May 5 - Mystic Lines

Finish the composition of Vespers: VII. Duo Seraphim (Part II) (a.k.a. a section of John John John) before a final dictation for the



DVC Theoreticians on Elton John's Lion King,



lunch at Peking-Tokyo (grading St. Mary's Perceiving Quiz 3), returning to the lab, recording Seraphim II,



and



thence


originward



to



orchestrate



page 9 of The Creation: III.

May 4 - Seeing the Light

Another absurdly early rising, with music of the 20th and 21st Centuries for the St. Mary's consortium (including Alban Berg's Wozzeck: Act III, King Oliver's Dippermouth Blues, Joe Garland's In the Mood, music of John Cage (Jazz Study, Sonata V, and Concerto for Prepared Piano), and Roger Waters Shine On You Crazy Diamond III.



The Diablo Valley College Theoreticians receive two systems worth of Sting's King of Pain for dictiation, board harmony, and keyboard solfege before a late lunch at



Elephant Bar, grading Music Lit papers, then rendezvousing with the owners of latter for soundscapes re George Gershwin to Dmitri Shostakovich,



with



the



weekly



quiz



and



new assignment. Another bistro night with Doug and Owen, then through the



relevant neoned darkness to



pump out more orchestration of Creation: III (page 8) and composition for Vespers: VI Duo Seraphim (Part II) (6).

May 3 - At the Edge

Finish printing out the Job parts and make the mad dash to Diablo Valley College for a double dictation and board harmony on Philip Glass's Satyagraha (Opening Scene) and Akhnaten (Love Duet), then through the Caldecott Tunnel to



Copy World to produce the published versions of aforementioned. After a brief diversion to the Oakland foothills, get steered towards



San



Francisco


(thanks to phone calls re Erling and Martha)



and



Pacifica


to drop off



parts and



score,



migrating



further



south



for



another Half Moon Bay wander, now from



Wavecrest



to



Redondo



Beach



Roads,


taking the latter past views down and



up coastward



to



the



cliff



perimeter --



a



transcendent experience for



most, if



not all.



Heading



back



north through



San Mateo,


San


Francisco



(through Ocean Beach,



Sutro



Heights,



Lincoln



Park,



Sea



Cliff,



and



the



Presidio),



and


Marin,



the



evening


falls


to



orchestration of page 7 Creation: III and composition re 5 Vespers: VII. Duo Seraphim (Part II) (the latter also to be part of John John John, Op. 183)