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It's November, and while I haven't done to much in terms of traveling, I feel like things are moving in a great direction.

I'm pursuing my Master's degree at NEC, and I wasn't sure that too much would change in terms of how and where I would work. I was completely wrong. I have continued the Thai Brass Band, Premiered someone's Doctoral thesis in JP, Played an orchestral percussion gig at Harvard, and received a grant to build an Inter-Collegiate forum and concert series in the Boston Area. Part of the grant is a performance at the YMCA theater in Cambridge - This year has been incredible, and shows no signs of becoming anything less.

I've been meeting some great people who are interested in contributing to the series, and it should be a good way for alot of folks to make professional connections, and build a whole new community for the research and development of our ideas.

I'm on even more of a Thai Brass kick than usual due to my finding of a blogger who has posted a bunch of Thai records (3 or 4 of which feature brass bands). He spent a good amount of time in Bangkok, but is from the Boston area and has recently returned. Because of the records he posted, I've been able to expand the rep of the TBB here in Boston, and write some original Thai Brass tunes as well.

Inter-NEC has our next performance on Saturday in JP - there's a poster attached. This is my first effort at making a real poster, and it can only get better!