Happy Birthday, Mom!

:)

Baseball Season starts...

In 4 days! Well, not really...still a month away, but as the great Buster Olney said over the weekend, this past Saturday was the last Saturday until November that there won't be any baseball.

And with that, one of my favorite videos of Brian Wilson:



FEAR THE BEARD, Let's Go Giants!

Violin Concerto Recordings

They're all up:

Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble (2011)

Enjoy! (or at least try to)

Violin Concerto Premiere

After all the hard work, with venerable composers Lane Harder, Joey Love, and Andy Davis, the premiere of our wind ensemble works was a complete success.

Who knew putting together an ensemble of 40 players and having them be able to make all the rehearsals would go so smoothly?!?!

Recordings for the Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble will be up soon...the performance was absolutely amazing, probably the best performance of my music, EVER. :)

Epic Niners Win

What a great game. Alex Smith came through in the clutch--twice--to beat the New Orleans Saints at home, 36-32.

What a wild win. 17-0 to start. Than 17-14 for most of the game. Then 23-17. Then 24-23 Saints. Followed by an answer by the Niners to make it 29-24 (failed 2 pt conversion).

Then the Niners give up a well-covered play to Jimmy Graham to make it 32-29 with less than 2 minutes to go. A little Vernon Davis action, then a CLUTCH 14 yd. TD to Davis with 14 seconds remaining, reminiscent of the Steve Young to T.O. back in '98.

Great game, great memories, and our marriage (Jac is a Saints fan) still intact. :)

Happy New Year!

Had a wonderful trip home in California and got to spend a lot more of our time with our wonderful nephews, even pulling out the old skates and played a little hockey with them (and of course I played golf).

Here's to many new experiences and opportunities in the New Year. Be safe and I leave you with this:

Most Adorable "Oh, Christmas Tree" EVER

I dare you to find a more adorable rendition of "Oh, Christmas Tree" than performed by our 2 1/2 year-old nephew, Oliver.