April in Santa Fe, New Mexico was simply gorgeous. Air was as pristine as 96Khz/24bit sound and the atmosphere was fun and cheery like George Rodrigue's blue dog. After 12-or-so-hour of road trip and road trip music, all we needed was a quick sip of beautiful view of the Santa Fe Plaza and we were all suddenly feeling better and ready to boogie.

The event that we drove all the way to Santa Fe to participate was exhilarating and action-packed.  This gathering, hosted by Steven Paxton of College of Santa Fe, featured works by composers such as Annea Lockwood, Charles Ditto, and many others.  It felt like few light years ago that I met Annea Lockwood and got to listen to some of her wonderful remarks and works in an event in Florida in the spring of 2008.  I was very excited to know that Annea was serving as the keynote speaker for the event in Santa Fe.  My excitement can easily be spotted from two miles away just like those oh-no-big-no-no parallel octaves outlined by soprano and bass in part-writing exercise.  Annea's Thirst, featured in the very last concert of the event, was atheistically original and thought-provoking as anticipated.

In addition to electrifying concert programs, what made us thrilled was that we got the chance to perform one of my compositions in this old building called St. Francis Auditorium, which was located in the Museum of Fine Arts of Santa Fe at 107 West Palace Avenue and have been the home to the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival for many years.  St. Francis Auditorium has seating for approximately 450 people and is an exquisite sample of Pueblo Revival architecture.  We all stopped all of our everyday thoughts and average worries and contentment to give the building a long wow moment.