Musings of a Composer

 Yes! A small bunch of us got together and played some music, at the First Congregational Church, with the windows open, the ceiling fans going full speed, and distanced. Ruth Roland and her family were up from Baton Rouge delivering son Cole to Cornell for the beginning of his PhD studies, which was the impetus for getting together. Bill Cowdery, Nate Richardson, and I were able to attend, Chris White could not (for a very sad reason, as his daughter Liana passed away the day before), Hank Roberts could not (due to his busy touring schedule) but in a lovely development Cole played violin with us as well. We had a three-violin sound! That made my heart sing. And the session was remarkable, to now have the next generation of bears learning this music, and participating in the fun, in what I like to think of as the Water Bear magic. We played mostly older pieces from our repertoire, both Ruth’s compositions and mine, but also played a piece of Ruth’s that while older, never got an ou...