Dear Friends,
I’m not sure what it’s like in your part of the world, but mine is triple digit HOT. I’m seriously missing the lush greenery, the cooling water, and the lovely humidity of northern Missouri where I stayed for a week to attend a Memorial Day weekend family reunion. Highlights included hanging with my cousin Bobbi (who took pictures of me getting my feet wet in the Mississippi), seeing a fox from only a few feet away, attending church at the Shrine of St Patrick whilst my Aunt Ellen played organ and my cousin Laddy served at the altar, meeting a cousin I didn’t even know I had (Mary Ann), having a great time with her and Bobbi (we “girls” giggled so much we nearly drove my Aunt crazy), and going four-wheeling with my cousin Cyndy. I hope to go back for another visit soon.
I am thrilled to announce that organist James Thomas David Gonder will be performing the Canadian premiere of my work Danse des Esprits in September 2010 as part of a concert in Toronto, Ontario. Progress continues as well on the indie film Lukisan Hati, which has seen a flurry of media attention after an official launch and press screening in Malaysia. Work continues on an English translation, and the film will soon be available for downloading via the Youngstreet website (www.youngstreet.com.my). I’ll be sure to keep you posted as more news develops.
This month my CD Following My Heart received a 5/5 rating in a review by Alejandro Clavijo, of Reviews New Age, in Spain. You can read the original review in Spanish here, www.reviewsnewage.com/janeellen.html, and you can find an English translation posted on my website. Keyboardist Wilma Gantz touched base to let me know that she performed my arrangement of ‘Love Divine’ in May, for services at La Vida Llena Healthcare in Albuquerque.
The summer lecture term is in full swing at OASIS, and I’m looking forward to a composition workshop I will be giving to young students in July. The autumn is shaping up quickly, and I am booked for lectures at the JCC of Greater Albuquerque, at the Osher Institute at the University of New Mexico, and will also be teaching classes in music theory and beginning composition at the Washington campus of the New Mexico School of Music.
See you next month!
Follow your heart,
Jane
