May 2 - Change, Up

Transcribe the beginning of the Behzad Ranjbaran interview before blasting off to DVC -- incredibly enough, sans computer (the best that can be figured is that a bundle of recyclable newspapers psychologically stood in for the weight of bearing the Mac to the car (at least the laptop didn't get thrown out with the trash).  Do not even notice the absence until reaching for the briefcase upon arrival, and discovering a void.

Shaken, calling Harriet, and, yes, the computer is at ease on the bed... bringing to mind the debacle a couple of year's back when the first incarnation was left at Left Bank overnight.  So, a different type of day, starting right from the situation that there are no pens to proceed with board harmony, or even dictation.  No way to take attendance, either, so a visual one will have to do.

Here we are (wake up Mona!).  Visit Owen down the hall and cage a marker, proceed with a double dictation of Philip Glass's Satyagraha: Scene I and Akhnaten: Love Duet -- bass lines for realization, plus brief discussion of added tone consequences.  Also cover the five standard 7th chords in G, C, and F.  Upon returning pen, Owen asks me to sub for him subbing for Monty: same classes as last Wednesday, but now with lesson plans

(quizzes mostly, followed by film in the case of the

Rock History one "The British Invade!  The Americans Respond!").  Lab time is therefore yet again decidedly late, but manage to compose/record four new movements of All the BBC Sound Files (Op. 192) as

V. Transport
VI. Mammals and Birds
VII. Crowds, Children, and Footsteps
VIII. Comedy and Fantasy

Home in the

warm shadows (75 degrees at 7pm), with, indeed, the computer safe and sound... finishing the Commuter Times version of the Behzad Ranjbaran interview, with a fourth page composed for Psalm 55, reformatting King David: VII. Oh for the Wings of a Dove into Encore from Sibelius, movement V  of 12 Fingers pdf'ed and linked, Act V Scene 2 Mice and Men transferred from PC to Mac, and the



Camino Real: Block 7 video finished at 6'35".

Charles Hiroshi Garrett checks in -- he's been in California, but now heading back, and we agree to do an interview together someday.  He's also received Becker and Glass (enriched bio doesn't seem to be a problem) + Dunvagen has re-checked in re the latter.

And whoo hoo!  Still 484 MB (47.35%) of 1024 MB, so could be back on schedule tomorrow...

May 1 - The Mystic Convection

Second page composed for Psalm 55, reformatting King David: VII. Oh for the Wings of a Dove into Encore from Sibelius, movement IV of 12 Fingers pdf'ed and linked, and Act V Scene 1 Mice and Men transferred from PC to Mac -- time to hit the road, over hill and

across plain to

Marin's

Four

Points

Sheraton,

interviewing

Behzad Ranjbaran for Commuter Times and 21st-Century Music.  We have a pleasant chat, after which there's lingering in the lobby to do a second Psalm page,

then break for

sustenance before

making the

way over to

Veteran's

Auditorium

for

Marin Symphony's performance of Ranjbaran's Mithra (short version of interview and review by Tuesday at 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com) along with works by Dvorak and Brahms.  Home again, for Camino Real: Block 7 video through 6:15.

Still holding at 484 MB (47.32%) of 1024 MB -- despite 16 new pictures...

April 30 - Ready for Anything

Begin composing Psalm 55, reformatting King David: VII. Oh for the Wings of a Dove into Encore from Sibelius, as well as linking another of 12 Fingers pdf's (for a total of 3 thus far -- a quarter of the way done) and receiving Melinda Wagner's final edit of her article, sending it on to Grove.

Then Harriet and I are out the door severally

down the beauteous

corridor to

San

Francisco,

in

the

latter

case

honing

in

on

Yerba

Buena Gardens Theatre,

meeting up with Michael Mcdonagh,

Philip Glass (leaving the the revised Grove article in his dressing room, at his request), and Eduardo Prado for

Glass's

solo

recital -- which is surprisingly strong, benefitted by music from Glassworks, The Thin Blue Line, The Screens, Hydrogen Jukebox (with a taped Allen Ginsberg), plus Mad Rush and selections from 16 Etudes and other works.  If their are questions in the spirit of Anton Rubenstein's "Ah, what mistakes!", the experience bears the authenticity akin to Charles Ives's sessons in the recording studio.  The Ensemble covers much, but the lack thereof reveals equally... not least a decided Glassian romanticism with regard to dynamics and tempi.

Afterwards give Eduardo a lift home, in thanks for him informing me of this concert, then spend quite a bit of time on a quiet Hayward

sidestreet trying to figure out how to clear excess recordings and videos from iPhone,

such that more pictures can be taken.

Proceed apace to a funky distict in Alameda,

wherein lies Rhythmics

performance space,

for Harriet's La Triaviata opening (H is seen here with Raina Simons -- clearly a convocation of wonderful singers!):

an impressive show

(including a chamber orchestra of 1222 0000 22110),

and looking forward to taking in the entirety soon.

But for now, it's off home to receive Dan Becker's revised article, sending that and a provisional Glass one to Charles Hiroshi Garrett and Grove Online / The Grove Dictionary of American Music, Second Edition.

Finished.  It's finished.  It must be nearly finished.  Many hours have been spent on the Grove project, and now my tasks in this regard have pretty much concluded.  There will be interviews to transcribe and run in 21st-Century Music, as sequels to the work, but this will be another story.

For now, back to transferring Act IV Mice and Men from PC to Mac, adding another 15 seconds of video to Camino Real: Block 7 (up to 6 minutes), and, oh yes, the Journal...

Alas, up to 484 MB (47.27%) of 1024 MB -- which seems an excessive +3, given only 31 new pics, but whatever...  Further, tomorrow will perhaps wreak more photographic havoc, so will have to take it easy through next Tuesday, which should be possible.