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My debut album “Love & Adolescence” is out now on all streaming platforms!🥹
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A couple of things:
- Huge thank you to @liamhartnett__ , who made demos for some of these songs when I was on the brink of quitting everything amidst the throws of COVID. Thank you for your unrelenting belief in me and all of the incredible work you put into this album. From start to finish, you are in every bit of it!
- Huge thanks to @musicbysamuelaaron for his incredible work and help with designing the artwork, merch, and overall consultation for art direction and all things music releasing. Sam is such an incredible force in the music scene and has been such a guiding light to me as well as so many musicians and artists alike! There’s a lot to navigate in this space and he has been a wonderful oasis of connection. @designbysamuelaaron is the guy you need for your design needs!!
- There are 2 songs on this album that will only ever exist physically. I have made this choice to honor those who invest in purchasing physical media and truly supporting artists in the best way that they can. It is a great privilege to be able to share my music as broadly as I can through streaming, but it is at the expense of immense exploitation of artists whose work gives the world meaning while their economic value is all funneled into the pockets of the rich and powerful. I know this gesture is small in the grand scheme of things, but it is an important gesture nonetheless and I hope we can someday meaningfully take down these conglomerates with bigger gestures.
- huge shoutout to @seanm.music for being the best mix consultant I could ask for. I took it upon myself to mix this album in its entirety. I want it to be a flagship of what I can do as an artist and Sean was so incredible in all his feedback and also did an INCREDIBLE job Mastering the project. I am so grateful to you my man!
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These designs are all of what comes with your purchase of the vinyl! You purchase from me directly or through my Bandcamp :)
That’s all for now. Happy listening!!

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BEYOND JAZZ with @take6official !✨🎵
On September 25 and 26, our HMI Fellows delivered an amazing performance in BEYOND JAZZ, featuring the Grammy Award-winning vocal group TAKE 6!
Their legendary signature harmonies came together with the HMI Orchestra for a thrilling orchestral collaboration.
A huge congratulations to Nathan, Gina, and Minghao on this incredible experience! 👏🥳

#frostclarinet #hmi #take6 #frostschoolofmusic #universityofmiami

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Let’s look back at some of the amazing things we’ve accomplished so far🎵🤩

✨Frost Winds Ensemble — WE ARE AMERICA🇺🇸 A huge shoutout to everyone who performed in our first concert of the season on September 6! Including works by Copland, Schumann, and John Williams.

✨Frost Symphony Orchestra — PATHÈTIQUE Congratulations to everyone on the first FSO concert of the season on September 19, featuring Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Mozart Flute Concerto in D and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6!
Swipe to see Nathan’s beautiful solo and the wonderful duet with Ostap. Let’s give them both a huge round of applause! 👏👏👏

✨Frost Symphonic Winds — LIGHTS Amazing job to our undergraduate students on their first concert of the season on September 20! 🌟

Congratulations to all the musicians, and we can’t wait to see what’s next! 🥳😍

📣 UP NEXT:
Frost Symphony Orchestra — VARIATIONS AND VISIONS  Join us tomorrow, Saturday October 17, at 7:30 PM for an exciting program featuring Goossens: Jubilee Variations, Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Frost Symphonic Winds — DREAMS
and on Sunday October 18, 4:00pm for another amazing concert with selections from composers Rolf Rudin, Steven Bryant, and Eric Whitacre
Come join us in person or tune in online! We hope to see you there! 🎶🤩

#frostclarinet #frostschoolofmusic #universityofmiami #clarinets #musicschools

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Long time no see!🎶🤩
Here we present the ✨FROST CLARINET STUDIO 2026(with Dr. Donaghue)✨

From studio classes and ensemble rehearsals to concerts and performances, we’ve already had so many wonderful musical moments together this semester!
More updates and highlights are coming soon, so stay tuned!👀

We’re excited for everything ahead and can’t wait to share more of our musical journey with you.
Follow along to see what we’re all about if you’re interested!

and HAPPY FALL to y’all🍂🧡

#frostclarinet #frostschoolofmusic #universityofmiami #clarinet #musicschools

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Musical highlights from this summer featuring performances at @sarasotamusicfestival and @aspenmusicfest !! 🎶📯

🎶 Mozart Wind Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major

Clarinet —— @mark.nuccio
Clarinet —— @erinsercel
Horn ——— @danielagarcia___5
Bassoon — @kenn_ford257
Bassoon — Thomas Klink
Oboe ——— @josh.oboe
Oboe ——— @dom.latino.oboist

🎶 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Deep River (arranged for Harp and Horn by David Holloway)

Harp - @juliajohnsonharp 💗🫶

🎶 Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (arranged for Piano and Wind Quintet by Samuel Baron)

Piano ——— Aleksandr (Sasha) Tiumentsev
Flute ——— @oliviaflutes
Oboe ——— @josh.oboe
Bassoon — @lton.french
Clarinet — @_rose_lao

🎶 Mozart Wind Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, mvmt 3

🎶 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks
With nine Horns!! 🔥🔥🔥

Conductor - @nicholasmcgegan

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One of the greatest gifts in life is the wonderful people we meet along the way—especially through music. 🎶

So grateful for the great people and talented musicians I’ve connected with throughout time and this summer across different places and cultures, and for the friendships that continue to grow through our shared love of music.

