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Happy 4th!
Swimming in the beauty of Mary Oliver’s poetry this morning as I write the program note and put the finishing engraving touches on “Drifting,” a new concerto for euphonium. After some wonderful performances by Vince Kenney and Alison Mahovsky, I look forward to the rest of the consortium receiving the music next month! There is a version with wind ensemble as well as a reduction.
Oh, and I’m still taking a bunch of photos but have been terrible about posting them. Here are a few of Steph’s lovely flowers, taken a few weeks ago!
#52weeksofphotos #drifting
Summer.
Storm clouds rollin’ in!
95 degrees = lake time!
First place in the Zimmerman Classic! Proud of Owen and the rest of the boys!
Incredibly proud of both Owen and his team! They finished runner up in the AA John Hellie Tournament, which earned them an invitation to state next month!
Waxing crescent, shot on 5.6.22. #52weeksofphotos #waxingcrescent #sony
Beautiful day at the ballpark!!!
Slow exposure shot of Farm Island Lake, taken on May 14th. I love the neighbor's bobber trail in this image! (F 8, 30 sec, 50 ISO) #52weeksofphotos #farmislandlake
I’ve enjoyed seeing all of the photos of last night’s Super Flower Blood Moon. Here’s my contribution! #52weeksofphotos #fullmoon #moon #bloodmoon #bloodmooneclipse
I love band swag. Tonight it’s my West Salam HS jacket at the cabin! Congrats to @todd.zimbelman and the West Salam HS Wind Ensemble at the state championships!
First place!!!
Incredible ACDA 7/8 Honor Choir today! So proud Peyton, and thank you @jennjohns91 for the help and encouragement! ❤️
Over 30 years as the Aitkin High School band director. Congratulations, Chris Halvorson! Wonderful job by all of the students, too!
Very thankful the Charles Weise and the MJW Symphonic Wind Ensemble for a wonderful performance of Traces of Amber Sky - I really enjoyed putting this together with all of you! AND, the MJW Concert Band did a beautiful job with April! My daughter Peyton has really enjoyed playing in this group. Thank you, Geneva Fitzsimonds and Michael Moeller - what a fun and musical experience these past two years have been for her! #tracesofambersky #april #mjw
A project a few years in the making has finally concluded. Thank you to Arris Golden and the MSU Concert Band; your premiere performance of “The Long Light After Time” was incredible! It was a tremendous honor to have been included on the concert celebrating the 150th anniversary of the MSU Band program. The entire performance by the top three groups was ridiculous, including wonderful premieres by Zhou Tian and Ivette Herryman Rodriguez. Congratulations to all involved!!! 💚
A clip of a brand new piece of mine called The Long Light After Time, written to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Michigan State band program. Arris Golden and the MSU have been a blast to work with!!
MSU bound!
This afternoon is it; get out and see this amazing production!!! #highschoolmusical #mommamia #52weeksofphotos