My cover of The Woodlands from Octopath Traveler is back up on streaming services. Special thanks to and for their performances on the cover. This was a fun track to collaborate on.
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Getting some practice in of the Inazuma livestream opening while waiting for the #GenshinImpact update π
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First day of wizarding school π§ββοΈ
(Attended my first high school graduation as a teacher π₯Ί)
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Midi oboe is a fauxboe, who's with me?
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Column with resources to get educators started on unlearning and learning Asian American history and issues. Thx for the letters to our communities. cc #miseducAsian || Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian America - Rethinking Schools
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Asian Americans are talking about anti-Asian racism at great risk and cost to our personal & professional lives. For those who are silent, I respect & understand your decision. I do. For those in our own community who are denying the racism that many of us experience, cut it out.
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The Committee Against Racism & Bias in the Teaching of English stands in solidarity with our AAPI friends, students, their families, & communities. We urge teachers to be thoughtful about centering love & humanity in their classrooms
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Dear Educators,
The 21-year-old Atlanta shooter was once a student in K-12 schools. School leaders need to explicitly condemn anti-Asian violence & provide teachers & families resources to ensure all Ss, including AAPI Ss are safe. Resource:tinyurl.com/EducatorStopAA #StopAAPIHate
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Working to curate resources to share with k-12 schools/districts to explicitly acknowledge and address AAPI violence. Plz share out resources. #StopAsianHate
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REED PARTY! I was too tired to make reeds but I DID find a stray English horn reed on my desk so it was a win! Such a pleasure to catch up with these lovely oboists!!! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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So fun and warming to have a VG oboe reed party and catch up with these fabulous folks, @artemisoboe, @BrookeFerdmusic, @field_of_reeds!!! 
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So fun and warming to have a VG oboe reed party and catch up with these fabulous folks, , , !!! βΊοΈπ₯°πΆ
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A million thanks to and for letting me play recorder on this whilst my lungs continue to pull their shenanigans!!
It's been almost a year since I've performed or even recorded oboe/any winds, so it means a lot to have gotten to be a part of this. <33
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My recorder debut!! π€£
This project is so incredibly beautiful and glorious!!! Mind-blowing arrangements, performances, and production all across and I'm beyond grateful to have played such a tiny role/instrument!! That was some much needed joy <3
youtu.be/zCXrspb-qLg
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Also me when I shared this with my students β οΈ
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Me when I ask my students any question on Zoom π
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We got Dose Dos on Friday!! ππ
Yesterday was agony and I'm still aching everywhere and feverish, but definitely a sigh of relief.
So excited to possibly see some of my students in person for the first time before the end of the school year. π₯Ίπ
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Bravo!! Great interpretation by Servants of the Mountain from FFX by
Your playing is full of musicality and you capture the emotions of the harmonies so beautiul. Are you sure you are an oboist? lol youtube.com/watch?v=q-i2fI #quickfirecoverchallenge
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Grateful for such kind feedback from !! ππ₯Ί
Also y'all, I swear I'll be an oboist again when my lungs allow it.. π
Until then, I get to continue focusing on piano more in the spare moments I have! π
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Bravo!! Great interpretation by Servants of the Mountain from FFX by @sanjuroboe
Your playing is full of musicality and you capture the emotions of the harmonies so beautiul. Are you sure you are an oboist? lol youtube.com/watch?v=q-i2fI @GameGrooves #quickfirecoverchallenge
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"Servants of the Mountain" - FFX Piano Collections
Here's my last minute (and slightly late π¬, yay time zones) submission to #QuickFireCoverChallenge from last night ft. lazy editing and me, tired from many previous poor takes lol.
Full: youtu.be/q-i2fIkjmVg
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With my sched slated to be its lightest in yrs, I also plan to return to some games & projects I've neglected! (I'd love to visit your ACNH island if you'll have me! Lmk!)
Anyway, please enjoy my digital page-turning follies/sloppy playing of this arr of The Christmas Song! π
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Happy Christmas! ππΆ
Ending the year playing keys bc my lungs are still protesting oboe and most other wind playing.. π¬
I'll be working on my piano chops more since my first *paid* full-time job will be as a long-term sub for HS piano starting in just over a week! πΉ
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Today's a sudden and early, bittersweet end to my student teaching. I'll be stepping into a long-term sub position immediately after the break.
