2016-03-19 18:53
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 fit… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
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 t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The choir at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Orinda CA is singing Benjamin Britten's delightful Jubilate Deo on Sunday, November 7, 2010. I included the date because Sunday is only a coupl… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The same weekend as the St. Stephen's Messiah Sing, the San Francisco Lyric Chorus offers its fall concert. Talk about a full weekend! Handel on Friday; Gabrieli, Schutz, Pinkham and others… Read More
2010-11-04 04:29
The end of the year is always a busy time for any musician. In addition to my usual compositional stuff, I have three concerts coming up in the next month and a half, the first being the 16t… Read More
2009-06-07 04:53
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… Read More
2008-03-20 04:01
So I've been away a while. Actually, I've been ignoring my blog, my webpage, and have generally been preoccupied with real as opposed to virtual life. I'm hoping that I might be back (I'll k… Read More
2007-07-31 17:33
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 d… Read More
2007-06-05 18:32
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… Read More
2006-12-23 05:54
Well, my life has been anything but quiet...but I've managed to take a five month break without even trying. In my last post (July 22) I spoke about putting together some info on Songs of Pr… Read More
2006-12-23 05:53
Little by little things get done. Another day and the formerly-hidden oak floors return to their original glory. As soon as workers return from a (well-deserved for some) holiday break, we'l… Read More
2006-07-23 05:01
Did I say that it was hot today? As I write this at 9:45 in the evening, it is still 95 degrees F. outside. That's hot, even for this part of California, where a little heat in the summer is… Read More
2006-07-21 13:42
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… Read More
2006-07-14 04:29
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 h… Read More
2006-06-13 14:55
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 a… Read More
2006-06-02 21:31
Well, I've not exactly been setting the blogosphere on fire! Life seems to have been pretty full, although there always seems to be a list of things I still have to do. Main sources of time… Read More
2006-04-26 16:29
...or maybe it's the flautists who rule. I'm starting to get a steady trickle of interest in my music at my website www.adamsworks.com: an occasional instrumentalist here, a conductor there… Read More
2006-04-18 06:21
Some of my small cadre of most excellent readers have wondered where I've been, even going to the extreme of emailing me. Thanks y'all. Things have been busy, and I got out of the habit of p… Read More
2006-02-10 07:29
I'm about to head off to church. In the middle of the week. We (musicians, clergy, other church staff) actually do work more than one hour on Sunday. I've a meeting before staff meeting. The… Read More
2006-01-29 00:12
When I first thought about this post, I was going to offer some thoughts about my trip to Las Vegas earlier in the month for a music conference...then I got started updating my web site and… Read More
2006-01-24 06:04
Well, today (January 23) we said goodbye to a dear friend...for the next 10 months. Dad and I put away the Christmas Tree. This is not just a tree--well, it's not actually a tree, since it i… Read More
2006-01-13 06:43
I just got back from the Region IX American Guild of Organists (AGO) mid-winter conclave in Las Vegas NM. It was good to get away; I attended a number of concerts and workshops, about which… Read More
2006-01-08 04:05
Just a few odds and ends as the first week of the new year draws to a close. My furious pace of the first two days of the year slowed down as it became necessary to work for a living--even h… Read More
2006-01-03 04:24
Monday is cleanup day, New Year or not. That didn't stop me from starting the second of the introit set I mentioned in my last post. Last week I wrote a piece for the men in my church choir… Read More
2006-01-02 04:41
Wishing my (few) loyal readers a very happy new year. For me, the year has started well. Last year ended with a snore. I managed to hold out until the Mountain time zone, but couldn't last u… Read More
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