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Beautiful start to the day!
And so it begins!
I went out to take some photos of the beautiful fog this morning. Unfortunately, I only brought the 24 mm, and I wasn’t happy with the results. Anyone else have a tough time with wide focal lengths? Anyways, I took these in my way back. I like these better!
It’s a moody “mum”day 😉
The afterglow of an incredible sunset on Mille Lacs Lake last night. I couldn’t resist stopping for a quick shot, despite impatient teens in the car! 😉
It’s beginning to feel like fall!
Watching American Century make its way into the harbor! These were taken the morning of August 4th, 2023.
The sunset on Saturday night was incredible! It’s hard to believe I took these images within minutes of each other. I can’t decide which one I like the best!
New Music for strings!
Many of you of familiar with my composition, Only Light, which was originally written for winds. Today, I’m really excited to share the string ensemble arrangement, BEAUTIFULLY recorded by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Even if you don’t program for strings, I’d love for you to give it a listen! (YouTube link in comments)
Taking a composition for winds and reducing it down to string ensemble was surprisingly difficult! In many ways, I really had to allow myself to think of this version of Only Light as a new work.
Many thanks to Dave Starnes and Hannes Dietrich for all of the feedback and early performances! Michael Scott Butler, Chris Chapman and Andrew David Perkins, I greatly appreciate the performances of the full orchestra version last spring, too!
And last but not least, thank you to my longtime friend, Cathy Metzger, for the lovely score cover; it’s perfect!
New music!
As many of you are getting geared up for a new school year, please consider Earthshine. It’s a colorful, fun and very playable grade 2 - yes, my first actual grade 2 since I wrote April almost 20 years ago! There are melodic lines in all of the parts (yes, I’m looking at you low voices!), and the entire work is in 6/8 time with very limited hemiola. It’s a great introduction to compound meter!
The work was commissioned by the South Carolina Band Directors Association, and the 2023 SCBDA Junior All-State Band gave a wonderful premiere!
Check out the link in the comments, and please share with any directors you know that might be interested!
Anna is four today, and she’s SO excited to celebrate! Happy birthday; we love you!!!
Home now from another quick trip to the North Shore! It was fun to do the Fifth Falls Hike - it’s been a few years!
Bon Iver was amazing last night, and what a beautiful evening for a concert!
Anna just might like to fish more than anyone in our family. Tonight she caught a HUGE smallie!!! ❤️
Beautiful colors at the lake tonight!
Owen pulled in a beautiful 4 pound smallie this afternoon; what a catch!
Perfect afternoon fishing with my buddy, Ryan! Loved the hang, and thanks for finding us some fish; I definitely had nothing to do with it! 😂
Fireworks from the dock, along with a few other shots from the weekend!
Summer.
I don’t usually post pics of a hotel room, but this one was pretty cool!