Composition/Performance of my composition
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Solo Piano
Impromptu (2016)
Yoshiko Arahata, piano Variations on Ballade
("spotting elegance within chaos...") (2017) Yoshiko Arahata, piano |
Jazz
In the Rain (2015)
Yoshiko Arahata, piano; Luke Norris, soprano saxophone Studio Orchestra
Corcovado
By Antônio Carlos Jobim, arranged for studio orchestra and conducted by Yoshiko Arahata. Performed by musicians at the Eastman School of Music. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You Must Believe in Spring
By Bill Evans, arranged for studio orchestra and conducted by Yoshiko Arahata. Performed by musicians at the Eastman School of Music. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. I Fall In Love Too Easily
By Jule Styne, arranged for studio orchestra and conducted by Yoshiko Arahata. Performed by musicians at the Eastman School of Music. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. |
Composition-Collaboration with Dancers (Stay tuned for the Video!)
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"ACTTCT/???/ CAGTGG" (2019)
"ACTTCT/???/ CAGTGG" was composed for and performed at the University of Rochester's dance show, S.E.E.D. ("Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances") on April 13 & 14, 2019. S.E.E.D. explored various social-political topics through original dance choreography-music composition collaborations. Choreographed by UR dance faculty Mariah Steele in collaboration with the dancers, "ACTTCT/???/ CAGTGG" is set in four scenes and explores the scientific and ethical dimensions of the recent news on genetically modified human babies (November 28, 2018) and its potential consequences to the society. The title of the dance was named by Mariah and references the names of the DNAs. Read more about this on the New York Times article.
"ACTTCT/???/ CAGTGG" was composed for and performed at the University of Rochester's dance show, S.E.E.D. ("Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances") on April 13 & 14, 2019. S.E.E.D. explored various social-political topics through original dance choreography-music composition collaborations. Choreographed by UR dance faculty Mariah Steele in collaboration with the dancers, "ACTTCT/???/ CAGTGG" is set in four scenes and explores the scientific and ethical dimensions of the recent news on genetically modified human babies (November 28, 2018) and its potential consequences to the society. The title of the dance was named by Mariah and references the names of the DNAs. Read more about this on the New York Times article.
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Scene 1
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Presentation of DNAs (2019)
Presentation of DNAs was written for Scene 1, an introduction to the dance choreography and is set to billions of years ago. The dancers acting as DNAs engage in its natural course of actions such as protein synthesis. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. |
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Scene 3
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Super Human DNA! (2019)
Super Human DNA! was written for Scene 3. It is set in the future year of 2100, where genetically modified "super humans" occupy the world. Through their gene modifications, these humans heroically rejoice their birth and begin dominating the world. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. |
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Scene 4
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Valse Triste (2019)
Valse Triste was written for Scene 4, depicting the future year of 2100 where genetically modified humans dominate the world. The finale of this dance choreography shows the tragic consequences from the mentioned news to human society, such as inequality and discrimination against the "normal" by "super" humans and eventually the abandonment of normal humans. Click here to listen on SoundCloud. |