Short summer flashback and making major website changes
Posted on August 12, 2010 with 0 comments
I'll try to stay focused on making sense of this blog post "collage" (as I am watching the Dallas Cowboys preseason game versus Oakland).
The summer has been busy and, in the tradition of Texas culture, HOT!!! Much of my summer's attention has been on the Lone Star Wind Orchestra - recording a half disc in June (none of my music on this session; the group recorded three fine works including Turina's "La Procession du Rocio") and a performance at the Texas Bandmasters Association convention in July (performing to over 3500 attendees). Eugene Corporon commanded the group, Frank Ticheli and Fred Hamilton were star guest artists, and the LSWO musicians played the best they have ever played. The LSWO Clarinet Choir (a group I conduct) performed at the International Clarinet Association convention in Austin and turned some heads (in a good way). Kim and I enjoyed the summer, but its back to the grind.
To start off the Fall, I am focusing on updating my website. It needs it...badly. I have new works needing to be added, I have expired links needing to be refreshed, and there are new tools and functions to add that are quite exciting. Many of my composer buds including Steven Bryant are doing some great web design, so I thought it was time to join the club. At this point, the site has a new web design look and a number of pages have been modified. I am extremely proud of a new social banner that I created and added to the head code of each web page (it's at the top of each web page and it took me hours to create).
The next step (especially for those who have an RSS feed on my rarely used blog) is to transfer my journal entries to blog posts. This will take some time and in the end, the journal page will go away. You will receive a large number of RSS feeds in the next week. Prepare!
I truly hope you like the new changes. If there's anything new I could add to enhance my site, let me know.
The summer has been busy and, in the tradition of Texas culture, HOT!!! Much of my summer's attention has been on the Lone Star Wind Orchestra - recording a half disc in June (none of my music on this session; the group recorded three fine works including Turina's "La Procession du Rocio") and a performance at the Texas Bandmasters Association convention in July (performing to over 3500 attendees). Eugene Corporon commanded the group, Frank Ticheli and Fred Hamilton were star guest artists, and the LSWO musicians played the best they have ever played. The LSWO Clarinet Choir (a group I conduct) performed at the International Clarinet Association convention in Austin and turned some heads (in a good way). Kim and I enjoyed the summer, but its back to the grind.
To start off the Fall, I am focusing on updating my website. It needs it...badly. I have new works needing to be added, I have expired links needing to be refreshed, and there are new tools and functions to add that are quite exciting. Many of my composer buds including Steven Bryant are doing some great web design, so I thought it was time to join the club. At this point, the site has a new web design look and a number of pages have been modified. I am extremely proud of a new social banner that I created and added to the head code of each web page (it's at the top of each web page and it took me hours to create).
The next step (especially for those who have an RSS feed on my rarely used blog) is to transfer my journal entries to blog posts. This will take some time and in the end, the journal page will go away. You will receive a large number of RSS feeds in the next week. Prepare!
I truly hope you like the new changes. If there's anything new I could add to enhance my site, let me know.