Solido Orario

Went for a jog with father in the morning. I need a break and a stress-reliever, and I need time out to straighten my thoughts after days of non-stop composing and arranging. I jog from the McDonalds until the small bridge just beside the soccer field opposite Bayshore Park and back again, in total about 7km. Father jogged further, from the same place till just before the old Sailing Centre building – in total, 10.5km. He was totally exhausted by the time he returned.

I started work on the Cats Medley for String Ensemble. The TJC Chamber Ensemble is doing a Broadway themed concert this year; I thought of arranging some musical numbers for different variants of strings. Some of the stuff I’ve planned:

_“I’ve Got More Rhythm” – based on “I’ve Got Rhythm” for String Quartet and an assortment of Percussion instruments (typical and untypical ones)

_Numbers from “My Fair Lady” for String Quartet

_Cats Medley for combined String Ensemble and Piano and Drum Set

_Amigos Para Siempre for the same instrumentation

_Grease Medley for the same instrumentation

Dvorak is currently working on a medley for Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. I think the ensemble already has scores for “Oklahoma” and the “Sound of Music” and possibly “The King and I” and “New York, New York” (for string quartet, which I’ve heard them play before).

Spent the entire night printing scores for “Red-Threaded Hearts” and only went to bed at 4am, Monday morning. This proves that yes, exercise makes me last longer and work harder throughout the day.  ¶ 2/23/2004 11:11:00 pm