Somehow the alarm does not make its impact, and
suddenly it is 8am and the
time to
proceed
to
St. Mary's has arrived, a little behind the time arc, ironically (after weeks of being on the rather absurdly early side, when not actively running the class), since today may be the beginning of the music section of Perceiving the Performing Arts. Low and behold, upon arriving, am the sole faculty member present, so yes, not only is it commencment, but at the front end of the proceedings, no less, so off we go, continuing in the basics of the sonic arts (picking up from a seesion more than six weeks back)-- with seemingly all going well, despite the surprise start. Listening for Quiz 1 is
Yurok (California) - Women's Brush Dance
Greek (Asia Minor) - Epitaph of Seikilos
Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
Guillaume de Machaut - Notre Dame Mass: Kyrie
Diablo Valley follows with more of the Richard Rodgers Do-Re-Mi, plus Olivier Messiaenic whole-step-half-step scale, followed by
more paper grading
at
Elephant
Bar, evening class from Richard Wagner to Paul Dukas, nightspot with Doug (Owen preparing for his 50th bash, this Saturday), and suspect nightcap of more orchestration work on The Creation (through page 3) and composition of Song of Solomon: IV. Pulchra es (You Are Beautiful) (9).
