Music

I mainly play two instruments: the piano, which everyone knows, and the marimba, a large keyboard percussion instrument.

I’ve played the piano since I was 8, taking lessons through the end of high school and continuing to play on my own since. I started playing percussion in band class in 5th grade, and also did marching band and winter drumline (a.k.a. indoor percussion) in all four years of high school. During college, I took marimba lessons for 4 semesters.

Below are some pieces I’ve played recently.

Piano:

• Matoya’s Cave – Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III – Nobuo Uematsu, arr. by Hiroyuki Nakayama (info)
• Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語) – Ryo, arr. by Animenz (listen on YouTube)
• A Cruel Angel’s Thesis (残酷な天使のテーゼ / Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze) – Hidetoshi Sato, arr. by Budoutou (listen on YouTube)
• Carrying You (君をのせて / Kimi o Nosete) – Joe Hisaishi, arr. by Kaho Ishikawa (purchase)
• Pathetique Sonata, Mvt. 1 – Beethoven (download from IMSLP)
• Moonlight Sonata, Mvt. 1 – Beethoven (download from IMSLP)
• Turkish March (Sonata No. 11, Rondo) – Mozart (download from IMSLP)

Marimba:

• Partita No. 1 in B Minor, Sarabande – J.S. Bach (download from IMSLP)
• Transformation of Pachelbel’s Canon – Johann Pachebel, arranged by Nanae Mimura (purchase)
• Memories of the Seashore (遥かな海 / Haruka na Umi) – Keiko Abe (purchase)