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music to my ears: June 2009
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Saturday, June 06, 2009. It's been a good week musically. Last Sunday was Pentecost; the choir sang well, with a very spirited rendition of William Dawson's Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Monday the choir was one of two at the San Francisco AGO's post-annual meeting concert. They were fabulous. In addition to performing works of several others, the performed my My Heart is not Lifted Up. From The Needham Psalter. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Composer, organ...
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music to my ears: dolce, ma con moto
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Dolce, ma con moto. Summer is supposed to be a little more relaxed. Back in the day when I relied quite a bit on freelance income from my musical pursuits, it was. And with all that extra time to do things, I didn't have the disposable income to do them! So maybe there's a time for growth. That is definitely music to my ears. Just wanted to wish you a happy 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). San Francisco Lyric Chorus. 12/12...
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music to my ears: dal Segno
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Monday, June 12, 2006. I've made some good progress this past week on the list I posted last week, and also had a couple of neat creative experiences. First, the list:. Dad's finances: while it never ends, we are about to close on a loan which will allow us to fix up Dad's house. Beginning stages of fixup work on Dad's house: windows are ordered; final preliminary plans for other needed work should be done this week. Did I mention Dad's finances? The acco...
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music to my ears: Songs of Prophecy
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Tuesday, July 18, 2006. In my last post, andante down the lazy river. I mentioned that I was starting a Christmas Cantata. It's basically done, and I'm rather pleased by the results. Of course, if I didn't like it, it wouldn't be done, or wouldn't see the light of day! The piece is called Songs of Prophecy. It uses 8 of the texts that Jennens, the librettist of Handel's Messiah. Texts, but wisely set a less lofty goal for this piece. My intent was to writ...
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music to my ears: PPP
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Tuesday, June 05, 2007. I don't know where the time went! I've written and performed some new pieces, continued directing the handbell choir at church (not to mention the Chancel Choir and our contemporary ensemble), become assistant director of San Francisco Lyric Chorus, and otherwise filled up time in a number of interesting ways.but not said anything here since December. Oh, yeah: And it's past time to celebrate the publication of I Come with Joy.
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music to my ears: From the Director
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Monday, November 15, 2010. Choosing the music for a concert is at best a somewhat mysterious process (please see my earlier post. For concert details). At the end, we hope that the audience will feel that the music fits together, that there is a flow and a connection among the pieces that makes the progression of pieces almost inevitable. In the case of this program, we began with the Pinkham Christmas Cantata. Since we were doing In Ecclesiis. Even thoug...
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music to my ears: tempo rubato
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Saturday, June 06, 2009. It's been a good week musically. Last Sunday was Pentecost; the choir sang well, with a very spirited rendition of William Dawson's Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Monday the choir was one of two at the San Francisco AGO's post-annual meeting concert. They were fabulous. In addition to performing works of several others, the performed my My Heart is not Lifted Up. From The Needham Psalter. And @ link name. All our performances are e...
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music to my ears: andante down the lazy river
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Thursday, July 13, 2006. Andante down the lazy river. Well, it is summer. And it's been more weeks than I like since I posted. No good reason. Oh yeah- there were the various tasks and projects I mentioned in my last post. We refinanced Dad's house, moved his IRA, and will have new windows in the house in a couple of weeks. I've written some music (surprise! And will be posting about a couple of new pieces soon. The rest of the month should be full. I jus...
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music to my ears: November 2010
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Monday, November 15, 2010. Choosing the music for a concert is at best a somewhat mysterious process (please see my earlier post. For concert details). At the end, we hope that the audience will feel that the music fits together, that there is a flow and a connection among the pieces that makes the progression of pieces almost inevitable. In the case of this program, we began with the Pinkham Christmas Cantata. Since we were doing In Ecclesiis. Even thoug...
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music to my ears: Christmas Fantasy
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Thursday, November 11, 2010. From time to time I like to comment on one of my compositions. The process gives me the opportunity to take a step back and look at the piece, and also helps me create program notes. Since the. Is on the San Francisco Lyric Chorus's upcoming concerts (December 4 and 5, 2010), this post is particularly timely. Grew out of the process of developing the Lyric Chorus’s. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear. The 2010 version of the.
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