If you are going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

Well, alrighty then. I was not accepted to the Vancouver thing, so I am going to the Med Ren at Sonoma State. I leave this weekend and expect to have a great time. My friend Tom from Piffaro is going to run it next year and wants some feedback. I am really thrilled to get to meet a few west coast people, as this will be really practical for me. Margriet Tindemans, who was Shira Kammen's teacher, is coming down from Seattle. I am thrilled to get to work with her! I'm really looking forward to seeing Rotem again. I didn't get to work with her in Madison last year, but she was really nice and was very complimentary of my douçaine playing. I will be working a lot with percussionist Peter Maund. I love his work with Ensemble Alcatraz.
I am taking no fewer than 12 reeds on this trip. How dorky. The handful of players I know (Debra Nagy and members of Piffaro) would be quite happy with two reeds in an altoids box. I am going in different directions with this, however, and am having this time of my life experimenting with reeds and a wide repertoire. I wanted to share some of this stuff when I played at my mother's retirement home today for her birthday, but I went with a more conservative clarinet/bass clarinet with a former student.
I'll take the douçaine and play Machaut virelais and a few dances next time.