Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 25 - Spring Ahead


Another


early



morning



down



the



I-



80



and



680


corridors to


St. Mary's and


Perceiving the


Performing Arts.



Pick up the Symphony tickets at the office


returning


to


Diablo Valley for


Theory Quiz 5 (the stack-em-up-in-bass-clef chord quiz),


with musical examples drawn from Josquin des Pres, Costanzo Festa, Henry VIII, Thomas Morely, and Claudio Monteverdi --



grading said papers (again, all A's and B's) over lunch at



Elephant Bar, and returning to slow down yet again Israel in Trouble: IV. Fly Away and Amazing Joseph: V. Pharaoh Had a Dream, and recording



Psalm 109









the version sans the doxology of Vespers -- upon return, begin composing The Song of Solomon, Op. 181, and do second page publication-preparation of Psalm 8.