29 January 2022

PUSH ITEMS

• High priority: Call TJ today
• Draft press release: it will have the benefit of shaping the script which will jump-start the scripting process
• 2/27 Project google docs: 
• • contract agreements 
  • contract performers: viola
    • violin, viola, bass, oboe/EH, soprano, piano
  • Schedule
• Possible Repertoire: 4-hand piano Walden Etude​; “Spring” tapestry piece for sop, ob, vc; Chamber Music (for these distracted times); Simple Gifts for soprano, violin, viola & cello; new demo snippets; A Most Knowing Woman for oboe & bass; 
• ​locate and scan all of the sheet music for the concert
• Update BAM online catalog
• Produce the emoticard, purchase tiny pencils
• Sort through another basement pile

GENERATIVE WORK
I’ve got other responsibilities today. I spent much of the morning spending time with my 106-year-old mother in-law. We spent time leafing through family picture albums recalling holidays, travels, and stories. 
    I’m struck with how emotional these recollections are for each of us. I don’t recognize some of the faces in the pictures but that doesn’t mean they are irrelevant to me while I listen closely to the inflections of each story. And this may be the key for the audience; I’m looking for ways that people can spark their own memories and emotions.
Heading back to the press release and the script while I keep the 2/27 repertoire in mind. I will ultimately have to make more decisions in the next 48 hours and then to finalize repertoire, personnel, rehearsal schedules, and production details. And I need a draft of the press release in 24 hours!