November 6 - It's Like This

It's like this, folks, tomorrow is opening night of Antigone, plus Ophelia Forever and Quantum Mechanic, with more pictures of all soon at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com and markalburgerworks.blogspot.com listed under Op 88.



Before the marathon final dress rehearsal, it's another orchestrated page (3) of Moses and Aaron: XXI. Sh'ma Ysrael" and Quiz 12 (Voice Leading) in Theory, with examples drawn from The Beatles, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Pink Floyd, and Muddy Waters; then to the lab to record M&A: XIX. "Let Us Pass" (Balaam's Ass) and the beginning of 20.

November 3 - Surprise! Surprise!

Rehearsal of Amy Beth Kirsten's Ophelia Forever and John Billota's Quantum Mechanic (Keisuke and the Quark Sisters, above) this evening (we open this weekend, with Antigone, at The Next Stage in San Francisco -- info at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com and goathall.org), and home through Marin late, once Harriet finds her keys.



Earlier, write up the Oakland Opera Theater Stravinsky show for Commuter Times and 21st-Century Music, now posted at 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com and soon at 21st-centurymusic.com and in print, then a quick jaunt to school for a Paul McCartney Yesterday dictation, harmonizing with fairly strict voice-leading rules... Listen to a nice evolving piece of John V's then in the lab to record Moses and Aaron:

XVII. Ritournello - "Would That We Had Died"
XVIII. Interlude - "How Long" (Wander in the Wilderness)

and the beginning of

XIX. Procession - "Let Us Pass" (Balaam's Ass)

Later, orchestrate on more page of above before collapsing.