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I write good music if I have any time
@juilliardschool pc ‘28/summer
@enescu_festival
@nyyouthsymphony
Currently listening to Björk & Rite of Spring

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Happy 16th Birthday, Jason! ❤️ Here you are at age 15 and age 1. A lot has changed between then and now, but your penetrating gaze, your empathy, intelligence, musicality, infectious curiosity, and disarming humor are still the same. We love you!

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It was awesome to catch up with my friend @jasonkass9 🥹

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for real, Falkor the Luck Dragon vs. @cher_la_pez

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Summer 2026 🥹 Thanks to all my amazing friends, family members and mentors for the incredible memories 🫶

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An amazing week in beautiful Bucharest, Romania for the George Enescu International Music Festival!

It was an honor to be part of this historic festival as a mentor, juror, and composer. The students were delightful, and it was so lovely to get to know fellow jurors Gabriela Ortiz, Mark Simpson, Johanna Doderer, Zygmunt Krause, Doina Rotaru, Dan Dediu, Adrian Iorgulescu, and Elsa Vautrain. And, of course, to work with the incredible Marin Alsop and the Romanian National Radio Orchestra (as I wrote about in my last post.)

Thank you to conductor Cristian Măcelaru for inviting me to be part of this, and to the warm, wonderful team of administrators — Oana, Cristina, and Graziela — for making it all such a deeply rewarding experience.

(And our kids had a blast, too! 🤘)

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First day: 11th and 8th edition ❤️❤️

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Truro 2026 ☀️💛☀️

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Pente has always signaled summer beach vacation in my family. My father loved games and bought one of the original versions of this one — it’s still housed in the now-weathered red tube that the game used to be packaged in when it was originally released in 1977. It’s pronounced Pent-ay, but my father always called it Pent-ee because he’s from Maryland, where we spent our summers. We’re still playing on the same pleather mat with the same glass pieces on the beach down the Cape today. I miss my father every time we play, and I remember his browned skin, toothy smile, and the fact that he never let me win, which made my occasional triumphs all the sweeter.

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De volta ao Brasil após o summer camp em Juilliard, e já sinto falta da cidade, dos professores, e dos meus amigos. Eu agradeço a todos que fizeram parte dessa experiência incrível!

Back to Brazil after the Juilliard summer camp, and I already miss the city, the faculty, and my friends. I thank everyone who was part of this life changing experience!

@juilliardschool @davidludwigmusic

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Some of my favorite memories from the past 3 weeks as a composition student at Juilliard Summer Music 🥹 #composer #compositionstudent #juilliard #juilliardsummermusic #juilliardsummercomposition

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Move aside. This is DIANE'S Bat Mitzvah! Wowwwwww!!!! Nothing slowed this party down! And thank you @amy.g.kass
Thank you @alisonsheehyphoto for the awesome pictures! #videooftheday #mitzvahdj #batmitzvah #dji

DJ/Entertainment: @toddyahneyevents
Venue: @westchestermanor
Decor: jessica @toddyahneyevents
Photographer/Videography. @alisonsheehyphoto
Day of Coordinator: Jessica @toddyahneyevents

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Diana's bat mitzvah 6/13/26!!! 🎉🎉 It was a joyful celebration with family and friends from around the country. Diana broke her foot a week before, but instead of letting it get her down, she pivoted to the idea of a BOOT MITZVAH and her friends jumped aboard, wearing their own bedazzled solidarity bandages (shout out @aviva_fustochenko_ and Diana’s dancer teacher @toetapn for bedazzling D’s boot!)

We dearly missed Alex's parents, who couldn't make the trip but were very much with us in spirit! 🩷

Proud of Diana's humor and resilient can-do nature, and grateful to our beautiful family and community for all the love!!!

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