Wellesley

Christian has been at the 65th Composers Conference at Wellesley College since Sunday, July 19th. He has been staying in the same dorms that Hillary Clinton stayed in when she went to school there (pictured below). Berke and I dropped him off and it felt like I was taking my oldest son to college ( I think I am too young for that!)

The campus is absolutely beautiful, so much so that I actually want to go back to school. BUT only if I can go there; I don't think we can afford the $50,000 a year tuition however. It reminds me a bit of what Hogwarts might look like at times.

Last Wednesday Christian has a piece that he had written premiered. It is called A Piece for Several Instruments (or a futile attempt to explain the magical powers of nothingness). It was written for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass. I will have Christian put a recording on the blog when he gets home, so check back later if interested. It was a very enjoyable concert and I was so glad I could attend. (Thanks Gloria for watching B!)

This is Christian after the big concert and to his right is Mario Davidovsky; a composer Christian has admired for a long time and gets to study and discuss music with for two whole weeks.

This is Christian with a professor from Brandeis, Eric Chasalow. Eric had been out mushroom hunting; he likes to cook these suckers up and eat them up.

Christian has attended both his Buffalo Conference and Wellesley Conference with his colleague and pal, Travis. He and his wife are swell and we love their southern accents.

Last week Berke had a WONDERFUL time with these two beauties, Julia and Mia, while his dad was away. They took wonderful care of B and from what I understand never left his side. They read him books, fed him bananas, changed his diaper, did music time twice a day and even took him to the zoo one day. Berke loved to laugh with these gals and it was so nice to know he was being so well cared for. Thanks sooooo much Maria, Todd, Julia and Mia!

Honey, come home, I don't like being a single working mom, it is NO fun! We will be so happy when daddy comes home Saturday night!