Back from the jungle

As you've probably assumed, I've settled back in Indianapolis for my final year of grad school. Our posse of composers is back in full force, with some new blood to boot. The new grad composers are very cool, and so are the senior composers who are back from their trips abroad. Ensemble 48 has already performed twice, once in late August for the Indianapolis Fringe Festival, and yesterday we did the convocation. It was just us talking to music students about why we love seeing so many live concerts, and then to pay tribute to the recently deceased Isaac Hayes, we played the theme from Shaft. Great success.
Other than that, I've got my composition lessons with Professor Felice, piano lessons with Anna Briscoe, and my Modernist Music history class with James Briscoe. Then we've got Composers Orchestra, and Ensemble 48 rehearsals, and composer salons, etc. It's a great life.
In other news, last weekend I was able to return to Boston to see Gabe during his brief vacation from the Peace Corps. We had a great time eating fancy food, hanging out, watching sports, eating barbecue, same old same old. Big surprise, the only pictures I ended up taking were of mom's new tv. NESNHD is amazing!
So now I'm back in the warm blanket that is music school, totally unprepared for the real world that awaits me in June of '09, but who cares? First things first, I gotta think about when I'm gonna visit Gabe in El Salvador.