The Wranitzky Project Follow-Up

I just received notice that my first contribution to The Wranitzky Project has been added to the website. You can view it here.

Rising to the Ranks of Contributor

Recently I was graciously accepted to be a contributor to The Wranitzky Project. I am joined with some good company, most notably, Christopher Hogwood. Coming in the near future will be the set of three symphonies published as Opus 33, which I contributed some comments about the set. All the symphonies will be available for listening at the site, and the score to Opus 33, No. 3, my favorite of the three, will be available as a PDF download. I became associated with the site because Paul Wranitzky is one of the symphonic composers I am researching for my dissertation, and the webmaster, Daniel Bernhardsson, has been sharing all the symphonies he has scored to help with my research efforts. As the home page states, "a neglected master."

Fruit Patch in Cincinnati

Last weekend over the Memorial Day weekend, some friends from NYC stopped in Cincinnati on their way to Iowa. It was good to catch up with them and see them. And it was also good to meet the new addition to the family, Ollie. I have followed Ollie on their blog, but it was good to finally meet the little guy. I noticed that his bark sounded eerily like how the martians in Mars Attacks! talk. Check it out for yourself.


Also, Jessica requested, demanded more or less, that I make my famous margaritas. And whenever she and margaritas are involved, things get crazy.


A fun weekend was had by all, and it will be good to see them again, whether it is here or in NYC, or wherever we cross paths again.