ProfessorTomoe

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My latest concert band work, "Elegy 137," is getting a World Premiere concert! Please read the announcement at this link for details: https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com/2026/07/world-premiere-announcement-elegy-137/ If you haven't heard it yet, here it is on YouTube:

There's a new version of my arrangement for concert band of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Movement 3 up on YouTube. It features a new, condensed Scrolling Score that is much easier to follow as the music plays. Please give it a look/listen and tell me what you think. Thank you! (Watch on YouTube for best results.)

Making Tabasco chili tonight. They sell a liquid chili starter in a jar. Good stuff. They pulled it from the market a couple of years ago, but now it's back. Gonna see if they changed anything.

This is a trophy I don't want to win, thankyouverymuch.

Migraine. Feels like my head is erupting. Got an ice pack on it now & have taken all my meds. Just gotta ride it out.

Robert C. "Bobby" Prince has passed on. He was a mentor, a teacher, and a friend, and he will be sorely missed. https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll

I've been bringing Mrs. Prof coffee in bed for a long while now, and recently I've expanded to bring breakfast as well. We don't own a breakfast tray, so I got online and found a stain-resistant bamboo tray: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bambloom-Bed-Tray-Table-with-Foldable-Legs-Bamboo-Breakfast-Tray-for-Sofa-Bed-Working-Natural/1738823508?sid=e1f8e95b-2837-40cc-92af-bee1579a6e68 One thing led to another, and by the time I was done I'd bought a miniature vase to hold a sprig of herb, and custom laser-engraved coasters with a logo we paid for a long time ago but never used. I didn't spend a ton of money. Just several small purchases.

The work I wrote in memory of the 137 victims of the July 4th flooding in Central Texas last year is getting a world premiere, if my luck holds out. "Elegy 137" is slated to be performed by the San Antonio Community Wind Ensemble on Sunday, October 25th, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Central time, according to the group's musical director, Albert Aguilar. He tells me that the ensemble will begin rehearsals on the piece on September 20th. The concert will take place in the auditorium on the campus of Texas A&M - San Antonio. The piece had been scheduled for a June 27th concert, but that got cancelled as the ensemble was unable to lock down a venue for the performance. I'm assured that this won't be the case with the October 25th performance. So, if you're in the area on that day, come on by and give us a listen. Admission is free!

I've received permission from the source to use his name with the quote. His name is W. Peter Kurau, and he is the Horn Professor (among other things) at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. For those of you unfamiliar with Eastman, it's kind of like the Harvard of music schools (IMO, some may differ). This was one massive endorsement, and I am thankful for it.

Morton Feldman's work, Rothko Chapel, Very contemplative, and extremely slow (but good). Give yourself about 25 minutes if you plan on listening.

Had my first good solid meal last night since coming home from the hospital. Beer battered fish and stuffed potato skins. Couldn't get enough of either. I noticed that I'm back to where food is trying to go the wrong way again: instead of going down into my stomach, sometimes a part of it will try to go up into my sinuses. Takes real concentration to make sure one eats properly and not too quickly when this is happening. Fortunately, it's not a full-time fight, and it's not really causing me any problems in trying to drink things.

My post-op drink of choice has been either Muscle Milk protein shakes or Bulgarian cultured buttermilk. I prefer the latter, but I get more nutrition from the former.

I'm in what I'm hoping will be my last day in the Big Baylor hospital in downtown Dallas, as I continue to recover from my Zenker's diverticulotomy throat surgery. They had to put some clips inside my throat to help things heal, but I'm told I'll eventually swallow them without noticing. I had the surgery early Monday morning, and was in great pain for the first two days. Things started getting better yesterday, to the point where I'm no longer being fed through a tube up my nose. I'm still on a liquid diet, though, but it's a real treat when Brenda brings up something from Dutch Bros. If I make it through this morning, then I'll be sent home this afternoon.

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