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93. Words and Music
On Thursday, June 26th I will be performing at the Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert. Piano Pieces: Nocturne by Samuel...

Robert
May 311 min read
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92. In the Meantime...
...which is a groovy time, (as Jimi Hendrix once said) Life goes on even when it sometimes feels like a bad April Fools Day joke gone...

Robert
Apr 11 min read
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91. Hubris > Nemesis
"What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"

Robert
Feb 221 min read
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90. The People Have Spoken...
...I will mourn the loss of the Republic which so many brave souls lived and died to create. But we will find our way because character...

Robert
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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89. What Does America Stand For?
The day after tomorrow is Election Day. What matters most to me is that it is a referendum on America and what we stand for. What the...

Robert
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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88. 88 Blogs, 88 Keys, Infinite Possibilities
Yes, I think the piano has infinite possibilities. But I do not. I have to respect the limits of my body, mind, heart, and soul and not...

Robert
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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87. Composition Workshop Concert
At the Portland Conservatory's Noonday Concert on Thursday, July 11th at 12:15, I will be playing 5 piano preludes I wrote early in my...

Robert
Jun 28, 20241 min read
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86. No Thanks!
I log in to update my blog and I am inundated with prompts to use AI. No AI for me, thanks. I'd rather dig into my own human...

Robert
Jun 2, 20241 min read
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85. The Return of Breathing Space: 5/4/24
It's official! Breathing Space is off the shelf. My new quintet for flute, alto sax, viola, cello and piano which had its premiere...

Robert
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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84. Noonday Concert 4/11/24
At the Portland Conservatory of Music 12:15 - 1:00 The Program From Visions Fugitives By Sergei Prokofieff I.     Lentamente...

Robert
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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83. Strange and Difficult Times
Volume 1, No. 1 In today's world, where lies are the new truth, the situation is reminiscent of the slogan of the Ministry of Truth in...

Robert
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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82. The Million-Year Picnic
A prophetic excerpt from The Martian Chronicles (1950) by Ray Bradbury (This first part predicted our present state....) "...I was honest...

Robert
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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81. Taking a Moment....
....a moment to pause and reflect on what really matters in these strange and difficult times... Be back soon.....

Robert
Dec 3, 20231 min read
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80. In Memoriam
Robert Gans Sr. 1930 - 2023 Evelyn Gans 1928 - 2023 I have many fond childhood memories of my dad and my stepmother Evelyn… putting up...

Robert
Oct 22, 20231 min read
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79. Breathing Space: Follow-up
Once again, I've been lax in keeping this blog current. I guess I've been caught up this summer in these strange and difficult times....

Robert
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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78. The Human Touch
It's been almost 3 months since my last post because I've been devoting as much time as possible to composing Breathing Space which is...

Robert
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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77. Breathing Space
I recently read a collection of essays and interviews in a book entitled Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music. I especially...

Robert
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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76. Faculty Concert Cancelled
3/4/23 Update: The PCM Faculty Concert Fundraiser has been cancelled due to blizzard conditions. I was hoping for a postponement but it...

Robert
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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75. Beck-Ola
Jeff and Sandra Beck at the Grammys I haven't been moved to write an epitaph since pianist/composer Chick Corea departed, but this week I...

Robert
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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74. Six Love Poems
Confidences by Pierre Auguste Renoir Some years ago, I was asked to submit some love poems to be considered for a Valentine's Day reading...

Robert
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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