May 18 - Unlimited

Stop for supplies at the local big box,

discovering quiet parking near the low-key side entrance, a natural soundscape unadulterated by Muzak, at times absurdly reasonable prices (in other instances, however, surprisingly non-competitive), a zany variety of merchandise (rather limited clothing offerings, however), buying all products at the un-hustle-bustle automotive desk (pricing fairly reasonably-priced tires) --

and home with Kahlua, candles, and Pandora to Harriet.

Before this, begin the May Chronicle section of the July 2011 issue of 21st-Century Music,

proceed in a leisurely fashion to DVC for the last complete day of student teaching by the Theoreticians, including a nice chord cycle composition from David.  Pass off quizzes with Miranda and Mona, lingering in the lab, with Doug and

company, mid-way through the latter activities to create three more movements of All the BBC Sound Files (Op. 192) --

XXVIII. Hospitals
XXIX. Africa Human
XXX. Africa Natural --

and begin another sound-file piece: 100 Sound Effects (Op. 193), with the first movement as Volume I.

Before

the

large-scale shopping is the

hopping

under

a

giant

sky homeward; after are the tasks du jour as

Composing pg 4 Psalm 56 (Op. 187, No. 16) (transcribing King David: XIII from Sibelius to Encore)
Producing the third-movement pdf of Portraits of Three [Flute] Players (Op. 11)
Transferring Uncle Vanya (Op. 91) from PC to Mac
Uploading an 12th clip to the ongoing Camino Real: Block 9 (Op. 110)

May 10 - All in the Blazing

Definitely warmer (c. 80) for composing page 12 of Psalm 55, reformatting King David: VII. Oh for the Wings of a Dove into Encore from Sibelius, and

semi-hustle toward Theory student teaching,

including Kristy's charming and delightful Ding, Dong the Witch Is Dead from Harold Arlen's The Wizard of Oz.

A quick poll -- how many of us recognized the tune on first look? -- none

Then we sing it in solfege and all is clear...

How many of us could have done this before the beginning of the semester? -- pretty much same answer as above, at least given constiuency today, so definite progress has been made...

Stop by the Business Office briefly,

then blitz

homeward

to

see Harriet, and complete a bit paper grading,

returning in the

easy evening for Music Literature from

Leonard Bernstein to Philip Glass, and a vault ahead to John Lennon, Roger Waters, and Andy Summers.

Out thereafter with

Owen and Doug (Melanie is on her honeymoon), then homeward again for the impossible dreams of creating a pdf for Psalm 92: I. (Op. 9), transfering the Encore movements of Samson and Delilah (Op. 65) from PC to Mac (X. through XIII. were the first pieces transcribed in the brief Sibelius period), and a third video clip for  video of Camino Real: Block 9.