Here’s to great friends, inspiring musicians, new connections, and many more musical adventures together. ✨

#MusicAndFriendship #MusicCommunity #MusicalConnections #FriendshipThroughMusic

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🇦🇹 AIMS Summer Program in Graz 2026 🎶

7/5-8/14までのAIMS(American Institute of Musical Studies)が無事終了いたしました！

この報告をするとついに日本に帰って来てしまったという寂しい現実を突きつけられるようで、なかなか更新できずにいましたが、もう9月になったのでご報告いたします。

約2年前のアメリカ留学帰国時から英語は勉強していたものの、なかなか英語で会話する機会というのは激減してしまい、語学に対する不安がとてもありました。

一度アメリカ留学を挫折して帰って来たので、短期留学とはいえ、ルームメイトと仲良く出来ないのではないか、英語が出来ないせいでみんなに迷惑をかけてしまうのではないか、そのせいで何も学べず帰って来てしまうのではないかなど、さまざまな不安がありました。

ですが、なぜか思っていたほど苦戦することもなく(もちろん時々理解できずゆっくり話してもらったりはしましたが)最高のルームメイトに出会えましたし、最高の友人たちに出会え、沢山の演奏の機会もいただき、素晴らしいファカルティにも出会えました。

次の投稿に続きます⇨

#Graz
#AIMS
#短期留学
#オペラ

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Thank you @aimsingraz for the beautiful people, beautiful music, and a beautiful summer 🥹
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#conductor #flute #classicalmusic #symphony #opera

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Ravel’s “Trois poèmes de Stèphane Mallarmé” are real hidden gems - congratulations to @dramaticoperadiva for her stunning performance, and thank you to the musicians of @aimsingraz for their sensitivity and beauty ✨
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#conductor #classicalmusic #ravel #mallarmé #orchestra

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Maurice Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Mallarmé | August 11th
Graz, Austria 🇦🇹

Grateful to have incredible people to perform with, incredible musicians to learn from and to celebrate music 🎶

Ensemble:
James Blanchard, Dirigent
David DiGlacobbe und Frances Tate, Flote
Nathan Vilhena Kock und Maya R. Mueller, Klarinette Nicholas Whitley und Gabrielle Gans, Violine
Drew Vella, Viola
Brett Andrews, Violoncello
Jung-Won Shin, Klavier
Jessica Lyublinsky, Mezzosopran

#Ravel #dramaticoperadiva #chambermusic #stephanemallarmé

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Lake day in Graz ☀️

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From the heart of a 16-year-old, to the realized dreams of a 28-year-old🥹🥹🥹
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To the bottom of my heart, thank you to the INCREDIBLE musicians and humans who made this song as massive as it is😭❤️🙏🏼
Here is the incredible list of all who participated:
@liamhartnett__ co-arranging, orchestration, and piano 😭 my right hand man in all of this!
@celia_thecellist the absolute foundational piece of all orchestral dynamics in this album!❤️❤️❤️
@mkhandpokes on violins and violas 🥹❤️
@hopedimaria also on violins (because instead of 28 violin layers I needed 56 duh) and she CRUSHED😭🙏🏼
@andrewkingbass hitting the bellowing lows on the beautiful double bass
@nick_lang_music with the incredible drum recordings from his amazing home studio!🥁
Peter Cerdan on the INCREDIBLE trumpets and flugelhorns
@likemizzo on the heartbreakingly beautiful baritone horn📯
@keepingupwiththekock on the clarinets with genuinely one of the most fun tracking sessions I’ve ever done😭❤️
@_violetsareblue_ with the extracted voice note (thank you for being so kind to let me use that snippet to illustrate something larger).
Myself on guitars, all vocals, mixing, orchestration, arrangements, and engineering.
@seanm.music with the incredible mix guidance and mastering skills.

Thank you to all who were apart of this! Extra shoutout to @unsolicited_diptych for the capture of youthful me pictured later and @mp_brandt with the incredible capture of current me. Honored to be captured by both of you in such raw form 🥹❤️

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