Diablo
Valley
College
Philharmonic
Orchestra rehearsal of
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 --
the
day
beginning
with
the
return
of
double
Theory
sections (Dictation / Board Harmony respectively on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar: Hosanna and
Elton John's Lion King: Circle of Life),
an
extensive
intermezzo Owen,
homeward
on
680 and
80 for
errands,
then
back
down --
through Solano,
Napa,
and
Contra Costa -- for paper-grading with
Carol in Pinole,
after
which,
back
on 4, 680, and
Sun Valley...
to
DVC
for the
practice,
and
ending late with composition (page 9) re Raising Messiah, finishing III. What I Need (3 pages total). High down the 9 again gained yesterday, back to two-days-ago's 82, 57th day of summer (one degree less in Pleasant Hill -- 81). Also commence Totem Variations, Op. 238, with Ancestor I, based on fragments of John Cage's Totem Ancestor, attempting to follow all the provisos of Owen Lee's requirements for a final composition in his Theory IV class...
