December 19 - Shedding Light

Finish page 7 of Psalm 43 and grading for the Music History class (posting both on DVC website, which is finally up again, after being down yesterday, and will be down again Monday after 4pm through Wednesday -- nice timing...) while Harriet is out for more rehearsals, on another day of limited sunshine -- the rain abating and rays making a game effort towards setting -- plus a video for



 History Phases: XXV. Anton Webern - Works.

Also delighted to hear from old Appalachian Trail thru-hiker-friend Jan Skadberg (who's doing well in West Virginia and working towards her doctorate) and SF/NY composer-crony Andrew Shapiro (who, with his assistant, are keen to begin bio assistance for the New Grove article and an interview for 21st-Century Music).

Somewhere in here learn how to picture-resize to keep file sizes down when posting, thereby hoping to keep this new blog going over the course of 2011, without having to start 2012 early....

2012...

November 18 - Lights Out

Page 6 of Psalm 43 and grading for the Theory class done, while Harriet's out at rehearsals, on a relentlessly sunless day, plus another Street Songs video --



III. Cowboy and Nevada.

December 17 - More Light

Page 5 of Psalm 43 ("Judge Me") and a full day of assisted judgings of the semester's end, with make-up sessions for all three classes -- Theory mid-day, a stint in the admin building for clerical matters, crab cakes at Mimi's where one can only hope to catch up with matters of attendance/participation and paper organization (all with the rain continuing to come down outside), then evening sessions for Music History and the Rock class, returning in challenging conditions to the day's video --



Street Songs: VIII. I See You.

December 16 - Bright Lights

Page 4 of Psalm 43 ("Judge Me") and off to

Diablo Valley College for the last day of Theory, with exam-wrap-up and excellent original compositions by

Ian Acredolo, Daniel Alegria,

Michael Falgien and

Justin Valdez, Jeremy Harman,

Aaron Hoffman,

Samantha Huqueriza,

Tyler Kendrick,

Sarah Levy, Anna Logiman, Alison Li, Joe McKinley, Zach McNeil,

Michael Sharp and Shelly Yon,

Carlos Silva and

Haley Toupin,

Adrian Thompson,

Xavier Travis,

and Lanaudia Woodfork -- plus group-performance of San Fernando Hub: I. Fresno.  Fantastic class that will be very much missed!

Beyond,

it's

off

to

Marin for paper organization and grading at Celia's,

errands and postbox run,

and return to produce a video for



Diabolic Variations: Thema (Sorta).

December 15 - Dividing Lines

Page 3 of Psalm 43 ("Judge Me") and

down

a

striking

corridor

to

the

Fall 2010

Theory Exam, with our 25 heroic survivors,

followed by a three-part bout of paper grading for the evening class,

first

over a

shrimp lunch,

then

to

Elephant

Bar,

and

finally to the DVC coffee shop

and

back to the classroom.

Final lecture and presentations in Rock History,

and it's been a good semester together --

then home for  



History Phases: XIII. Thomas of Celano (Dies Irae).

December 14 - A Farewell to Charms

Page 2 of Psalm 43 ("Judge Me") and a lot of Music History grading and preparation for tomorrow's classes as well, while Harriet is mostly out and about.  Final Tuesday evening session from Brian Wilson, via John Adams and moi and lots of others, to Lady Gaga -- has been a very fine class -- then home to mastermind the next History Phases video...



... XII. French Polyphony (Ductia).