November 15 - Calm Amidst the Sturm und Drang

Finish editing Psalm 39b (four pages total), take care of part of the financial arrangements for the Job revival, and bestow upon the Theoreticians a double dictation of Philip Glass's Satyagraha and Akhnaten, plus some orchestrational riffs. Lunch run and coffee with Doug, lingering to edit all four pages of Psalm 39c in the lab, yet record all three instrumental tango renditions of Orlando di Lasso with the Garbage Band, rather than Tritone Ensemble, tooling reverb at an excessive 75 and adding "Capital Orchestra Kit A-C."




Psalm 39 "I Will Take Heed" - A




B




C,



returning home for more video madness: to wit -- San Francisco Cabaret Opera version of San Rafael News: III. Death Catch.

November 10 - Increasing

A third page of Psalm 39 edited as the siren sound calls



southwest past the



Lagoon



and



Sulfur Springs Mountains



to



Diablo Valley College for Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege on John Williams's The Force from the Star Wars saga, picking up the



increased monthly,



thereafter



depositing same near Peking-Tokyo for lunch and paper grading, returning for the evening class



in view of



suspicious smoke from



the Tesoro Refinery (a power outage required a poluting yet, from a distance,



picturesque burn-off). Rock History again makes its careful way, now from Jimi Hendrix (b. 1942) to Roger Waters ('43), looking ahead towards slightly later times.


A Natural Minor Scale - A B C D E F G A
A Harmonic Minor - A B C D E F G# A

Chords in C Major - C Dm Em F G Am Bdim C
Numerals in C Major - I ii iii IV V vi viio I


Pink Floyd - Instruments and Membership

Guitar - David Gilmour
Keyboards - Rick Wright
Bass - Roger Waters
Drums - Nick Mason


Listening - Identifications and Descriptions

George Harrison - Within You Without You
Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond III
Jimmy Page - Stairway to Heaven
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Elton John - Candle in the Wind



Home late for the next studio-movie Cats, Dogs, and Divas: XX. Oh Come On.

November 8 - The Old One-Two

Some 21st-Century Music work before blasting off towards Mt. Diablo past



Long Barn and



Eden,



over the Benicia near



Martinez Refinery,



ever



closer



to DVC for dictation and board harmony on Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach: BED, planning for the student teaching that begins in two weeks.



Thereafter it's lunch



and



coffee with Doug, recording




Psalm 37 ("O Rest in the Lord") and




38 ("Domine ne in furore") in the lab, re-recording everything since switching to the new Encore (saving MIDI files in the old program, which contains less potential "over-riding" information). The lingering means that the heading home takes place c. 7pm through Fairfield, and cannot resist descending upon the



Missouri Street Theatre, where Harriet is auditioning for the part of the Mother in Sam Shepard's True West. I am prevailed upon by the director to audition as well, for the part of Sam Kimmer ("Mr. Kipper" "Kimmer"....), and an enjoyable experience indeed, having not auditioned for a part in non-operatic theatre for no doubt more than 30 years -- ambiguous about getting the role, however... awful lot of other things to be done in the next few months...



such as beginning the editing of Psalm 39 and continuing to produce videos, including that for the studio/movie version of Cats, Dogs, and Divas: XVIII. His Needs.

November 1 - All Sense Day

After the requisite page (4) of Psalm 36 and 21st-Century Music work -- off to Diablo Valley College for a dictation and board harmony on Paul McCartney's Yesterday, followed by lunch and a coffee run to the bookstore pour Doug et moi. Finish the



Psalm 36 "Sin Speaks" edits (through page 7, and, yes, too much Alban Berg Wozzeck in it) and record same, but suspect that the new Encore is compromising the midi files (definitely over-riding the instrument choices, which have to be re-assigned in the lab), so further dress up the audio at home -- ultimately discover that the new program's midi will not import into GarageBand, but find a work-around by opening the newer in the older program, then saving as the old midi.



