budafulmusic

Wow, it’s been a week since my recital. It was well received and had a good audience in spite of the many other activities of the night. I think everyone’s favorite piece was the closing sacred choral work, “It is not Death to Die”. It communicated a great message and was a perfect closer for the evening. I’ll be getting the recording of the recital next week and then I’ll get one to each of my players and anyone who would like to purchase one for a modest sum. It was also captured on an HD camera which means it’s a very high quality image. I’ll be the first recitalist to have my recital on a Blue-ray disc. I don’t have a blue-ray player but from the looks of it with in a few years from now, most people will.

People have been asking me what I am doing now that my recital has past. I am trying to keep busy with my regular duties as a GA/student but I admit that I have needed to take a couple of days to just unwind. It was a tremendous time in my life, full of good memories and hard work. It is also just the beginning of the adventure.

Dr. Forrest wants to put together a student composition recital at the end of this semester. It has become a tradition for the past three years. I need to write something for this. I’m thinking something choral. Something Alfred Lord Tennyson. Or I could use a choir piece that I have already written…