I’m excited to get back to making music with my choirs at school and at church this week, but it’s hot out here in SoCal! Don’t be deceived by the pumpkin spice lattes and halloween decor showing up in stores— summer is still with us.
As for me, I kinda like the heat, but I’m praying for a mild fire season this year. Be careful out there.
The Arid Land
by Lynn Riggs
There will be willows plunging
Their bloodless roots in air
And the hard crooked flying
Of buzzards circled there.
About the treeless wastes
No sand may ever heap
With water, nothing will run
And nothing creep.
Arid, desolate, defiant
Under its iron band
Of sky, we yet may love
This so sunny land.
Composition
Not gonna lie: I’m a little overwhelmed at the moment, but looking forward to some extra composing time afforded by the upcoming Labor Day holiday… What will you do with yours?
Conducting
As the Director of Music at Neighborhood UU Church Pasadena, I cordially invite you to join our Neighborhood Church Music Ensembles this fall!
Soundcloud Song of the Month
Magnificat
by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Memories of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Singers from 2022 – what a joy it was to rehearse and perform with this group! Here’s the Coleridge-Taylor Magnificat from that concert.
Listen to Magnificat by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor by Zanaida Stewart Robles on #SoundCloud:
For Fun
ZSR Summer Choir Intensive performance on 8/11/24
Mario in awe of Ollie
A rare photo of Archie looking majestic and sexy
One can never get enough kitty love
Stay cool out there!
