July 28 - Keys Past the Future

More preposterous journeys (63-64 of Symphony No. 2: II and page 6 of Psalm 21 [its conclusion], filing, 21st-Century Music work) -- by now, back on Facebook, catching up on email, and talking with Harriet earlier -- and two more videos for Variations and Theme, being XIII and



XIV.

June 15 - Time Odysseys

Produce, mix, and upload two more videos to YouTube, being Ecclesiastes: IV and



Variations and Theme: XII after the second Live Oak rehearsal (a combination of dress and tech for various pieces) of



Fresh Voices X, including



Edward Knight's Life Is Fine,



Chris Whitaker's George Bush: The Last 100 Days,



Daniel Felsenfeld's The Bloody Chamber,



Alden Jenks's Letter from Linda,



Robert Denham's Sutter Creek, and



Jeff Myers's The Hunger Art. Another page (30) of Vespers: Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis before the journey.

June 13 - How It Is

Video the Job rehearsal at Lake Merritt Methodist Church -- Here's VIII. Is There Someone.



Day begins with the requisite two more pages of Vespers: XI. Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis (26-27) before heading out to assist in The



Bloody



Chamber



rehearsal.



Job



follows,



with



a



full



cast



eventually,



plus dinner and



transition to the evening practices.



There's time, however, to finish up a circuit of Lake



Merritt, astoundingly begun back during Sex and Delilah rehearsals a year ago -- the new circuit from



Courthouse




Park



to



the



Cathedral



of



Christ



the



Light



and



back,



plus two more videos, being



Variations and Theme: IX. and



Psalm for the Sabbath Day (Psalm 92): III., the latter shot out on the playground atrium of the Methodist Church, with the condominia of 1200 Lakeside towering above.



Inside,



more Job, now with the Pierrot Ensemble --



great



to



have



all



the



singers and instrumentalists



together and



staged



at last!

June 12 - Hot Time

Yet two more pages -- 24 and 25 -- for Vespers: XI. Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis; work on 21st-Century Music; and general clean-up as Harriet heads to rehearsal. I follow semi-suit, in the delightful above-90 weather, thinking of the city, but fate has other notions in store, such that the late afternoon and most of the evening are given over to work at Diablo Valley College, video'ing Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher: I. Vanity (Op. 3, 1975) and



Variations and Theme: X. (Op. 6, 1976) (not necesarilly in that order), and doing new recordings of Two and a Half Pieces (Op. 17, 1979) and Symphony No. 1 ("It wasn't classical..."): IV. Put the Two and a Half audio and pdf's (uploaded to and embedded from Scribd) up at http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/1979/03/two-and-half-pieces-op-17.html for tubist Jay Rozen, who has expressed an interest in recording same.



Home in the warm evening to edit and post, checking in with Susan Hauslein Ware and Eddie Wright on Facebook. Also Google a lot of images for Harriet re upcoming Fresh Voices X, including...

1950's Travel Trailer / Mobile Home
Gustave Corbet - L'origin du monde
Harlem
Eduard Manet - Dejuner sur l'herbe
Nude Statues
Pokeno Game
Sutter Creek
Victorian Pornography

...which we go over together.

June 11 - Ah Woo!

SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director

Silence of the Wolves

8pm, Friday, June 11, Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger, John Kendall Bailey, and Martha Stoddard, conducting


Program

Loren Jones - Wolf Wood

Martha Stoddard - Cowgirl Rondo



John Beeman - Fancy Free

Davide Verotta - An Enticement of Silence

Intermission

Cindy Collins - Kinesthesia



Lisa Scola Prosek - Three Songs from Ten Days

Darius Milhaud - Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1-3



No. 1 ("Le Printemps")

No. 2 ("Pastorale")



No. 3 ("Serenade")

Another concert of fine performances, and a good time is had by all. Very impressive string section (though we will miss, Clare, who is moving to Boston to persue her Master's in Viola at New England Conservatory), and a basically smooth rehearsal/performance cycle. Also nice to see Patti and John, Michael McDonagh, Alan Crossman, Phil Freihoffner, Ariella's large and talented family, and many other friendly folks.



Two hours before the show, manage to squeeze in two videos: that of Variations and Theme: VIII and



IX.



The day starts with a trip with Harriet to Firestone, two more pages (22-23) composed for Vespers: XI. Sancta Maria, Ora Pro Nobis,



the requisite fashion statement made adjacent to



historic



locales,



then the jump to



San Francisco,



with a sideshow



petrol adventure on Yerba Buena /



Treasure Islands.



After the show, return through Marin to post videos, etc.