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[sen_no_ongaku]

To my surprise, aether was scheduled on the first day of readings. It went very well, actually! They had to do it section by section, but I'm certain I can patch together what amounts to a proof-of-concept. These guys are good.

Part of me wants to get to know the other composers around...but part of me wants to just curl up and take a break. It's a bit strange to be surrounded by folks who are mostly older than I am, in contrast to the OBFCS, where I was probably in the middle of the pack, age-wise. I have to switch gears a bit, be a different kind of social.

My plan is to have a quiet dinner, then head over to a little composers' session at around 7pm.

I'm still getting used to not dropping three hours from my clocks.

Comments

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

Yay! Finally! How good are the Gregg Smith singers? Do you have any points of comparison?

Also, let me know about the funding thing if you don't like that recording.

[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

They're very good -- certainly better than I had feared. They've taken a lot of hard pieces today and sight-read them...with trouble spots, of course. They've been around for quite a while, apparently -- 50 years -- and reportedly were close to Stravinsky at some point.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

I met Gregg Smith at a reception for a new music concert in NYC last spring. He was nice and quite interesting, but I'm afraid he spilled quite a lot of food on himself, and talked with his mouth full.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah. Well, he does seem to be getting on there in years...

[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

This recording will not be sufficient, so I'll still look into your plan -- but the reading does prove that it is quite possible for well-trained singers, which will help convince whomever we try to hire that it's certainly doable.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is possible. If I said otherwise, I was being a little bitch. And I suppose I shouldn't slam you as hard as I sometimes do for its difficulty. However, I reserve the right to maintain that it is still quite hard. ;)

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Go ahead and uber-social yourself...I promise a week of silence.

Well, silence and the wiggly dance.

Okay, silence, the wiggly dance, and profanities throughout Harvest Moon.

[thomascantor.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'll want to hear the result if you and wavyarms pull it together.