Composer Gabriela Lena Frank appointed University Artist in Residence at Pacific, partnering with @musicatpacific.bsky.social to create the Inclusive Music Initiative (IMI), modeling approaches from her Creative Academy of Music. Plus, student road trips to see her opera in NYC and Chicago!
Pacific partnership with Latin Grammy Award-winning composer establishes Inclusive Music Initiative
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October 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank appointed University Artist in Residence at Pacific, partnering with @musicatpacific.bsky.social to create the Inclusive Music Initiative (IMI), modeling approaches from her Creative Academy of Music. Plus, student road trips to see her opera in NYC and Chicago!
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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RIP the unstoppable force that was Eddie Palmieri. An academy of music, a combustion engine. Take five minutes out of your human experience to sit with this performance, and consider how many elements are in thrilling convergence.
Eddie Palmieri - Revolt La Libertad Logico (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Eddie Palmieri
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August 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
RIP the unstoppable force that was Eddie Palmieri. An academy of music, a combustion engine. Take five minutes out of your human experience to sit with this performance, and consider how many elements are in thrilling convergence.
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I've been working on a proposal for a pop aural skills/ear training book with my NYU colleague Samantha Bassler, and we're about to send it off to the reviewers. I want to talk it through a little on here because I'm nervous about how it will go over, and because we still don't have a title.
July 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is Lola. She is one of the most skilled soccer dribblers we've ever seen, so it makes sense that she's already capturing footage for her documentary. 14/10
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10/10 Huge thanks & congrats to the Liu group, @isaacwitte.bsky.social George Lampe @eitzingersimon.bsky.social and the rest of the team!!
Read the full thread here: bsky.app/profile/isaa...
Read the full thread here: bsky.app/profile/isaa...
May 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
10/10 Huge thanks & congrats to the Liu group, @isaacwitte.bsky.social George Lampe @eitzingersimon.bsky.social and the rest of the team!!
Read the full thread here: bsky.app/profile/isaa...
Read the full thread here: bsky.app/profile/isaa...
Big day. Big, big, day. Way to go, Ike!
Excited to introduce evoCAST: a platform for efficient, programmable gene integration in human cells. This work, a close collab between my PhD lab (Liu group) and @sternberglab.bsky.social, has been such a fun journey to help lead. Huge thanks to all contributors!
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Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase
Programmable gene integration in human cells has the potential to enable mutation-agnostic treatments for loss-of-function genetic diseases and facilitate many applications in the life sciences. CRISP...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Big day. Big, big, day. Way to go, Ike!
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
This is the best of what I learned in school bands, that everyone belongs. That we all play our part.
These musicians and educators, these students, semper fidelis.
These musicians and educators, these students, semper fidelis.
Retired service band members united to play in concert with young musicians after their show was canceled due to President Trump’s executive order ending DEI programs. https://cbsn.ws/4iaHcKm
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is the best of what I learned in school bands, that everyone belongs. That we all play our part.
These musicians and educators, these students, semper fidelis.
These musicians and educators, these students, semper fidelis.
When the history of this time is memorialized, our progeny will write about civil servants the way our forebears wrote about Paul Revere.
March 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When the history of this time is memorialized, our progeny will write about civil servants the way our forebears wrote about Paul Revere.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Questlove counterpoint. Brilliant.
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
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January 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Questlove counterpoint. Brilliant.
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The world has passed “peak child”
January 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The world has passed “peak child”
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Having been through this multiple times with family and friends who both lost everything in a fire and those who did not…a few thoughts about what they/we need at this time:
January 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Having been through this multiple times with family and friends who both lost everything in a fire and those who did not…a few thoughts about what they/we need at this time:
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For my string educator friends, a list of Asian American String Orchestra Works!
About 100 works listed here so far and note that I didn't list the humongous catalogue of Soon Hee Newbold! Y'all should already know about her anyway, right? 😄
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/composition/...
About 100 works listed here so far and note that I didn't list the humongous catalogue of Soon Hee Newbold! Y'all should already know about her anyway, right? 😄
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/composition/...
January 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
For my string educator friends, a list of Asian American String Orchestra Works!
About 100 works listed here so far and note that I didn't list the humongous catalogue of Soon Hee Newbold! Y'all should already know about her anyway, right? 😄
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/composition/...
About 100 works listed here so far and note that I didn't list the humongous catalogue of Soon Hee Newbold! Y'all should already know about her anyway, right? 😄
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/composition/...
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2025 FACTS
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
January 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
2025 FACTS
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
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Jimmy Carter hosted a concert featuring some of the greatest jazz musicians in June 1978. The list is astonishing.
December 31, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Jimmy Carter hosted a concert featuring some of the greatest jazz musicians in June 1978. The list is astonishing.
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And once more, in honor of the great Linda Lavin.
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Letters, we get letters! (part 2)
[further adventures in correspondence and housekeeping]
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December 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM
And once more, in honor of the great Linda Lavin.
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Something’s in my eye…
Here are the Top 10 Dogs of the YEAR!
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Top 10 Dogs of the YEAR!
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December 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Something’s in my eye…
President Carter was America’s most musical president. Musicians got him elected as Governor & later upped his image during his 1st presidential campaign. Wendell Whalum & the immortal Morehouse Glee Club. Robert Shaw & the ASO & Chorus. Willie (when weed was illegal), Cecil Wilson. Carter got it.
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December 30, 2024 at 4:08 AM
President Carter was America’s most musical president. Musicians got him elected as Governor & later upped his image during his 1st presidential campaign. Wendell Whalum & the immortal Morehouse Glee Club. Robert Shaw & the ASO & Chorus. Willie (when weed was illegal), Cecil Wilson. Carter got it.
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You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
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Black musicians, composers, music scholars predated the Renaissance and, not surprisingly, existed outside of the Western world. Let’s stop pretending composition, musicology, and music theory only existed in Europe.
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Early Black Musicians, Composers, and Music Scholars (505-1505 CE)
While musing about how exclusion of Blacks is built into music academia as a colonial driven knowledge system, I (as usual) posted those thoughts to a twitter thread It was obviously not my first. …
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December 6, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Black musicians, composers, music scholars predated the Renaissance and, not surprisingly, existed outside of the Western world. Let’s stop pretending composition, musicology, and music theory only existed in Europe.
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/bmc_505-1505/
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/bmc_505-1505/
Arrival here after leaving there.
November 17, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Arrival here after leaving there.