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The arcade cabinet video I featured in the sixth installment of YouTube Roundup has over 1200 views at the time of writing—absolutely astonishing!  If you missed it, you can watch it below:

This week I’ve got a Nativity scene; some scribblings; and an eerie clarinet and celesta duet.

Nativity Bricks Build and Review

Back on Epiphany (6 January 2024) I built a Nativity from Nativity Bricks, a company that makes Christian-themed LEGO® knock-offs (I also composed an Epiphany-inspired original piano composition):

If you want to purchase the Nativity Bricks Nativity, you can pick it up on Amazon here:  https://amzn.to/48GLDaC

It’s $52 on Amazon, but there’s a promotion to get another Nativity—the Asian or African variants—for free!  $26 per set is excellent, and after you build one, Nativity Bricks will mail you a free Moses minifigure!

“Scribblings I: Post-Christmas Concert Scribbling”

Some scribblings I jotted down after my school’s Christmas Concert on Friday, 8 December 2023. I was exhausted, but found scribbling down some brief musical ideas to be rejuvenating.

“Moonstruck”

“Moonstruck” is a brief meditation for clarinet and celesta, although the celesta part could easily be played on piano in a pinch. I conceived of the piece because it features notes that are easy for beginners to play on the clarinet.

I have been learning to play the clarinet, so I wanted to write some literature for it that I would enjoy playing. I hope you do, too!

Sheet music is available for purchase from the following fine retailers:

• Noteflight:  https://www.noteflight.com/marketplace/hO4ReuKxUGi0qNS3k10Ki/moonstruck
• Sheet Music Direct:  https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1464127/Product.aspx
• Sheet Music Plus:  https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/moonstruck-digital-sheet-music/22671941

Happy Viewing!

—TPP

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