News, October 2007
"People are always telling me that change is a good thing. But all they’re really saying is that something you didn’t want to happen at all has happened...In fact, someone, some foolish person will probably think it’s a tribute to this city, the way it keeps changing on you, or the way you can never count on it, or something...The truth is, I’m heartbroken. I feel as if a part of me has died...and no one can ever make it right."--Kathleen Kelly, You’ve Got Mail
These last two months, particularly the last few weeks, have seen lots of change, both in my professional life and in my overall work environment.
First of all, a lot of changes have been made at St. Augustine’s lately, far too many to list here. One notable change is that Bob Boulanger, the parish’s longest-serving organist, will be going into semi-retirement from his position after 45 years of service, effective at the end of December. He was instrumental in helping the parish make the transition from Latin to English in the early post-Vatican II period, going so far as to write and implement his own settings of the parts of the mass. He will be taking January and February off and supervising the music for the 9:00 mass for the rest of the season. I will be playing the organ for that mass while he is away.
I have not heard from Stone Soul Picnic in over a year, and as a result I can only assume I am no longer with them. Moreover, Hotter than Ice is still on hiatus. And to top it all off, Soul Review Board is folding after its October 19 gig at the Rainbow. As our leader, Horace Roxborough, writes on the band’s blog, all the band members have “different projects and directions that have taken them away from this one.”
With all this change happening, and partly out of inspiration from Kira now being in the studio working on her third album, I’ve started doing a bit of composition myself. As of this writing I have a few songs in various stages of completion. I’m continuing to plug away at the German material, and I hope to have some of the material ready for performance soon. Stay tuned.
These last two months, particularly the last few weeks, have seen lots of change, both in my professional life and in my overall work environment.
First of all, a lot of changes have been made at St. Augustine’s lately, far too many to list here. One notable change is that Bob Boulanger, the parish’s longest-serving organist, will be going into semi-retirement from his position after 45 years of service, effective at the end of December. He was instrumental in helping the parish make the transition from Latin to English in the early post-Vatican II period, going so far as to write and implement his own settings of the parts of the mass. He will be taking January and February off and supervising the music for the 9:00 mass for the rest of the season. I will be playing the organ for that mass while he is away.
I have not heard from Stone Soul Picnic in over a year, and as a result I can only assume I am no longer with them. Moreover, Hotter than Ice is still on hiatus. And to top it all off, Soul Review Board is folding after its October 19 gig at the Rainbow. As our leader, Horace Roxborough, writes on the band’s blog, all the band members have “different projects and directions that have taken them away from this one.”
With all this change happening, and partly out of inspiration from Kira now being in the studio working on her third album, I’ve started doing a bit of composition myself. As of this writing I have a few songs in various stages of completion. I’m continuing to plug away at the German material, and I hope to have some of the material ready for performance soon. Stay tuned.
posted by Jamie at 4:42 p.m.
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