March 17 - All That Spring


The Nut Tree Sign (Don Birrell, 1964) comes down.  At least its three gargantuan panels will be preserved variously around town, due to the efforts of Supervisor John Vasquez. 


Proceed


the


rest


of


the way to Diablo Valley College without any more instances of violence against the past,


meeting the Theoreticians for Week 10: Day 2, including Blues Scales and 12-Bar Progressions a la Jelly Roll Morton, Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (for Dictation, Keyboard-Solfege, Board Harmony, and Analysis),


and a fine new piece by


Alain --


lingering afterward for


make-up quizzes,


and proceeding to coffee with Carol for paper-grading


(both compositions and quizzes). 


Homeward


eventually


to


begin


the flute-piano publication of Mary Variations, Op. 28, with I. Pentatonic Mary


High 77 (72 in Pleasant Hill), 22nd day of summer, with a quick library run interpolated...