Out in the lowering light, and over to



Site for Sore Eyes for an eye test (first in c. 15 years) -- when the word "glaucoma" is posited, it's evidently time to feel faint, but there's simply a mild suspicion and recommend, to be followed up in the fulness of time. With new glasses to be ready by mid-tomorrow (the old met with an unfortunate bend yesterday, so it's definitely appropriate for an update), the wander northeast leads to chicken cacciatore with Harriet, and two more Cats, Dogs, and Divas studio-recording videos as



IV. Greatgrandma Hattie and



V. In the House of My Father, plus embed early 20th-Century music videos on the Music History blog (through Edgar Varese and King Oliver).

October 14 - Lights in the Sky

Yes, a lot of the world gets up before 7am, including present company this morning,



turning on to I-80 and down the



680



corridor



to



Diablo



Valley College to sub for Monsieur Bairos in



Chamber Music, four self-starting ensembles (woodwind, brass, percussion, string), independent enough that one can finish the editing of



Psalm 32 (7 pages total). Guitar class is much more hands-on, and we make our way through 12-bar blues progressions, new chords, and syncopations. An hour-and-a-half break, more work on the Music History blog (mostly Bob Dylan),



Theory Quiz 9 (which could involve a glowing Cinderella pen) -- with examples drawn from Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, Claude Debussy, and Igor Stravinsky -- and lab recording of



Psalm 32 ("Blessed Is One") follow, as does more Music History Dylanesque blogging, before the Night Band, which has evidently been cancelled by a Facebook posting (suspected but not confirmed until the hour). Homeward it is then, for videos of



Deploration Passacaglias: IX. Mozart and



X. Beethoven.

October 12 - View from the Fridge

Second page of Psalm 32 edited, then Diablo Valley College for dictation / board-harmony on the finale to Igor Stravinsky's Firebird (piano reduction in C rather than B), lunch and paper-grading at Elephant Bar, back to the over-air-conditioned classroom (the warm outside beckoning) to embed more videos on the Music History blog, then evening Music Literature class from Johann Fux (watch that pronunciation and spelling!) to F.J. Haydn -- leaping ahead to W.A. Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, and



beyond. Stay up way late embedding more videos for tomorrow's night class and also work on the moving pictures for



Deploration Passacaglias: V. Purcell and



VI. Couperin.

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 14 - All the Enigmas

Page 5 of Psalm 26 and a whole classworth of Theory student compositions -- thereafter lingering with Doug (holding potent WD-40, with which he will attempt to clean a feisty lock) and Joyce (setting up for her jazz vocal class, launching forth into the brave new world of a newly-designed Macbook that requires a new adapter for a PowerPoint presentation). Lunch at Elephant Bar, catching up with Music Literature quizzes, then returning for said class's evening session, with works from Guiraut de Bornelh (1140-1220) to Thomas of Celano's (c. 1210-1270) - Dies Irae, skipping ahead a bit to the Italian Trotto of c. 1300 and Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie, with pieces from Nigeria, Ghana, Java, and Bolivia along the way. Also play the incredible versions of Walter von der Vogelweide's (gotta love that name) Palastinalied from

David Munrow
A Medieval Hanover Faire
Annwn
Qntal
In Extremo
Torture

Home for the videos du jour, being



For My Brother For My Brother: I. For My Brother and



II. Feeling Bad Particles.

September 8 - For a Brief Instant

Third page of Psalm 25 edited, plus 21st-Century Music work,



then Conrad Paumann's Mit Ganczem Willen for Theory dictation and harmony, and more engaging student compositions before a


coffee and lunch run for Doug and company.




Tritone Orchestra record Psalm 22b "Why Art Thou So Far From Me,"




22c "He Trusted in God," and




24 "Earth's the Lord's / Lift Your Heads."



Homeward towards the



Poverty Hills, past



Lagoon Mountains South,



Central,



and



North, for dinner with Harriet and videos for



Duo Sonata No. 1 ("Hyphenated"): IV. Dance-Syncops and



II. Dirge-Riffs.