So I'm doing a two-fer blog for both last night's John Williams concert and tonight's Piano Men concert. Why? BECAUSE I CAN.

( John Williams is pretty much the man. )

Oh hello again! Resuscitatin' the old LJ to talk about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Under the Sky festival. My mom and I have been going to this festival together since it first began! We missed only 2006, when I moved to Boston over the long weekend. Speaking of my mom, you can follow her on Twitter for her opinions of Symphony ( Read more... )

The challenge is this - I have to write ten songs in three weeks, and record them myself on my computer. Just to have them, just to say I did them. The idea is quantity, not quality. I keep wanting to write songs (as differentiated from "compositions" by the fact that they contain lyrics) but I feel so dismally lacking in my ability to write ( Read more... )

I started off today feeling like a really big pile of crap. Like an enormous pile of crap. Immense. Massive. My thought processes - admittedly with some flawed logic - went something like this:

Okay, so I broke up with him. Doesn't that mean I'm supposed to not feel like crap? Aren't I supposed to be spared from that, since it was my ( Read more... )

Yes, the sixth and final concert of the Symphony Under the Sky festival happened this afternoon, complete with the cannons of the 20th Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Sweet! For me, the 1812 Overture played in Hawrelak Park is the signal that summer's over, and it's time to go back to school or back to work. The last time I heard it ( Read more... )

I missed the fourth one; it was the Teddy Bear's picnic this afternoon, the concert designed for kids. My mom and I gave our tickets to a family with young kids who lives two doors down from us. Hopefully, they and everyone else enjoyed that concert ( Read more... )

Okay, so now I guess I'm officially blogging under the sky; rather, I'm officially linked there. That's pretty sweet and also kind of weird, because nobody I don't know ever reads my blogs... maybe I have to ramble about things that aren't completely selfish. I suppose we'll see ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon was music of the ballet! I have to say how much I enjoyed this program; I haven't heard a lot of ballet music played live, and I've never seen a live ballet before. Even though this wasn't a whole ballet, but excerpts from many, it was great to hear the music together, and also great to see some of it actually danced. The pas- ( Read more... )

Tonight was the first concert of Symphony Under the Sky, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's annual outdoor Labour Day Weekend concert series. The concerts have been going on for fourteen years, and my mom and I have gone to thirteen of the fourteen - we missed one in the middle because I moved to Boston! Needless to say, it's a really big and ( Read more... )

"...and start all over again ( Read more... )