{"id":118126,"date":"2020-05-12T08:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=118126"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:29:14","slug":"west-oahu-strings-keep-music-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/west-oahu-strings-keep-music-going\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu strings ensemble keeps the music going"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_86410\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c9j9qRE22As?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"糖心视频 West O\u02bbahu strings ensemble keeps the music going\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>It was a two-month journey that ended with about a dozen people making beautiful music, together, virtually. When the campus closed down in March, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/music\/strings\/\">University Strings<\/a> ensemble members, who had been rehearsing weekly for their spring performance, quickly transitioned to plan B.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re going to create this music from our heart and offer it to our community,&rdquo; University Strings Director and <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Associate Professor <strong>Jon Magnussen<\/strong> told the ensemble over a Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble transitioned from holding weekly two-hour in-person rehearsals to online sectional meetings. For Magnussen, this meant four two-hour sectionals a week to cover violins, violas, etc. Members would upload their recorded audio tracks and sectional members would spend time critiquing and refining their performances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5znJmZf0up4&#038;feature=youtu.be\">See and hear their performance online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s a very difficult time for our community, and obviously, in this particular instance, we\u2019re lucky that we\u2019re able to keep the music going,&rdquo; said Magnussen. &ldquo;I thought that it was really important for the students to still have this experience of making the music as a part of the whole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/west-oahu-strings-online-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"U H West Oahu University Strings on zoom\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-118132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/west-oahu-strings-online-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/west-oahu-strings-online-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/west-oahu-strings-online.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Music 410H students and first violinists <strong>Justin Shimazu<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Kobayashi<\/strong> rose to the occasion. But the new way of making music was not without its challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just hate recording with just all my family members moving around the house. They just can\u2019t be quiet,&rdquo; Shimazu shared from his garage during a Zoom meeting with the ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>For the final version of the challenging spring program, each ensemble member recorded their part individually, while playing to a click track, then Magnussen blended the recordings together for the final ensemble performance, with guest pianist Katy Luo.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> University Strings spring 2020 program included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5znJmZf0up4&#038;feature=youtu.be\">Keyboard Concerto in E Major <abbr>BWV<\/abbr> 1053, <abbr title=\"movement\">Mvt<\/abbr>. <abbr title=\"one\">I<\/abbr> Allegro<\/a>&#8212;by J.S. Bach<\/li>\n<li>Pavane&#8212;by Gabriel Faur\u00e9 (<abbr title=\"arranged\">arr.<\/abbr> Magnussen)<\/li>\n<li>Ka <span aria-label=\"Ie\">I&#699;e<\/span> Kuku &#8211; The Kapa Beater&#8212;by Magnussen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re training for a lifelong love of continuing to make music and participate and make music and have that joy,&rdquo; said Magnussen.<\/p>\n<p>While feeling fortunate that <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> was able to give this musical gift to the community, his thoughts are with the larger arts &#699;ohana during pandemic. Magnussen said, &ldquo;I think if you look at our community and music makers that truly depend on their music making to make a living, we really need to think about ways that we can continue to support the arts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More virtual <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> music<\/strong>: <a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/28\/wind-ensemble-virtual-band\/\u201c><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr>\u00a0Wind Ensemble making music together while apart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/choirs-share-virtual-mele\/\u201c><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr>\u00a0M\u0101noa Choirs share virtual mele<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_59610\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcnse_qgJd0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"糖心视频 West O\u02bbahu strings ensemble keeps the music going (social)\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Strings gifts community with a virtual performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[1411,1419,1416,133,59,56],"class_list":["post-118126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-online-instruction","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-music","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118126"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124575,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118126\/revisions\/124575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}