The weather report has suggested early snow, and it is looking to be the case,
building up enough in the stroll to breakfast and
back,
that an early departure to Swarthmore seems appropriate, over
Baltimore Pike, the
Media
By-Pass, and the Blue Route
to
set up and
practice the
percussion again
and
prepare
for
the
afternoon
lecture-
demonstration.
At the appointed hour (or thereabouts) -- with Debby How and Jerry Levinson --
composition students and others gather, with
Elizabeth Hoffman and I sequentially holding forth, re music for two violins, Irish pipes, and electronics; plus allusions to Psalm 6 and Suite ("Sol[ar]") and performances of The Twelve Fingers: I (live), San Fernando Hub: I (featuring audience participation), and Camino Real: Block 9 (the video produced over the summer), as the wind blows and the
snow continues to fall.
More practice thereafter (a bit of Eastern cabin fever setting in, but beats walking across campus in the snow for dinner), including one with Debby and Tom for The Inner Circles, and another for Peter Schikele's canons Dona Nobis Pacem and Swing, Swing, Swing.
At last the concert,
with
all
going
impressively
well --
warm comments all around, and particular congrats to Debby for putting all together, this the second annual event. Many express interest in next year: in particular, thinking of excerpts from Ecclesiastes, Op. 3... keeping this sequential numbering conceit... perhaps 199+ concerts over as many years? No doubt, we shall not see or hear, but an amusing idea.
Great to take in the concert with Tom, Lisa, Bette, and George -- wrapping up the evening with a lovely reception
and an adventurous drive back (comparing merits of Baltimore vs Blue 'n' By-Pass)
to
warm-in-the-cold
accomodations.
