Ahh, what a year!

After to much food and red wine at the Camargo Thanksgiving Gathering (perhaps, Blowout) we slept well. So, this morning Angela and I were reflecting (as one does when making coffee at 12 noon and dragging out of bed . . .); it has been an amazing year.

In January of this year I was putting the finishing touches on Combine (after Rauschenberg) -- the 8-channel work -- and beginning in desperation to quickly finish Fuinnega -- for Uilleann pipes and electronics. All the while coordinating the Intensive Music Course (a great success), tutoring/mentoring on that course, coaching the COMA ensemble as well as team-teaching Performance Workshop 2. I was also writing the first few chapters of my dissertation at this time. March, April and May were filled with writing, not to mention the minor administrative duties we all get handed in the course of the semester. Then viva voce in July with Pedro and Simon (a great experience, if not nerve-wracking).

Then in August, off to Barcelona, where after two weeks our apartment was raided, laptops stolen, my instrument ripped from me. Then to France (my beautiful Cassis), the unceremonious wait for the new computers to arrive. The drive to begin working once they arrived in October. Then the performance of meditation in Helsinki with Lily-Marlene two weeks ago, the presentation of a paper and my work in Aix at the Locus Sonus Symposium, the concert here with Juan Felipe here at Camargo that was such a wonderful evening of meeting people and networking and sharing ideas and, well, everything. What a year! Then graduation December 15th -- the Dr. will be in the house.

So, today I will reflect for a bit and then complete some more job applications.

Thank you all,

jg