SYS-CMW 2011 Week II

Another wonderful week of music making came to an end on Sunday. We had another great group of kids as part of the Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop (week II), in its 22nd season!. What was especially nice with the group of assistant coaches this year was the addition of the Tatman twins, two of my favorite players from the workshop from the last several years.

The repertoire this year consisted of selected movements from Grieg's Holberg Suite, the always fun Hoedown from Copland's Rodeo, and a new piece commissioned by the workshop to continue our own composer-in-residence series by my good friend Zack Wilson, Swallow Falls. I was also happy and very honored to have been commissioned to write a piece for the very capable assistant coach sextet (who in previous years performed Brahms' first sextet, among other pieces).

The students and coaches worked as hard as always and us coaches had nice time inaugurating an annual mid-week happy hour!

Pics to come.

Best 9 yet!

Shot a personal best 43 on the back 9 at Wildhorse to improve to my second personal best of 93 (had sort of a crap front 9).

Funny that at Wildhorse one of my worse scores happened the first time I played it (December 2010: 122) and my two best scores ever have happened in back to back weeks (July 19 and 26 2011, 92 and 93).

Yay for improvement on something that ultimately has no real bearing on my professional life (sigh)...

Back from Camp

Worked at week at Sierra Mountain Music Camp up in Nevada City, California. Haven't been there since 2003, when I was counselor. Came back this year as a staff member. All and all, had a nice time. Can't complain: got paid to hang out in the mountains for a week playing music with some wonderful kids, some of whom remembered me from when I was a camper.

Played Spicewood Springs Again

That's three days of golf in a row, sort of an impromptu round/sunset rate with Wilson. Shot my best of the year, 96. A couple of pars on the back 9 brought my average for the back at bogey.

So...104 on Thursday
41 (par 30) on Friday
96 (par 72) today.

At least I'm getting better. A definite improvement over the last year or so. Last I played Spicewood (in December with Stanton), I shot close to or over 120. Almost 140 the last time I played Jimmy Clay!

Love my hometown

Great Time with the Families visiting!!

My parents and brother, Jac's parents, sister, cousin and our 2 nephews all came in to visit for our graduation and it was great to see everyone.

Got to play some golf with my dad and brother, parties, hangouts galore.

And So We Graduated Today

Never thought I'd look this good in pink.