Well summer is finally here. Today was really hot and humid in Tokyo. I'm one of the crazy people in Tokyo that actually likes it when it's really hot and humid. I haven't turned on my a/c yet. This morning I finished the Open University session at Senzoku Gakuin. We had a nice 4 days. i worked with an ensemble of 6 members from Tokyo, Yokohama, Sendai, Okayama and Saitama. It was a pleasure to work with these young people. This morning all of the ensembles gave a concert. It was really amazing to see the improvement in them in only 4 days. Some students were painfully shy, others were very energetic and out-going. I noticed when we were trying to compose a group composition that most of the students were really afraid to express their creativity. I didn't know if they were to shy to express themsevles in front of each other or maybe just afraid to make a mistake. Anyway, it will be interesting to see which students come to Senzoku next year and then to see how they "open-up" over the next few years.

Recently, when I have had some freetime, I've been looking at some interesting things on the internet. I thought I would share a few interesting websites with you.

I don't know about you but, I have always been interested to hear airplane pilots communicating with the controller at the airport. I found the following links. Depending on the time of day that you listen, sometimes it's really active/busy.

New York-JFK-Tower
NASA Picture of the Day
New York City Police Department
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