My favorite weekend in Arizona is coming up, the MATSURI FESTIVAL. 今週は『アリゾナお祭り』、やった〜！！！！！！ Click on this link -> http://azmatsuri.org/

On your next flight on U.S. Airways, please pick up a copy of the magazine. The two organizations I work for are featured as part of Arizona’s Centennial Celebration. BRAVI TUTTI!!! 次回USエアウェイズで空の旅をする時、座席の雑誌を見てください。私が働いてる２つの団体『フェニックス・ユース・シンフォニー』と『アリゾナ・オペラ』の記事そして写真が乗ってます！これはアリゾナ州１００周年記念のためです。 Phoenix Youth Symphony is on page 104 with a picture of me conducting. Arizona Opera is on page 100 Arizona Opera’s Resident Artist

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One of my favorite PYS event is Music Memory. This year, I was editor of the Music Memory book with the help of J. David James. We had few thousand K-12 students in the audience. Before the concert I have my musicians go into the audience to interact (describe the instrument and play for them).

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Last week I was invited by Polly Franklin (one of my staff from Phoenix Youth Symphony), to visit her school, Montessori In The Park. 先週『モンテッソーリ・イン・ザ・パーク』に行きました。モンテッソーリ教育についてはこちらをご覧下さい。 I brought my saxophone and demonstrated how the instrument works. I played for the students different genres of music. 楽器を持っていって子供たちにたくさんのジャンルの音楽を演奏しました。 The students were studying the PYS Music Memory Book in

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Chef: KH, Erika Tazawa & Michael Mortarotti What do you do with your left over sticky rice? あまったご飯？焼きおにぎりでしょーーー！ Don’t throw it away!! Make YAKI-ONIGIRI. It’s a Japanese comfort food. Panfried Rice Balls. You can just use plain rice with a little salt or in my example I have mixed Sesame Seed, Umeboshi (fermented sour plum)

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WEST REGIONAL ORCHESTRA Congratulations on your successful audition. I’m extremely excited to work with all of you in February! I wanted to post some recordings and notes for your reference as you prepare your music. La Mer Movement III: Dialogue du vent et de la mer It will be conducted in 2. The half note

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Had an opportunity to conduct a fun program this month. SOUTHWEST HORN CONFERENCE 2012 – visit website ２０１２年ホルン・カンファレンスで振りました。プログラムは以下の通りです。２番目のチャサロー作曲ホルン協奏曲はワールドプレミア、つまり初めて演奏されました。 Beethoven – Fidelio Overture Eric Chasalow – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (World Premiere) Bruno Schneider Haydn – Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra Bruno Schneider – Rose French Schumann – Konzertstück – Concerto for Four Horns

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Just came back from my first ever trip to Denver. For me it was a rough 30 hour trip… After conducting the Horn Conference the night before, I took a super early flight from Phoenix Sunday morning. Arrived at Denver airport, had a quick cupcake and coffee and then took the shuttle to Newman Center;

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“WASHOKU” – Japanese Dining Let me first start by expressing the reason behind this post. I visit a new town and I search “Japanese Food” on Yelp, and this is what I see. JAPANESE RESTAURANT A Reviewer-Japanese name: this is an okay restaurant, the sushi meat was frozen. Reviewer-Non-Japanese name: this place is the bomb!!

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