And again, last night. Given that we have a Preview Performance this Sunday, and then another Monday evening rehearsal, before the concerts proper, I am content with where the Gloria is as of last night. I think the “stress test” of singing it for an audience this Sunday will be highly beneficial.
The larger of the pieces which I am conducting, Charles Turner’s Salve Regina, pulled together nicely last night.
Separately, my dear friend, percussionist Olivia Kieffer has a video project in the offing. She has a set of 55 brief toy piano pieces, The Texture of Activity, and she sent one piece each out to friends, for video realization, and then she is going to publish the compilation video in December. I have a friend’s video camera borrowed (still) from the October King’s Chapel concert, and I had planned to make use of it for Olivia’s project . . . and I finally acted on this plan, this Sunday past. I played seven full takes (the piece is only about a minute long), and although the final take is not perfect, it was clearly the strongest. I think I may furnish a review vid of my contribution here in the HQ later this week.
