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Wow, what a week in Salt Lake. My congrats to Scott Hagen and the University of Utah for an AMAZING recording session with Jeff Nelsen and myself. We were lucky enough to have Tony DiLorenzo on location for the world premiere and the recording on Friday. Kudos to the band for fine playing, focus, and energy through the long sessions. Jeff sounded great and we recorded Gemini (for horn, euph, and band - a piano reduction will also be available in the future) as well as a new arrangement of Monti's well-known Czardas.

After the recording, I was lucky enough to have my wife join Scott Hagen and myself for two days of amazing snow skiing. I don't get to vacation much, but had to build these days into my schedule almost a year in advance. We went to Alta and Brighton...two fabulous ski locations. Day 1 at Alta was great...I haven't been skiing in years, but the snow was wonderful and the conditions great...until day 2 at Brighton. Over night, Salt Lake and the mountains got more than 6" of snow...and it kept snowing all day on Tuesday, so bascially we had some of the best conditions possible...as one worker at Brighton said, "this is epic man." Scott also confirmed that the conditions were some of the best he had ever experienced...if you like to ski, you should know we basically had about 6" of fresh snow and powder. I actually opted for snow boarding this day as it was great fun. I will add some photos from the sessions in a few days.

All the best and a short break at home (not really...I am teaching most of the two weeks, listening to recordings, and hearing auditions at Georgia State University) and then starts a busy month of traveling.

Best wishes,

Adam