January 11 - The Examined Life


Out


early to


Marsha Alexander's


office, back to compose Double Piano Concerto: III (36),


detour to the


library,


then


out


for


the


first


music faculty meeting of the Spring 2013 Semester,


after which, test out the MacBook Pro on the classroom set-up, discovering unwelcomely that another adapter must be purchased.


Hie


to


the


Apple Store,


then


take a scenic swing over


Shell


and


Diablo


Ridges


on


Ygnacio


Valley


Road,


left at


Cowell,


and on to Brett Peppo's


for drinks and pizza with Owen et al.


More score study in the evening (Stravinsky Symphony in Eb: II [page 3], Webern Passacaglia [second variation], and Shostakovich Scherzo in F# Minor [pages 9-10]), in consort with Chaplin.