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On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake later known as the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Japan. The disaster was the strongest earthquake in the recorded history of Japan and lasted six minutes. Approximately 122,000 buildings were completely destroyed. Approximately 20,000 people were killed. Of these, a majority drowned due to the waves of the…
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(For context, read In the Aftermath first) I first listened to Async two summers ago (as of writing this) in 2023. It wasn’t the first time I had heard anything by Sakamoto- but I think it was the first time I felt called to dive deeper into his works, and into who he was as…
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I’ve been working at Tempesta di Mare, a baroque chamber orchestra in Philadelphia, and my thoughts have been really engrossed in one particular project we are doing. This project is called Hidden Virtuosas, and focuses on particular women of baroque Venice. The Ospedale della Pietà is most commonly known (if known at all) as the…
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There’s this idea of two hearts, in the Azores- the archipelago my father is from. I myself really don’t know how widespread of a thing it is, I only know that as soon as I first heard of it, I began to feel something about it was important. The idea of two hearts fit so…
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At the first recording session I had for this project, I had the help of three other Drexel students. One, a friend in my major, who played the violin, “A”. Then, a Music Industry Production (MIP) Student that helped book the studio, “V”, and finally, another MIP student who ended up helping us out by…
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Loaned The instruments below are on loan from individuals or organizations while awaiting repairs. Violin 12 Dec 2024 Violin 31 Jan 2025 Horn 03 Feb 2025 Sax 05 Feb 2025 Snare 12 Dec 2024 Organ Pipes 025 31 Jan 03 Feb 2025 05 Feb 2025 Found The instruments below were found around Philly, in shops…
Reprise project 