First rehearsal of San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's Alternate Facts and Lying Together (8pm, May 6, 2017, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco) at Park Presidio United Methodist Church, including Mark Alburger's The Decameron: Seventh Day ("Cheating Wives and Other Indiscretions"), Op. 262 (2017),
Scott Sterling's Musical Portraits No. 2 (2017),
Stardust's True of Voice Entr'acte (2017),
Davide Verotta's Felicitá? (Happiness?),
Harry Bernstein's Quintetessence Plan B (2013), and
Leon Hyman's Ubnucho (2012) / Yehi Hasdecha (2013) / Psalm 23 (2015).
***
A
morning
of
Sting's King of Pain as Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege / Board Harmony for the Theoreticains, followed by
Quiz 13
(musical examples drawn from works of Philip Glass, Roger Waters, and John Williams).
Parts reproduction at Cybercopy,
yet
another
diversion
to
San Ramon
for power c[h]ordal AWOL,
then
on to
Park Presidio for the fabuloso practice-perfecting, on the 28th day of summer, high 75 --
Pleasant Hill, 76
San Ramon, 77
Pinole, 67
San Francisco, 64
-- Orchestrating system 33 John Cage The Perilous Night: VI, as part of Cage Orchestrations, Op. 265...
