Martin Owen Gemoets, AAGO, ChM, lifelong resident of Texas (as far as I know), and a fellow organist and choir director, has died unexpectedly. He had just moved to Galveston (I believe from Irving) and, according to my source, had lived in his new apartment less than two days. By all accounts, he really liked [...]
In Holy Orthodoxy, this next-t0-last Sunday before Lent is called “Meatfare Sunday” because as of today, Monday, meat is prohibited till Easter. Next Sunday—Quinquagesima—is called “Cheesefare Sunday” because the full Orthodox fast is ovo-lacto, and even extends to seafood with spinal cords, olive oil, and God help us, wine!
A few big saints’ days during Lent [...]
I found a nice website on Japanese language and culture, which has always fascinated me. On this page, there’s a virtual o-koto. You can learn the elements of koto notation, and even play Sakura on it. Fun for a Sunday afternoon.
A wonderful work of Renaissance choral music by the great Roland (or Orlando) de Lassus (1532-1594). The prologue, “Carmina chromatico, quæ audis modulata tenore…” lives up to its text by some of the wilder harmonies of all time.
The prophecies of the Sibylls were said to include unintended allusions to the coming of Christ. In a [...]
I haven’t mentioned our organ and saxophone work as the Powers and Hall Duo. Our last major project was over the summer of 2008, when we performed several times on historic pipe organs in northern Italy.
Since that tour, I began hard work on the Dupré Chemin de la Croix, which I performed on Palm Sunday, [...]
Regarding Calvin Hampton: A Musician Without Borders: see this link to the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.
Friday, February 26, sometime after 8 PM. Union Temple of Brooklyn, 17 Eastern Parkway. “Fourth Friday” lecture on the life and work of Calvin Hampton, including discussion of my new book, Calvin Hampton: A Musician Without Borders. PowerPoint presentation included. Dinner at 7; Shabbat service and Oneg (and presentation) at 8. All are welcome to [...]
There’s a book that helped me quite a bit, and the title alone should explain why: The Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults.
I doubt that I’m the only high G who’s been told, point-blank, fairly often, that he’s narcissistic, angry, avoidant, anti-social, oppositional-defiant, obsessive-compulsive, beset with complexes, this, that, and the other [...]
I read in the Washington Post that the military no longer intends to “aggressively pursue” cases where “don’t ask, don’t tell” is violated by a third party.
This would, for instance, help servicewomen who are denounced (falsely or not) as lesbian in retaliation for saying no to a male colleague. It would, of course, have a [...]
Here’s a link to an online version of Othello, thanks to Monkey Pod Games.
I’m having immense fun working with the SOMA cube they just sent me, and suspect I may soon become an Othelloholic as well.
