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TMEA Day 2:
A long, fun day...
Eric making last minute revisions and corrections to Lux before the morning rehearsal
Gary Green conferring with Eric during the All-State Symphonic Band's Lux rehearsal
Eric getting mobbed for autographs after the Lux rehearsal
Eric speaks to the Arlington HS chorus just before their concert in the afternoon. They performed Lux Aurumque as well!
Next up: John Corigliano's Symphony No. 3: Circus Maximus (got to hear it in pieces - the official complete world premiere is next week). It's truly astonishing, even in a ballroom, so I can't wait to hear it in Carnegie Hall in a couple of weeks. I'm far too tired this morning to recount the piece, but there's this chord - this single chord - that is the loudest thing I've ever heard in concert music...
Steve, John Corigliano, John Mackey, Eric (with out-of-control blink reflex)
John Corigliano and Jerry Junkin after the presentation
Eric with the Do Fa Sisterhood (you'll have to ask them for the story...)
Hanging with the infamous and hip Montoya...
Closing out the evening at Zinc with our ponchos and the Texas Tech posse (Pam, Gary, Catherine - had a great time hanging out with you - BCM in Lubbock?)