In a week my time will be up in South Africa and I will be off to Rome. I have been in touch with the sisters these past months and it would seem that there is quite a bit of work to be done that side. But there will be time to see Rome and the Vatican and there will be a trip to the convent in Germany. I'm tremendously excited.
South Africa has been intresting.
I have learned much about music here.
I have gathered the material for my next two pieces.
But at the same time some of these projects have gone quite wrong.
But that is Africa.
Right now I'm on a small vacation in Botswana visiting people but I leave for South Africa on Sunday. Then I will have a week to wrap things up there. I have to register some of my Zulu/Xhosa/Setswana music in Johannesburg so that it will be open for people to sing in SA. If things go well we will make a recording of my arrangement of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika next week. I'm also hoping to set up a few commissions that I can fulfill when I leave SA. I'm hoping to visit the Soweto String Quartet and see if we might beable to strike a deal. We shall see. At least the last few days will be productive ones.
Well, as I was typing this I tried to upload the pictures but blogger crapped out. Or rather the ISP in Africa crapped out, God knows. The internet is such a headache here. Lets just say I'll post when I get to Rome.
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Dear Michael,
Your Blog site is so interesting. Love hearing about your experiences and look forward to the pictures and music.
I'm sure Rome will be fascinating.
Love,
Mary Ann
4 days to go!!! Just checking on things in the email. No new news to report. Just waiting for the flight now.
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