Here are my string kids when they heard it was my last day. :( Love and will miss my students so much. π₯Ίπ
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My HS band/orch director passed away earlier this month and one of my comp profs just passed away today. Both were incredibly kind, uplifting educators taken from the world too soon.
Please call or send a note of appreciation to a teacher or someone who has really impacted you.
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I had window shutters before to hold my tripod, so I've devised a new overhead setup for piano lessons lol.
Yes, those are cardboard covers from my razor blades keeping the two front tripod legs from sliding off the stand. π
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Taking a breather and playing with the guitar feedback sound on my keyboard on some chromatically descending maj7-min7's. π΄
I moved my keyboard next to my desk, so it's a little easier to get little piano breaks in (aka get distracted) between class periods or work now. πΉπΆ
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Friends, FLAMESGRACE: A Tribute to Octopath Traveler is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and more! Thank you to the amazing musicians for 45 tracks of incredible music, and for everyone that has listened and shared over the past few days <3
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Through the snowy Frostlands, the warm glow of torch-lit homes guide the way. A sacred cathedral towers in the distance, illuminated with a mysterious blue light. FLAMESGRACE: A Tribute to Octopath Traveler is available right now! materia.to/flamesgraceTW
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Friends, after more than a year of work I am beyond thrilled to share FLAMESGRACE with you. Co-produced by and myself, with dozens of arrangers/performers/engineers, this album is so special to me and our community. Please listen and enjoy!
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Through the snowy Frostlands, the warm glow of torch-lit homes guide the way. A sacred cathedral towers in the distance, illuminated with a mysterious blue light. FLAMESGRACE: A Tribute to Octopath Traveler is available right now! materia.to/flamesgraceTW
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My last two weeks averaged about 25 hours on Zoom each week.
My last two days have hit close to 16 hours with a total of 16 Zoom meetings/class sessions.
Happy Tuesday, educator friends. :')
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Week 2 of student teaching β
It's been quite the week... Reminding myself to breathe. Let's just say I have... things to say...
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#sharesoundseptember
I've heard him play oboe a lot in many vgm arrangers tracks, including mine!
It was also fun playing together at MAGfest last year!!
bandcamp.materiacollective.com/track/prelude-
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Day 2 of student teaching: β
I've gotten a lot of comments on my voice in Zoom from students/profs/colleagues mentioning ASMR/podcasts/etc. these last few weeks... π€
Should this be my new side endeavor? Recording guided meditations? ASMR? Daily affirmations? Narrations? π
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πΆ "Quietude No. 2 in D Flat Major" by James Michael Stevens πΆ
Some light sightreading in the dark~ ππΉ
Stocking up on books/music for my piano students this Fall and these quietudes are some relaxing pieces that would be great studies for one of my older students. π
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I should really crack out the metronome, but here's a messy take of Sol's octave turnaround exercise lol.
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Some exercises before getting into prepping materials for student teaching in.. 2.5 weeks?? π±
This is a set of three hand-coordination exercises by Nahre Sol, ft. a watch tan and peeling Sol-burnt arms since apparently my sunscreen doesn't work.. π
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Also, my island isn't tour-ready yet, but I'm working on reclaiming my island from the hordes of flowers that have overtaken it in the last few weeks of my hybrid hunt.
Please take some. I have lots of extra hybrids (but not blue/gold roses lol).π
DM if you want to come by!
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Friends, please let me know if you, or someone you trust, are willing to take him in.
If you don't have an open plot and are willing to time skip, I can guide you through getting an open plot relatively quickly lol.
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In my quest to recruit music/education hobby villagers before I start student teaching in a few weeks, sweet Sherb is leaving soon. π
I want him to go to a good home, not to the void or a stranger on Discord that'll just sell him on the black market. π₯Ί
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Nowhere near up to tempo, but here's a messy last 8.5 bars of Nahre Sol's Rachmaninoff-style Happy Birthday that I've been working on along with a bunch of her cool piano exercises! π
Also update: I tried playing flute to test the waters and my lungs are still not happy.. ππ
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The acceptable number of student deaths is zero.
The acceptable number of teacher deaths is zero.
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