Teaching & Writing

A last minute teaching assignment took me once again to the hub of animation in the U.S. Naturally, though, I was too wiped after teaching teachers about bringing music into their classrooms to stand up and that eliminated the possibility of going into town.

I don’t know what it is about teaching all weekend with nary a break that makes it hard to stand up, think, or decide on dinner. Nevertheless, I wandered into Barnes and Noble on Saturday night in some strip mall somewhere near Potter Springs. I think that’s where I was. It’s all a blur, as it always is. I’ll be back again at the beginning of next month.

My return brought me headfirst into the Maine winter and the snow right now is delightful. Arresting, really. And I’m couped up in my studio, happily making music for the upcoming Portland Stage production of “Iron Kisses”. So I’ve been taking stabs at composing gossamer and wispy music of grief and melancholy. Good thing those are flavors I love to live in. Director Risa Brainin has been a joy to work with, and the three-thousand miles between us haven’t stop us from getting inside each other’s thinking and moving towards a rich collaboration. Samples later…