September 24 - Tone Colors

Finish editing Psalm 28 (four pages total) and head to the city for the dress rehearsal, at Old First Presbyterian Church, of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Animal, Vegetable, Mineral show, including Lisa Scola Prosek's Sonata, Michael Cooke's Love Letters, Mark Alburger's



Animal Farm: A. Cold-Blooded



Jorge Liderman's Flautando,



Loren Jones's Banyan, and



Terry Riley's In C. Home for more video madness with Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical")...



IVa. Empedocles Was Wrong and



VIIa. Gonna Get.

September 23 - Collectively Speaking

Page 3 edited for Psalm 28, Quiz 6 for the Theoreticians (with musical examples from Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schutz, Archangelo Corelli, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, and J.S. Bach), lunch and grading at Elephant Bar (in lieu of Celia's given the day's circumstances), then off to the third rehearsal, at Park Presidio United Methodist Church, of the



San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral show. Later that evening, do videos for



Twelve Preludes and Fugues: IIIa. The Collective Brain and



IVb. Death Is the Rain.

September 22 - Flower Shower

A second page edited for Psalm 28 and J.S. Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor bassline and schematic harmony in Theory, whereupon Monty Bairos appears after class to say, "Can I talk to you? It's good news," the latter, of course always good to hear. Actually less good for him, as, per doctor's orders he must stand down a class, but am delighted to pick up same, which is A History of Rock course. So, at that moment, plans for the day are changed -- lingering in the lab to catch up with SF Composers Chamber Orchestra business, respond to Micrologus's positive comments re the DrMarkAlburger channel, and discover much of the Historical Music of Anthology (HAM) online. After taking a coffee-and-sub run to the bookstore and breaking with Doug, meet with Monty in his impressive, palatial upstairs office to discuss the course transition, then attend class that evening, for a lecture on Country Music. Will begin next week with 50's Rock, etc., but for now, head home for videos of



Twelve Preludes and Fugues: IIa. and



b. Basic Policy on the Triads.

September 21 - Double Music

Begin editing Psalm 28, then Theory dictation/board-harmony re Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid. A double-paper-grading outing of China Garden (mid-day class) and Elephant



Bar (evening) follows,



returning for Music History, finishing up Medieval Music and looking towards the



Renaissance.



Out with Doug and our



favorite waitress thereafter, before a proceeding homeward to the videos du soire as



Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"): IVa. Death Is the Rain and



Ia. Another Cognitive Disorder.