“All Music Was Once New”

December 28th

I’ve been devoting more time to practicing bassoon, and am really enjoying learning a new instrument, having started bassoon in September of 2009. I played Christmas Carols on it for my mother-in-law and father-in-law on Christmas Eve. and again the day after Christmas for my the group of nephews, nieces and great nieces who were assembled for the get-together. My 4-year old niece was mightily entertained by my unintentional transition in the middle of “Frosty the Snowman” into “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

I am now putting on the finishing touches to DaVinci Transcending Time, with the present orchestration for Wind Band.  It is my hope to also orchestrate this work for orchestra, as I believe it would work well for either kind of ensemble. Please click here for the Leonardo DaVinci quotations on which it is based.