It has seemed like a long week. The new union construction site has been particularly busy this week, and it seems that the site is always expanding. Composition lessons are proving to provide a lot of work for me to worry about, but it is sort of fun, and I'm just starting to feel my way into them. I'm up very late tonight (2:30 in the morning now) because I procrastinated yesterday by going to Alumni and playing Apples to Apples, Cranium, and 4 Fingers with a bunch of people, and today, after singing at the service with the Kantorei and grabbing some brunch, I travelled to Chicago on a CC trip to hear Stravinski's The Rite of Spring performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which was amazing, and the first half of the concert was a "Beyond the Score" presentation on the influences and development of the composition, which added a whole new depth to our understanding of the music. It was great.
Picture time; here is a picture of a masterful snow rendition of the Abraham and Isaac story, which was found in the Mueller courtyard, made by a couple of masters in their field (whatever it may be):
and here is a couple of pictures of the construction site, especially focusing on a cool zigzag concrete pourer machine that was out there one day:
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