September 2 - Moderate Easy

Early morning videos to finish up the ones for Spectral Preludes, as XI. Green (Bb) and



XII. Yellow Green (F), more sun-porch-rearrangment with Harriet, blasting off to Diablo Valley for the ramping-up of info that is Quiz 3 (D Dorian, D Minor, E Phrygian, Beethoven Ode to Joy as keyboard-solfege, intervals from P0 to P5 -- with examples drawn from Native American and Medieval music).



Off to Marin thereafter for paper grading at Celia's (many A's, and some B's and C's), post-box check,



and a



Sonoma walk from



General Vallejo's Petaluma digs at



Casa Grande Avenue along



Old Adobe



Road



past



sturdy



eucalypti,



stolid



rural



structures



against



expansive



vistas,



eccentric



fences,



canyon



and



valley



vineyards,



earnest



kirches,



enterprising



establishments,



tractor and



dog



farms



across the



fields of the



setting



sun to



Washington Street (a main drag west, but this the far eastern end). Home to Harriet for dessert and editing of Psalm 22c (page 25 -- 3 from end).

September 1 - Getting with the Program

Loren calls way early re Composers Chamber Orchestra, so there's an opportunity to continue to assist Harriet re some general house re-arrangment, plus the requisite page of Psalm 22c (24 -- 4 from the end), before Music Theory with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9: IV. Ode to Joy theme for dictation, drone and I-V harmonization, and keyboard-solfege. Stereo/video really acting up, according to Glenn, so teach all-acoustically, so to speak, concluding with engaging compositions by our talented students. Home for late lunch, dinner, dessert, and DrMarkAlburger videos with Harriet; a Renee Flemming broadcast from Russia; and Spectral Preludes: IX. Blue and



X. Blue-Green moving pictures.

August 31 - Riding the Peaks

Up early for videos of Spectral Preludes: VII. Purple and



VIII. Blue-Purple and another Psalm 22c (23) sheet, before Theory, with dictation and board harmony on the Orkney Island Hymn to St. Magnus. Paper grading follows at Elephant Bar, then a return for



Music Literature, the weekly



assignment, and the late-evening Owen-Doug faculty conference at the bistro.

August 30 - Warm Interval

Do the fifth video for Spectral Preludes (Red), another page of Psalm 22c (22) and begin writing up the JooWan Kim show before the daily beauteous commute to Diablo Valley College -- with D Dorian and Minor, E Phrygian, Rex Coeli dictation/harmonization (oblique and contrary motion), and a fine composition by Cameron.


Home apace, after a



supply run,



to finish the Mik Nawooj etc article, embed videos in the first half of the Medieval chapter at markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com, and create more visuals for Preludes with



VI. Red-Purple.

August 29 - Dancing Along

Various entertainments with Harriet, plus of course another page of Psalm 22c (21) and two more videos for Spectral Preludes: IV. Red-Orange and



III. Orange. Also discover Hulu, with its collection of old TV shows online...

August 28 - Color Whirled

Begin videos for Spectral Preludes, Op. 38, with I. Yellow (C) and



II. Yellow-Orange (G), and do -- yes -- another edited page of Psalm 22c (20), plus some 21st-Century Music work.



Eventime, and head out with Harriet



past Mt. Diablo and



Orinda to



Berkeley's



Giorgi Gallery (just downhill from the Claremont Hotel) to take in the brilliant



JooWan Kim and combination Pierrot / jazz-trio ensemble in his



chamber hip-hop opera Integration. (report soon at 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com, 21st-centurymusic.com, and in print).