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Kyoko Kitamura
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Musician, producer, media professional, F1 fanatic who once interviewed Senna, fan of Yuki Tsunoda, Isack Hadjar, admirer of Carlos Sainz Sr. TEAM PIASTRI. Dodgers World Series Winner!!!
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Some members of the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble with the composer. L to R: Chris DiMeglio, Kamala Sankaram, Elizabeth Saunders, Anthony Braxton, members, Roland Burks, Tomás Cruz. At @roulettenyc.bsky.social last night.
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Congrats Dodgers, grueling post-season games, what an inspiration. Big ups to the Toronto Blue Jays for their phenomenal defense and offense. Also thanks for making it the Autumn Koshien for adults! 在米ファンの間で「大人のための秋の甲子園」と呼ばれた今年ワールドシリーズ。感動しました。ありがとう。また来年。
November 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Starting the slow prep for the Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble performance in November. My desk is once again covered in Braxton scores. It’s been a while. Feels good to be back in this music. #music #AnthonyBraxton
August 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ellen Christi and me. Happy making music. William Parker's "Ellington In Mourning"/BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival/Prospect Park/August 15, 2025.
August 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Last night’s rehearsal with William Parker, Cooper-Moore and many many others. Performance on Friday at Prospect Park.

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August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Small group rehearsal started tonight for “William Parker Presents Ellington in Mourning” August 15 @ Prospect Park Lena Horne Bandshell
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#music #WilliamParker
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Note by Jack Whitten “TO AVOID AT ALL COST” #art #JackWhitten
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Beautiful review of Siren Xypher Collective and the Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival from The New York City Jazz Record August 2025 issue, by Ariella Stok. "The set glowed with spirit: not just freedom, but care. A music made in and for community, and one that didn’t pretend to resolve the unknown.”
August 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Another hugely successful Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival at Ibeam! I was working and couldn't take many photos, but here are two from tonight. Amina Claudine Myers listening session was mind blowing. Thank you to everyone who made this happen!
#music #BrooklynFreeSpiritFestival
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Some of the things I will be playing today. #BrooklynFreeSpiritFestival @ Ibeam 7:30 pm
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July 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Two Anthony Braxton collaborators, Chris DiMeglio and I, will be offering an improvisation workshop covering Braxton music systems, July 13th as part of Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival at Ibeam Brooklyn. Score excerpts provided.
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#music #AnthonyBraxton
June 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Beautiful performance last night at Vision Festival w/Michael Wimberly-drums, Oluyemi Thomas-bass clarinet, JD Parran–sax, William Parker–bass, Lisa Sokolov-voice (on screen Jeff Schlanger-visual art)
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Getting ready to teach my final class at Bennington College. Thank you for the wonderful four years! On to the next.
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Are Chinese AI platforms part of the next music disruption? If 1995-2005 = era of resistance against streaming, 2005-2025 = the simmering period overlapping with the next disruption. So far, it's Chinese-led w/ Mureka, Melodio and Manus barging ahead. Copyright? #music #musicbusiness #Bennington
April 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last night in Red Hook at the Record Shop, Sandy Ewen, Jon Rosenberg, Daniel Carter and others, wonderful evening of neighborhood music.
#music #Brooklyn #RedHook #RecordShop
March 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Using data from IFPI's Global Music Report 2023-25, I created a chart for my students. Strongest revenue growth? Middle East and North Africa. Striking was the huge decline in growth in Asia, which IFPI attributes to the decline in physical sales.
#musicbusiness #musiceducation #music
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Brief stop in D.C. to celebrate the entry of Anthony Braxton’s archive into the Library of Congress. Phenomenal performances, congrats everyone!
@jamesfei.bsky.social @ingridlaubrock.bsky.social #AnthonyBraxton #TriCentric
March 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Fantastic, well-researched book, recommended for all. I’ll return it to the library soon for the next person on the waiting list.
#music #Spotify #LizPelly
March 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Back on campus
#Bennington
February 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Opening day, Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree at the Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. Write a wish, tie to a tree, readers were adding sonic elements throughout the space, go visit if you can. Free. Until Monday. #YokoOno #ParkAvenueArmory
February 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New post on Spotify's aggressive cost-cutting and the path to profitability via falling "cost of revenue", discounted royalties, bundles, the 1000 plays threshold. Plus Universal's fresh deal with Spotify.
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#music #Spotify #CostofRevenue #royalties #bundle #MLC
February 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong at Roulette tonight, timeless ethereal, ephemeral vibrations in front of a full house packed audience. Mesmerizing. Go tomorrow night if you can. #music #EllenFullman #TheresaWong #LongStrongInstrument
January 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Luna Luna at The Shed, story of an amazing community which came together to create something so beautiful, and the story of how it was brought back to life, albeit injured and diminished, almost 40 years later. Hats off to André Heller. lunaluna.com #TheShed #LunaLuna #art #music
January 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Phenomenal performance of Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 98 tonight, with @chrismcintyre.bsky.social , James Fei, Jonathan Finlayson, Richard Carrick. Just wow. #music #AnthonyBraxton
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 AM
"Just about everyone loves an all-star band—who wouldn’t?" Latest album from Geometry reviewed in this issue of The New York City Jazz Record, the collective quartet with Tomeka Reid, Joe Morris, Taylor Ho Bynum and myself.
#GeometryOfPhenomena #NYCJR #music
December 2, 2024 at 3:40 PM