October 2 - Never the Same, Yet

Another day of Psalm 30: Part II editing, with the weather a bit cooler, concentrating deskside on getting a slightly belated October 2010 issue of 21st-Century Music up and running (with Tom Moore's delightful interview of Alex Shapiro -- we immediately become friends on Facebook), three dining adventures with Harriet, and the day's videos, finishing up Two and a Half Pieces with III. Recapitulation (first use of cutaway in Imovie, plus taking a turn at picture-in-picture), and beginning some for



Some Stuff with III. The Angry Flutist. Discover, quite accidentally and surreally, that Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical") has been picked up by four other video sites --



World News, Witty Sparks,



Apni Community, and Lux Info News -- and that



Animal Farm: Donkeys has hit 400 Views, particularly by folks from India...

September 27 - Plunging Ahead

Finish editing Psalm 29 (3 pages total), do some 21st-Century Music work with Laurie Curran from EBSCO on the phone, and leap forth to Diablo Valley College for dictation/keyboard-solfege on J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 140 ("Wachet Auf") (first five bars), thereafter beginning the second round of engaging student compositions with animated and beautiful music by Xavier Travis and Danny Allegria. Coffee with Doug, and lab time follows, Tritone-Orchestra recording recent work:

Psalm 28 ("Unto Thee I Cry")



Psalm 29 ("Give the Lord, Ye Mighty")





Leaving DVC, it's home to Harriet for dinner, beginning the editing of Psalm 30 and producing videos for Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"): XII. We Want Foreigners (a. at top and b. below).

September 26 - Bouncing Along

Home all day with Harriet, and very welcome after a very busy week, with time to do the next edited page of Psalm 29 and two more Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical") videos: IXa. Rather Have an Earthquake and



XIb. Turn On Boot Up.

September 24 - Tone Colors

Finish editing Psalm 28 (four pages total) and head to the city for the dress rehearsal, at Old First Presbyterian Church, of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Animal, Vegetable, Mineral show, including Lisa Scola Prosek's Sonata, Michael Cooke's Love Letters, Mark Alburger's



Animal Farm: A. Cold-Blooded



Jorge Liderman's Flautando,



Loren Jones's Banyan, and



Terry Riley's In C. Home for more video madness with Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical")...



IVa. Empedocles Was Wrong and



VIIa. Gonna Get.

September 23 - Collectively Speaking

Page 3 edited for Psalm 28, Quiz 6 for the Theoreticians (with musical examples from Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schutz, Archangelo Corelli, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, and J.S. Bach), lunch and grading at Elephant Bar (in lieu of Celia's given the day's circumstances), then off to the third rehearsal, at Park Presidio United Methodist Church, of the



San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral show. Later that evening, do videos for



Twelve Preludes and Fugues: IIIa. The Collective Brain and



IVb. Death Is the Rain.

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 21 - Double Music

Begin editing Psalm 28, then Theory dictation/board-harmony re Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid. A double-paper-grading outing of China Garden (mid-day class) and Elephant



Bar (evening) follows,



returning for Music History, finishing up Medieval Music and looking towards the



Renaissance.



Out with Doug and our



favorite waitress thereafter, before a proceeding homeward to the videos du soire as



Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"): IVa. Death Is the Rain and



Ia. Another Cognitive Disorder.

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.

September 18 - Earthshaking News

Home all day, with Harriet in and out, editing two pages of Psalm 26 ("Judica Me") (through page 10) and the requisite two videos of Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"), being IXb. Rather Have an Earthquake and



XIa. Turn On Boot Up.

September 17 - Whatever It Takes

Edit Page 8 of Psalm 26 ("Judica Me") and do the first video of the day (Twelve Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"): IIIb. The Collective Brain),


proceeding apace in space through



Solano



and



Marin,



beyond



the



sunshine



to



San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Animal, Vegetable, Mineral first rehearsal at Park-Presidio United Methodist, including

Michael Cooke - Love Letters: Minerva's Tango and G.A.C.

Mark Alburger - Animal Farm: Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations: Part 1 - In Cold Blood

Terry Riley - In C



Loren Jones - Banyan



and



Jorge Liderman -



Flautando.



Return to point of origin for another fugue -- VIIIb. People Can Fall Down.

September 16 - Fog and Light

Edit Page 7 of Psalm 26 ("Judica Me") before Theory Quiz 5 -- with musical examples drawn from Josquin des Pres, Costanzo Festa, King Henry VIII, Louis Borgeois, and Thomas Morley -- then off to Marin for Celia's paper grading (mostly A's) and post box.



Farther north via Lakeville, the



walk du jours continues progress along Old Adobe from



Sonoma Mountain Road to the



Petaluma-Penngrove Divide via



goats,



cacti,



ranches,



roads and ridges,



cows and mountains,



and



quarter



horses (and the other 3/4's?),



with the chill fog coming in like mad towards the end. Making a circuitous beeline home for dinner with Harriet, the videos du soire are



Twelve Preludes and Fugues: Ib. Another Cognitive Disorder and



Xb. Rock His World.