I’ve been crazy busy all week, trying to finish the current round of editing on my science-fiction novel, preparing for THREE trips, taking a mosaics class, and fitting in some genealogy around the edges. Novel Editing On the novel, the only part left to finish editing (for this run-through) is the Epilogue. Then I haveContinue reading “Writing, Travel Planning, Searching for Ancestors, and Playing With Glass Bits”
Category Archives: Music
Summer Music
My son submitted his applications yesterday — just before the deadline — to two summer programs in Music Composition. He is a junior in his university’s Music Composition program, so this is really his last summer to be involved in such a program in his field before he has to be out trying to getContinue reading “Summer Music”
Family Matters, Movie Music, and Spring Break
Last week was one of those weeks when I have a clear sense of the meaning of “sandwich generation.” That is not a bad thing, just a busy one. On Tuesday, I drove 150 miles south, to my mother’s house. She had a medical procedure the next day that I was to take her to.Continue reading “Family Matters, Movie Music, and Spring Break”
Joni Mitchell and Friends in Concert Tonight
Tonight is Joni Mitchell‘s Gershwin Prize concert at DAR Constitution Hall. The Gershwin Prize is presented each year by the Library of Congress to a living person who has made lasting contributions to popular music. The concert is free, but most tickets go to VIPs. So the audience features Supreme Court justices, members of Congress,Continue reading “Joni Mitchell and Friends in Concert Tonight”
Year of the Rabbit
The Lunar New Year started yesterday. Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit! People born in the Year of the Rabbit are supposed to be tender, modest, charming, and lucky, if you believe that sort of thing. I don’t, but it’s a good excuse to post this:
Command Performance
This evening, my son made an audition video for the symphony orchestra at school. He had several pages of music to play for it. He had to set up his phone to record audio and video, and then play the music all in take. It included some Brahms, some Mendelssohn, and some works by aContinue reading “Command Performance”
Wordless Wednesday: Winter Concert
Steel Away
On Sunday, my son performed in his second concert of the weekend. It was his first time performing onstage with the JMU Steel Drum Band — though the instruments are more accurately called steel pans, not drums. He plays double tenor, and is already quite good, despite the fact that he had never played steelContinue reading “Steel Away”
Concert Month
I attended a concert at my son’s university last night, a student recital. The school really does have an excellent music department, though I’m afraid a lot of non-music majors and their parents don’t know it. The concert was the senior recital of a Music Composition student. These recitals are completely student-directed. He had toContinue reading “Concert Month”
Junior Year: More Dorm Pics
Yesterday we helped our son move into his dorm, and I posted before-and-after photos of his bedroom. Today I’m posting a few more photos. The place is not new to him; it’s not only the same building, but actually the same unit as he lived in last year, though he has a new roommate thisContinue reading “Junior Year: More Dorm Pics”
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