{"id":18,"date":"2022-08-31T20:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/mas\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2022-09-13T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:56:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/mas\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6584ea99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6584ea99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-618975da\" data-id=\"618975da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778156ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"778156ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Musical Arts Society<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1921 by acclaimed composer and pianist R. 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