January 25 - Beginning Somewhere

And another semester at Diablo Valley College begins, with the perilous journey past



Mt. Diablo to the often perilous



parking lot, greeting



veteran Theoreticians (including Oren and




Nate) to



Music



Theory!



First session at Boards 1



2



3 and



4 (with a few corrections to be made, clearly) will be played tomorrow in class. No video today, and no keys in the Baldwin, much to our surprise (Chris was to have replaced the latter, but, tragically, his mother has passed away and he is detained) -- so, after our session, Doug heads out to replace a cord for the former (life in the music department often centering around cords and chords), while I look over the lab writing the fourth page of Vespers: II. Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus. Detour to Berkeley thereafter to drop off the March 2010 issue of 21st-Century Music for printing (also online at 21st-centurymusic.com and 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com), then,



via Pinole, home through heavy traffic to Harriet, more reorganization of the iTunes library (through Opus 100), more measures of Psalm 4 prepared for publication, and post all the Tritone audio for Sex and the Bible: The Opera (Part I) from



Abraham and Isaac through



Amazing Joseph at markalburgerworks.blogspot.com to honor requests from our new singers Theresa Nelson and Crystal Philippa.

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.