Pacific Symphony Youth Orchesrta Season Finale

Went to the PSYO Season Finale, where our baby-sitter plays the double base.

Very talented young people!



Pon was too active to listen from the seats, so he enjoyed the first half in the lobby.



I think the rate of graduates pursuing music has gone up since the last time we attended.

Must be a sign of the economy improving!

Monyo gave her sitter a rose.  :)

Dancing Monyo

BGM:  Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez"

Singing in the Bubbles

Ants vs Some Bug

Nature at work, right outside my home.

弱肉強食ですね。

Lunar Eclipse

The lunar eclipse from my cell phone.

Half way there.

Very blurry, but you get the idea.  :)

With Venus, and some other bright star.

Strawberries!

Went strawberry picking at the Tanaka Farms last Sunday.


Monyo ate a whole bunch of carrots, and Pon ate half a stick of celery!

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 & A Hero's Life

Went to the Pacific Symphony concert last Saturday, and my wife took our daughter to the Sunday concert for "girls day".  :)



The Chopin is a piece I've wanted to listen to for a long time.

One thing I learned from the preview talk with Alan Chapman.

Film music is like program music, minus the counterpoint.

This is mainly because the composer has very little time, since the music is one of the last parts of a movie that get taken care of.