August 26 - Ayes for the Years

 
The absurdly early scenario (with a phone call to Bette and George, where it's merely early, as they prepare for the onset of Hurricane Irene),

socked

in

by fog southwest of

Cordelia,

to the weekly

rendezvous with

Crystal,

now back from her Unitarian/Universalist retreat in Sacramento.

A good time catching up with the news as the

stratus begins to

clear,

then making the rounds of

errands, including picking up the Journal in Berkeley, where -- due to the lateness of the printing -- there is no charge... much appreciated!  Compose the day's allowance of Psalm 69 (page 15) while waiting,

then

back

up

the

80 corridor, through Hercules,

Crockett,

Vallejo, over the

Carquinez Strait, past

American

Canyon,

Cordelia,

and

Fairfield

for more Finale work including

Pdf of Sequence Music, Op. 23: II
Pdfs for The Passion According to St. Matthew: VII-VIII
15th page composed for Psalm 69
95th orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
150 pages total for edit of Symphony No. 3 

Back out with Harriet for the monthly Goat Hall Productions board meeting at John Bilotta's,

joined by Eliza O'Malley, John McGree, and Sarita Cannon, with part of the agenda as forming various committees, then home for the next clip of the Camino Real: Block 10 video (a 12th).

August 25 - Lying Low

21st-Century Music work, and the fog

hugging

the

hills

of

the

corridor to Quiz 2 with the Theoreticians, returning to post

Duo Sonata No. 1 ("Hyphenated") at

The International Music Score Library Project and attend to the rest of the day's musical activities, including

Pdf of Sequence Music, Op. 23: I
Pdfs for The Passion According to St. Matthew: V-VI
14th page composed for Psalm 69
94th orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
140 pages total for edit of Symphony No. 3

and 11th clip incorporated into the Camino Real: Block 10 video (finally getting back to this project since June 13).

Also discovering with delight the wonders of the Garriton Orchestra sounds in Finale, realizing that one is not limited to 16 tracks in Encore (actually 15, minus the semi-useless percussion) and Cubase (yes, there are ways around this) but now the astounding typical binary multiple of 128!  And the various reverberatory scenarios sound promissing.  Still not sure if the final sonic product will rival the Tritone Orchstra, but we shall see... i.e., hear...

August 24 - At Last

Always running a little late, it seems, but still early enough to get to class on time for the evening

Music Literature session, from the undated Yurok Women's Brush Dance through the Ancient Asia Minor Epitaph of Seikilos,

looking ahead to next week, as at top.

The morning Theory class -- proceeded by 21st-Century Music work and

the

daily

commute -- also apparently goes well, with dictation on the Gregorian Kyrie IV (harmonized as a tonic drone, identifying number of interval thus formed), plus review.

Return

thereafter,

with

petrol,

library (more videos to watch with Harriet, including

The Band Wagon [1953, a great example of reverse snobbery, and what a stance!],

Because You're Mine [1952, featuring Mario Lanza],

Deep in My Heart [1954, re Sigmund Romberg], and

Flying Down to Rio [Vincent Youmans, 1933],

Gigi [Frederick Lowe, 1958],

Hallelujah[!] [Irving Berlin(!), 1929],

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Frank Loesser, 1961]),

In the Good Old Summertime [Miklos Lazlo, 1949],

It's Always Fair Weather [Andre Previn, 1955],

Jamboree [Neal Hefti, 1957],

On the Town [Leonard Bernstein, 1944 / 1949],

Pippin [Stephen Schwartz, 1972, in its 1981 Broadway production], and

The Pirates of Penzance [Arthur Sullivan, 1879]), and

office-supply stops (first time to replace the Brother/Mac cartridge, with the helpful clerks coming to the rescue).

More Finale endeavors on the homefront...

Pdf of Duo Sonata No. 1 ("Hyphenated"): IV. Serenade-Rag
Pdfs for The Passion According to St. Matthew: III-IV
13th page composed for Psalm 69
93th orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
130 pages total for edit of Symphony No. 3

... figuring out, among other items, two particularly amazingly foolish set-ups in the program:

1. re Measure Numbers, the default is "opaque" -- which must be unchecked so that measure-number boxes may be visible (?!)

2. re Page Numbers -- instructions for "Right Page" -- which would usually be first page of a document -- are given at the bottom of the window (?!).

All one can do is find the whimsy in the situation, right down to the instruction book's ridiculous notion that the whole process is easy.... Ha!... somewhat reminiscent of Sibelius's arrogant "Sibelius can do that for you automatically"...

Late,

after the there-and-back again, edit 8th-and-final video of the Henry Miller in Brooklyn Noe Valley performance.