Monday 11/09/2026
First thing was the monthly Resident Association meeting. No special news there, but a great deal of Q&A about the still-unpopular staff decision to not allow the daily calendar to be posted in the new elevators. Whatever.
Joanne and I left right at 10am, while the meeting was still going, because she had planned for us to attend a Masterclass session at the Bing auditorium on the campus. The deal is that three piano students (in this case, I guess they instruct other instruments other days) each play a piece and get ten minutes of personal instruction from a master. The three students were freshmen and sophomores, two women and a man, all sounding very skilled playing classical pieces. The instructor was Isata Kanneh-Mason, whom I had never heard of but who seemed very nice. The sound system wasn’t great, so you couldn’t actually hear what she was telling each student, but it was fun anyway listening to them try different passages over and over.
Left that as 12. Dropped Joanne at CH and continued on to FOPAL where I processed 6 or 7 boxes, but had to leave before I was done. Going back tomorrow.
Back home for a quick nap and then at 4pm, Chorus practice. Then supper, and after I will attend another concert here in the auditorium, a wind ensemble, five women playing different kinds of wind instruments. Report tomorrow.
