User talk:Cannonesque

Hi! I don't remember if our paths ever crossed in Davis, but welcome to CPDL and thanks for the many fine editions! Richard Mix (talk) 00:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks! I've been meaning to post these six-dozen-or-so editions for years. There's no time like quarantine. I studied at Davis in 1993-94, then 1996-99 -- it feels like a geological epoch ago! Thanks for the warm welcome. I look forward to posting any forthcoming editions more quickly. (Cannonesque (talk) 00:52, 4 June 2020 (UTC))

It's possible, then. I wasn't in UCD but sang in masterclasses with Susan Narucki & Dorothea Brinkmann c. '93-4, and later was a regular in the Early Music Ensemble. Other acquaintances we might have in common are Ross Bauer, a neighbor here in El Cerrito, and Jon Elkus, my wife's publisher, sheltering in Oakland last we heard. Richard Mix (talk) 21:11, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Goodness! David Nutter, who directed EME, taught my Baroque music history class, and Ross taught twentieth-century music theory. Please give Ross my best when you may see him! I think of him fondly whenever I encounter Debussy, Schoenberg, or Webern in particular. Jon -- who forever remains "Mr. Elkus" in my imagination -- of course directed the marching band, which my now wife played in. He inevitably became a kind friend during those years. A few weeks ago we saw a wonderful article telling of Jon Elkus leading impromptu singing during quarantine at the retirement center where he and his wife now live. The world is indeed small. Cannonesque (talk) 20:07, 23 June 2020 (UTC)