Salon

Last night's salon consisted of two parts separated by a raffle which neither I or Meredith won anything.
We stayed anyway.

The first part consisted of two presentations.
The first was a a set of songs, text from the Bible, written by Richard Johnson
and sung wonderfully by a girl whose name I didn't catch (a touch of deafness, you see)

Then Steve Luksan presented a piece for "tape" and voice.
A setting of a poem of a friend of his whose name I don't remember.
(excessively loud rock music at the taverns in Fremont near to which
I used to live too.)
Then after the obviously rigged raffle, Tom Baker introduced














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who presented

The winners of the Seattle Music Teachers' Simon Fiset Composition Contest:

Bryan Zhap
Conner Jensen
Robert Yamann
Benjamin Davis
Kevin Ke
Ernest So

Who played their winning compositions.
They were magnificent!

All us "grown up" composers immediately rushed home to practice.

Steve also showed an instrument that he made out of a bass clarinet mouth piece ABS tubing, various metal tuning slides which were operated by electronically controlled motors.
Which inspired me to get back to my pile of hardware and try something new.
Or at least finish the violin and the pochette that have been waithig patiently for the kitchen to be finished.


Got a wedding to go to this afternoon. A nephew in law.
Meredith is at the hall now, helping set up.