September 30 - It's Finished, Nearly Finished

So it's all a work-in-progress, with the daily update of 21st-Century Music, completing a reading (definitely not a re-) of Edward Albee's The Plays: Volume 2 (Tiny Alice, A Delicate Balence, Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung), ending up the pdf of Sinfonietta: II (at 13 pages), composing eighth page of The Cop and the Anthem (finishing the first section), and fifth for Psalm 74 --

on a day of clear skies, brisk breezes, and markedly cooler temperatures (high of 80, the second lowest temperature since late June).

September 29 - Sometimes

Another 21st-Century Music update, print quizzes, and out the door to bestow the latter (i.e. Quiz 7, with examples drawn from J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Frederic Chopin) on the hard-working and high-achieving Theoreticians.  After some tutorials, make a beeline, buzzing back,

first to the hive of activity at the local petrol stop (including a follow-up re the windshield repair),

then

the

honeyed respite of home, with general catch-up, composition of seventh-page Cop and the Anthem, fourth for Psalm 74, and pdf 12 Sinfonietta: II.

September 28 - Shadows

A fair amount of 21st-Century Music work accomplished, on both current and back issues, before heading out the door for Franz Xaver Gruber's Silent Night as dictation and board harmony for the Theoreticians, plus a bit of Ludwig van Beethoven, review, and stimulating student compositional endeavors of round 2.  Home to grade Theory and History quizzes,

then 

back

through the

dramatic

early-evening

light

for the

latter class,

with music from Andrea Gabrieli's Ricercar in the 12th Mode through Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, with sidebars along the way,

looking ahead through J.S. Bach. 

Upon second return, compose Compose sixth page of The Cop and the Anthem and third for Psalm 74, also producing page 11 of pdf rer Sinfonietta: II.

September 27 - Once

Finish re-reading (or is it a first -- perhaps only took in the movie?) of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf somewhere in the course of a day that includes backtracking in Music Theory for a dictation / board harmony on J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 140 ("Wachet auf"): VII. Chorale, first phrase, plus beginning the second round of engaging student compositons, with pieces by Joe and Zach.  Other musical activities of the day include fifth-page composition of The Cop and the Anthem, plus second for Psalm 79, as well as page 10 pdf for Sinfonietta: II.

September 26 - Clouds on the Horizon, Maybe

Off on more dangerous missions, the stratus from yesterday clearing

to the south, for Week 7 with the Theoreticians -- Glen Appel additionally in attendance (a minute or two after the witching hour) re a fourth standard evaluation (second together, the other two from Rory Snyder and Monty Bairos, scattered over the last almost-ten years...) -- so the W.A. Mozart Sonata in C Major, K. 545, first four bars as dictation / keyboard-solfege / board harmony is accomplished early, plus sign-singing on the blog from early organ works of J.S. Bach, the "ear-training" Requiem: Confutatis scene of Amadeus, and a bit on brass technique.

Head

towards the peninsula thereafter,

to pick up a couple of maps (Truckee, Martis Peak, Mt Rose) at the

U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park,

then over to

Stanford to

look over the

situation.

Parking by the

oval, the way to

Braun Music Building is a scenic one,

via

Memorial

Court (with its

Rodin  

Burghers of Calais) and

Chapel,

all watched

over by

Hoover

Tower,

then southeast to

Lausen Mall and southwest to the scene of the action.

In due time,

loop around the back side of the church,

taking in the Main Quad,

etc., from

different perspectives, returning down

Palm Avenue to El Camino Real.

From here, it's westish on Page Mill Road,

north on 280,

west again on 84,

up and over the Santa Cruz Mountains at

Skylonda,

down the coolish-coastal side-slide into

La Honda,

across

San Gregorio

Valley to the

Coast,

northward

on

Route

1,

past

Tunitas

Cliffs

and

Canyon,

to pick up the course of the walk

south

from

mossy /

piney /

cypressy

Verde /

Purisima Creek Road,

via

Cowell

Purisima

Ranch

and

Bob's

Pumpkin

Farm,

to

Verde /

Lobitos /

Myne

Roads.

Accomplishing this, hop back in the car in the fading light,

beyond Half Moon Bay,

Montara

Mountain,

Devil's

Slide,

Gray Whale

Beach,

Pacifica

(Linda

Mar /

Rockaway

Beach),

Daly

City,

San

Francisco

(The

Great

Highway /

Sutro

Heights /

Point Lobos

Avenue /

Seal Rock Drive /

Lincoln

Park /

El

Camino

del

Mar /

The

Presidio), the

Golden

Gate, and

Marin

homeward.

Is there time for music?  Sure.  How about fourth page composed for The Cop and the Anthem, plus beginning composition of Psalm 74 and page 9 pdf re Sinfonietta: II.  Sure, sure...