Monthly Archives: October 2021

Circus Week #4

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photosContinue reading “Circus Week #4”

Circus Week #3

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photosContinue reading “Circus Week #3”

Circus Week #2

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photosContinue reading “Circus Week #2”

Circus Week #1

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photosContinue reading “Circus Week #1”

Herbert Howells

Today is the 129th birthday anniversary of Herbert Howells, my favorite composer. In his memory and honor, I shall listen this evening to his Gloucester Evening Service. He wrote this for the cathedral where he was apprenticed as an organist early in his adult life. I had the joy of hearing these canticles sung liveContinue reading “Herbert Howells”

Full

And then the weekend was booked solid! Saturday: 11 a.m. Steve Woolf memorial service at Webster3 p.m. Circus Flora performance especially to see the Arches perform8 p.m. Jersey Boys at Stages to see my students in music-directing roles Sunday: 9.30 a.m. Sub at a Presbyterian church in Glendale2 p.m. Panelist for the Chicagoland chapter ofContinue reading “Full”

Four f’Four

All-District Choir auditions have come and gone. I had four high school students audition this year for their All-District honor choir — one each from Parkway South (a sophomore), from Parkway West (a freshman), from Kirkwood (a senior), and from MICDS (a senior). All of them made the All-District Choir. And the two seniors rankedContinue reading “Four f’Four”