It's been one of those memorable weeks, and sadly not for the best. My father-in-law passed away on Sunday evening, so the family's been dealing with that and trying to get things in order. I'll be playing organ at the ceremony, my first funeral as Director of Music Ministries. Not exactly what I would have chosen -- not that any funeral is a good event to play for -- but it'll still be an honor to play for his memorial.
Then, on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I received my submissions (Requiem and Remembrance and In Faith the Triumph, both originals) back in the mail from Jeffers' ... which was really weird since I'd emailed them in the first place, not sent the pieces in via mail. Well, attached to the pieces was a personal note from Kevin McChesney, asking me to revisit the pieces and tweak them a bit, so I'm taking another look at them to see if I can make the changes he asked for. It shouldn't be a problem, but for the next couple of days, I'm not sure how much composing I'll be getting to.
What'll make it even harder is that InMuWriJu will be starting on Monday, so finding time to edit existing pieces when there are so many new rough drafts to get to ... well, we'll just see what happens. Only three days till InMuWriJu, and only two more days of school till summer vacation! Hallelujah!
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