Sarah Wallin Huff

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V.T.C.M.A. 13

It’s our favorite lab-tech Beaker! Beaker meets Beethoven…

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Thoughts on ‘Threnody’

I recently received a lovely email from a student in Canterbury, UK: 

I’m conducting some research on Penderecki and his use of “emotive” titles for some of his works, taking Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima as a key example…I’m particularly interested to know exactly when Penderecki changed the title of this work and why, so any further pointers would be really helpful…

I learned some interesting factoids in my bit o’ research for my response, and I thought it prudent to add it as a side note to my original Threnody… outline. Here’s what I found out (and how I responded):

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New and Updated: Essays and Study Outlines

Be sure to check out my newly updated Additional Reading page!! Now featuring the essay RAVEL’S DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ: A Miracle in the Making, and 6 Study Outlines on composers, their lives, and specific featured works, including:

• Lully
• Boccherini
• Hindemith
• Messiaen
• Penderecki
• Ravel

I have one more essay (of which I am VERY proud) – an in-depth study on Leonard Bernstein’s Second Symphony Age of Anxiety - and several more outlines on various works by Bernstein and Aaron Copland. Look for those to come soon! In the meantime, I hope that these additions will be of some use to others in their ongoing search for knowledge…

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Real Women, Real Stories, Real Inspiration

This is more of a plug for my other wonderful and successful business… but this new video the Mary Kay company came out with to promote the Great Start promotion (as its April 30th deadline fast approaches) is great! I just had to share… And, yes, these are real ladies, with real testimonials, who wanted more for their lives and found it with their own Mary Kay business. Let me know what you think!

Update: Wow, check out more personal stories and official news reports on Mary Kay businesses in America here!!

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We’ve Moved!!!

James and I just recently moved into our first and brand NEW house!!

We’re in the lovely and developing city of Rialto, right next door to Fontana. We were able to pick out our countertops, our cabinets, our flooring… we got front and back landscaping and all appliances… we have a teaching studio/.music room right by the front door and a large open living area, 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bath, two stories… just Beautiful!!

Thank you Jesus, family who helped us out, music-teaching and Mary Kay! Hee hee!!!