Our Long National Nightmare Is Over

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over

Well, almost, anyway. The driveway is covered up. Tomorrow, my studio gets a new floor, which will be nice, since the old one was...

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Flying Blind (or What Has Sibelius Done To My Inner Hearing?)

Flying Blind (or What Has Sibelius Done To My Inner Hearing?)

The sewer project has turned out to be a complete fiasco. It now appears that my studio is going to look like this for at least a couple more weeks. Meanwhile, I’d been revising Letter To Hungary for its upcoming second performance, and the parts are just about due. I’ve been forced to work at my desk, where I do have Sibelius, but it’s...

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Plumbing

Plumbing

jackhammer.mp3 Here’s today’s excuse for not composing. Jackhammers, I tell you. Jackhammers. The picture is taken from the window of my home office. They’re cutting through the driveway and the garage floor underneath me. Get me out of here. But it gets better. Behind the garage is the room where I compose, and guess what: they’re...

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