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 20 - Ups

Edit Psalm 27 (12 pages total) before a Theory dictation/board-harmony of Claudio Monteverdi's L'Ofeo: Tu se' morta, thereafter playing three Youtube videos -- Psalm 6: 1-5; The Twelve Fingers: VIII. Sonata; and Ecclesiastes: III. For Everything -- latter two by request, all quite well received.




Tritone-Orchestra record Psalm 26 in the lab then



blitz out



across the Bay



and through



town to second



Animal, Vegetable, Mineral



San Francisco



Composers Chamber Orchestra



rehearsal.



Home for more Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical") videos... VIa. The Examined Life and



Vb. Empedocles Was Wrong.

September 19 - Wonderland

Off to San Francisco for a Goat Hall / SF Cabaret Opera board meeting and Theatre of Yugen's production of Alice -- a stunning yet fairly faithful update of Lewis Carroll, including music from Philip Glass's Company. Before this, finish editing Psalm 26 ("Judica Me") (through page 14) and a video for



Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"): VIb. The Examined Life.



Making the jump


southwest,



reunions are welcome, though


lines less so. But when the end result is impressive



drama and music,



one leaves satisfied to return for a second



TPF video, as Xa. Rock His World.

August 6 - Is That All We Think About?

Pick up mailers,


stamps, current and back issue Journals at Copyworld, looping south under the Bay to



Menlo Park for



U.S. Geological topos of North Lake Tahoe.



Return through



gloomy San Francisco



and



sunny



Marin



to



check the post box and



power-up the tech over a



late lunch



(happy-hour free nachos with drink at Fernando's).



Further



north



to



Sonoma,



it's time



to



walk



South



Petaluma



Boulevard



and



D



Street,



over



the



drawbridge



and



river,



as part of the



cross-California



endeavor.



Circuitously



home to publication-prepare more Symphony No. 2: III (pages 7-8), begin editing the third section of Psalm 22, and do the day's Animal Farm videos:



VII. Turtles and



VIII. Snakes.