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.

January 10 - Unbelievable

Can the treble versions of Job: V.-VI. be finished before the freeway



run to



Diablo? Can the dictation in Theory be Rex Coeli from the Musica Enchiriadis, and can we do more student compositions (Julie's?), plus a presentation from the head of Cal State East Bay? After another China Garden and the creation of a slower version of the last movement of Quartet for the Beginning of Time: Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel, can we proceed to



Lake Merritt, and actually rehearse from the beginning of



Sex and the Bible (with Marilyn Pratt, Nathan Marken, Nanette



McGuinness, Theresa Nelson, Robert



Benda, and Crystal Philippi) all the way through Israel in Trouble: How to Depart? Evidently. And another page (26) composed of Vespers: II. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus and another pub-prep (9) for Psalm 5? Hmm....

January 10 - Sex and the Superstars

Sex and the Bible is up and running with Kristen, Robert, Indre, Kim, Maria,


Beth...


Liz, Marilyn, and Nanette -- premiering March 5-7 and 12-14 at San Francisco Community Music Center.

God / Snake / Lot's Older Daughter - Marilyn Pratt
God / Cain / Angel I - Elizabeth Finkler
Snake / Hagar / Leah - Maria Mikheyenko
Eve / Sarah / Rachel - Kimberley Anderman
Adam / Abraham I - Robert Benda
Abel / Angel II - Elizabeth Henry
Noah / Lot's Younger Daughter / Dinah / Tamar - Nanette McGuiness
Lot / Esau / Joseph - Kristen Brown
God / Rebekkah / Potiphar's Wife - Indre Viskontas
Isaac / Abraham II - Nathan Marken



After rehearsal, the merriment continues with the annual Goat Hall / San Francisco Cabaret Opera Fresh Voices Composer-Singer



Matchmaking Event,





with



Harriet March Page, Alden Jenks, Indre, Wayne Wong,



Robert Ashens, Daniel Felsenfeld,



John Bilotta,



Justin Marsh, Meghan Dibble, Maria,



Kate Offer,



Eliza O'Malley, Nanette,



Janet Lohr,



Roger McCracken,



Alexandra Jerenic,



John McGrew --




after which



some of us



linger.


Before this, produce percussion parts for Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite, and the drive towards Berkeley, with


Mt. Diablo



breaking



through



the



fog. After, stop off at the College to record



The Gospel According to St. Matthew:



L. The Last Judgement / The Annointment



(a parody-trope of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird: Infernal Dance of Prince Kaschai)

and

Magnificat:

III. Qui respexit



(triply inspired, as the rest of the piece, by the Magnificats of Claudio Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, and Alan Hovhaness),

returning home for page 5 of IV. Omnes generationes orchestration, plus more composition of The Vespers of 2010.