In August I seem to be grappling with piano-playing and identity issues.
(from Wojnarowicz, at the Whitney)
June and July, 2018
In June and July I was reading Kant and thinking about composers, music, families, etc. Here are my notes:
Journal March-May 2018
Comforting sign in Bonnie Thron's music studio
Self-filling watering can by Lonnie Holley ("JG Thirwell's Tumblr", Mass MOCA, 2017)
Carl's journal, 2017
I have collected my journal entries from the last year, extracting music-related, poetic, and philosophical writings, and leaving behind shopping lists, concert planning, public relations, etc. Mostly single sentences, in chronological order, about music and life. Some of them I continue to mull over. Some of them, even I don't know what I was thinking. I am posting these because some of the ideas may be useful and/or entertaining to you, and I find it helpful to have them collected in one place. Here and there I see the germs of new projects. For instance, the magic watering can image/idea led to the commissioning of new works by local composers. They are posted in three pdfs:
Feature Article About Us
Ellyn Wexler published this terrific article about us and our upcoming March 31 concert.
News from Raleigh
Bonnie Thron and Bill Robinson will come up for the March 31 concert at Church of the Ascension.
Check out Bill's "Autobillography"
Rehearsal photos
Mei Mei also shot a lot of great rehearsal photos.
Ascension Concert
Artist Mei Mei Chang was at the October 21 concert at Church of the Ascension. Here are some of her photos.
More photos from Mei Mei
Photos from 9.18
Artist Mei Mei Chang took some photos at the house concert:
House concert
Last night's house concert was pretty amazing. The Brahms Quartet was everything one could wish for, better than in any of the rehearsals. It felt very good to musicians and listeners alike. Matt Testa and Bobby Hill were in the audience. I posted the recording at: http://www.dcmusicaviva.org/recordings/
Mei Mei Chang took photos, which I will post later, and Marilyn got a good video clip that she put on Facebook and Instagram. Maybe I can post it here too.
WOWD Testa interview update
Here is the interview, recorded from my computer while I was in the studio.
WOWD Radio interview
Matt Testa has started an experimental music program on Takoma Park's new micro radio station, WOWD 94.3 FM. It airs Wednesday nights at 6 pm. He will interview me about WMV on Wednesday September 14 around 6:30 pm. I will bring some of our best, way out there stuff. Here is a clip from a piece by James Brody, based on the DNA sequence of a dopamine receptor (commissioned by WMV in 2002).