new mus(ings)ic

Something of a catch-all here, since I’ve been avoiding blogging for a little while (to be discussed at some later point).
First, the semester ended a week and a half ago, bringing to an end my first year of doctoral work. It’s been a good year, and I very much enjoyed teaching (students are fun, grading [...]

It’s hard to teach when the sun is finally out again. A full wall of windows looking at an actual blue sky lends itself to focused work for neither myself nor my students. Ugh. At least I have flashy new dry-erase markers.
New Music Festival this weekend at BSU. Friday night at 8pm my Elegy will [...]

Unbeknownst to you (or at least to many, maybe most), we left sunny SoCal yesterday afternoon for the less shory shores of Indiana. Actually, we’ll be a few hours from the shores of Indiana, unless one counts the little baby lakes scattered here and there. Anyway, yesterday we made our way to Williams, [...]

Wow, it’s been a month since I last wrote here. Much has taken place in the between, although not much of consequence. T and I got through the various Arts Concerns Committee events and such that we had scheduled, including a huge Christmas party for the whole seminary on the Friday before exam [...]

Today marked the beginning of Tracy’s and my 4th year married. Despite spending the morning in class, the day was great, with no homework allowed (and no guilt!) and a great home-date dinner we cooked together.
I have to admit that when it comes to my wife, I’m a total cheese-head. I’m a dork [...]

Tracy's folks came from Arizona for Thanksgiving, which provided us the opportunity to prepare our first Thanksgiving feast. Had were turkey (obviously), mashed po', roasted yams, stuffing, greenbean almondine, sautéed corn and green onions, cranberries, rolls… you know, the works, and all prepared by T and me. So it was fun and educational!