It's official: have been hired by St. Mary's, and looking forward to beginning teaching there next week, in addition to Diablo Valley responsibilities. Begin April 2009 21st-Century Music with the notice of Lukas Foss's passing....
Theory class is dictation from the Musica Enchiriadis: Nos Qui Vivimos (original chant -- we harmonize at fifth below), with Chris Knight, as teaching assistant, doing the honors, and also assisting in initial play-throughs of student compositions. We also do a pretty good job sight-singing (and clapping) the First Delphic Hymn and first part of Gregorian Gaudeamus and all of Kyrie IV -- indeed, not bad at all...
Lunch at a new (to me, anyway) Mexican joint in Concord, grading Quiz I for the Music Historians, then to Fry's to buy an ethernet cable and toy with the idea of a video projector...
Second page of Saul! Saul! orchestrated before the evening class (ah, the wonders of laptops), plenty of time to cue old videos and visit with several former students, before music from the Epitaph of Seikilos (a perspective Mills student recognizes it, and am impressed) through Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic chant.
Left Bank with Owen and Doug thereafter, and home -- a pretty classic Tuesday...
