It has been much too long since I last had a chance to really “get away” to do some serious writing! My last sabbatical from school was in 1996; I used that time to work on my opera, Lily. My more recent leave, during the spring semester of 2015 has been devoted to the business of composing; producing a professional website, and editing dozens of earlier compositions for possible publication. But the itch is always there to write that next new work. In January, I applied to