{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fb9bc6817-1260-4f25-8109-e6edd5bc4e89","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Ariel Clayton Kara\u015b - Opus 216 (Violin, thoughts on indie musician life)","description":"Join us for a show about music, bringing you great musicians and fantastic sound from Audio Recording Studio.\n\nIn this episode: meet our host, Liz Huff, and our guest, Ariel Clayton Kara\u015b, violinist, independent musical professional, and founder of Opus 216! Audio engineering by Bruce Gigax. Theme music by Ryan Charles Ramer, video for archives by Nate Lockwood, cover art by Alexandra Harsha. \n\nViolinist Ariel Clayton Kara\u015b performs for more and manages 200+ events annually as founder of Cleveland-based ensemble OPUS 216, and as director of Classical Revolution Cleveland. Via OPUS 216, she collaborates with numerous Cleveland institutions to create unique, dynamic, and meaningful performances.\n\nAs a soloist, she performs regularly in healthcare and is one of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s veteran Musicians in Residence. Her interests span multiple genres, from classical, to Irish fiddle, to the reimagining of pop and jazz.\n\nShe has been featured on broadcasts for Cleveland\u2019s WCLV and NPR stations, and her music was featured in the 2016 documentary Violins of Hope, narrated by Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody. As an orchestral musician, she recently served as concertmaster alongside the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, and as concertmaster for the orchestra accompanying Michael Buble\u2019s 2019 arena show in Detroit.\n\nMs. Clayton Karas enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, educator, collaborator, and contractor, and recently completed her 2018 tenure as Gordon Square Arts District\u2019s first Musician In Residence.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d829730f-5302-4cf0-b03e-c75a4f4278a1/s9fbaujgcrbbzak-ibrptyy2.png"}