283,"date":"2021-09-07T20:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?page_id=29283"},"modified":"2022-08-11T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:11:56","slug":"spotlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like an orchestra itself, the orchestral field is made up of outstanding individuals whose work contributes to a rich symphony. In these Spotlight features, we ask a few questions about the work, inspiration, and hopes of those across the field in various roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/spotlight-trish-bryan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"32074\" src=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Trish-Bryan-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Trish-Bryan-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Trish-Bryan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Trish-Bryan-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sonja-pic-2020-cropped-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>Sonja Thoms<br><a href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/spotlight-sonja-thoms\/\">Read Sonja&#8217;s Spotlight<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3Wm1WfoMnkH3Evnxb3Ucfj?si=00c3959749674d0e\">Listen to Sonja&#8217;s Spotify playlist<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"25110\" src=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JanetChen1cropped-798x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JanetChen1cropped-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JanetChen1cropped-234x300.jpg 234w, 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