Neil and Ben at the piano

We are about to end our first week of IMFA. Our first concert, featuring each member of the IMFA faculty, is tonight at 8:30, and the weekend will feature two concerts of composed and performed by students. We listened to our electro-acoustic etudes this morning in the hall and got a sense of the acoustic space. This afternoon, two students will have their second lessons with Stefano.

In other news, I was shocked to learn that the postage for sending postcards to the US from Italy is 2 euros, or about $2.70. I think the actual rate is 1.60, but they will only sell stamps in 1 euro denominations. Yikes!

Here’s a nice little item in a local online newspaper about IMFA.