It's been an absolutely insane couple of weeks here. My hope is to get things back on track starting next week, but in the meantime, I'll try to sum up the past several weeks here ...
Music -- Aside from quite a bit of last-minute writing of pieces for my various groups at church, I've just finished an arrangement of "Now Thank We All Our God" for handbells, and have started some work on a couple of other pieces. The next week looks to be fairly free, so as a belated Christmas present to myself, I'm going to grant myself the time to actually do some composing before school starts back up in January.
I've also played an insane amount of music these past few weeks. From church services to school programs to our church's Christmas concert last weekend, I've probably spent a good fifteen or twenty hours over the past month doing nothing but playing non-stop Christmas music. I know I'm not alone in this -- most musicians do just as much if not more -- but let me tell you, it can, at times, make you never want to hear another Christmas carol again.
Writing -- I've thought about working on revisions on Fealty and Fire, but haven't actually done any.
Publishing -- Several of my newer works are showing up on publishers' and retailers' sites -- check Handbell World or J.W. Pepper to find them, see samples, and hear recordings.
I also received word just a day or two ago that Grand Mesa Music will be publishing my string orchestra arrangement of The Huron Carol. That's only my second string orchestra piece in publication, and another brand new publisher. Exciting times!
I think that's about it from here. Now that performance season is winding down, I'm hopeful that my creative season can ramp back up. I've got several projects on my plate for the coming weeks and months, and I'd much rather get them done sooner rather than later.
In the meantime, I wish you all safe travels, fun times with kith and kin, and the very merriest of Christmases. God bless us, every one.
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