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		<title>The Long Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My new orchestral piece suffered some negligence in recent weeks, as I have been in the midst of focused planning for the new school year.  Though I now work part time at the school, initial preparation requires a significant amount of time, especially when directing two choirs and teaching one academic course.
One, two, three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=45</link>
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		<title>Concert Info.</title>
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[click here] to view the full poster
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		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=48</link>
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		<title>Great News!</title>
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From left to right, the people pictured above are Maia Aprahamian, David Conte, Robin Estrada, Ruth Huber, Jeffrey Parola (yours truly), and Mark Winges: all Bay Area-based composers, and each one privileged with the honor of an extraordinary opportunity.
On 11 October 2008 at 8pm, the internationally acclaimed Ateneo Chamber Singers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=43</link>
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		<title>Always, Forever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a lot of thought, research, and consultation, the title of my new, three movement choral work has been determined.  It is a single Latin word that sums up the expressive intention of the intermingled words, pitches, and rhythms set forth in my composition:
SEMPITERNA
First, why Latin?  Latin is the historical language of the Roman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=41</link>
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		<title>You know you need unique&#8230;</title>
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My 4th visit to New York City ended yesterday as I trekked from a cab in Queens to JFK, JFK to SFO, SFO to Bart, Bart to Muni, and Muni to my front door.  It&#8217;s hard to believe that was just 36 hours ago.
This visit was different from my first three trips [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=36</link>
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		<title>Back in the Swing of Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As soon as the jet lag from London passed, I sat down to write my first composed musical work in three years.  I pulled out a small folding table and placed it on the right side of my piano, readied my pencils, erasers, and manuscript paper, and I began to write.  The first day didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=35</link>
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		<title>There&#8217;s no place like London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The plane landed in London just before 7am after a 10 hour flight from San Francisco.  The chaperones, kids, and adult guests were wiped, but our arrival was just the beginning of the first day in the rich city.  As we transitioned from customs to baggage, we were greeted by our guides, Heidi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Before London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[London beckons, and I am about to respond by making my first transatlantic journey to the ancient city.  But before I do, I must share a few quick reflections on recently transpired musical events.  London is surely to take over my head-space, so I had better chronicle these moments of great musicking, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Oh, To Be Free</title>
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The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.
- Helen Keller








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The Liberty Bell: cracked, broken, vulnerable, imperfect.  It is no mistake that she is an enduring symbol of freedom, for the condition of the bell is not far from the current state of liberty and justice in this mysterious existence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Some Summertime</title>
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May 2008 will reach its inexorable conclusion on Saturday the 31st, ushering in a brand new month the following day.  Even though Summer doesn&#8217;t begin until June 21st, early June marks a temporary finale of some time-consuming commitments
June inaugurates the beginning of the travel season, and I am happy to say that this Summer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.parola.org/blog/?p=14</link>
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