A Britcellist's World

October 1st. A definite rush into the new month with a first performance at Solterra, a cohousing community on the Chapel Hill/Durham line.  We had been rehearsing there regularly, and it made a very comfortable location for our performance on Sunday, October 3rd. The program was Haydn's String Quartet in C major, op.33, n.3.  From Glazanov's Five Novelettes, we played two - Interludium in modo antico and Alla spagnola, ending with  Gershwin's Lullaby. We had a good audience, mostly from the community, some local friends. All masked, including us. October 4. The weekly five classes for strings at Trinity continued throughout the month, and all the classes did very well. I was sorry to say goodbye to them at the end of the month, as Bettina returned to teaching after her maternity leave. There was some talk about me returning as there are large classes. I haven't seen a contract though! October 8. A special treat. Brent Wissick, cello and viola da gamba professor at UNC,...

 Wow, this month has been on a roller coaster and gone by so quickly! That's why the blog is late this month. With all the business, I have not been able to add photos. I think there has been some changeover, and must have missed it. I have lovely photos on my iPhone, but can't get them onto the computer. The folders stopped at the end of August.  I'll send them out when I (or James?) can sort it out.  Starting with September 1st,  after my two classes at Trinity (7:30am and 12:20pm), I picked Maggie up from RDU where she had flown from Milwaukee. From there we drove down to Atlantic Beach.  So exciting that she was able to join us for a few days at the beach. Dan and Elisa had rented a 3-level town house, so we each had space and bathrooms!  We got up the next day early enough to walk along the beach as the sun rose.  Spectacular!                      Elisa planned to cook fish, so we went early t...