Markdavin Obenza
HIKE 02: Sauer’s Mountain (Central Cascades, WA)
My brother scored tickets to hike the enchantments this September 2021 and I’m going on a bunch of hikes to get my butt in shape. Will be...
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Markdavin Obenza
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
HIKE 01: Margaret’s Way (Issaquah Alps, WA)
My brother scored tickets to hike the enchantments this September 2021 and I’m going on a bunch of hikes to get my butt in shape. Will be...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
What the Allegri Miserere obsession tells us
Byrd Ensemble, directed by Markdavin Obenza Left to Right: Christina Siemens, Sarra Sharif Doyle, Joshua Haberman, Thomas Segen The...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Apr 12, 2021
- 1 min
Our Cultural Lanes
Do we prefer groups that perform music from their own country or culture? It's not easy selling an American group performing European...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Fighting Intolerance with Conversation
The mission at hand is to defeat COVID. I get it. We are glued to our screens—checking the latest infection rates, vaccine availability,...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
UNMASKED: Recording choral performances in COVID
We used camera cloning techniques to record everyone singing their part individually which would be combined together in post production.
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Markdavin Obenza
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Musical Appropriation
Issues of musical appropriation are shaping the musical landscape, and not for the better. Cultural appropriation is the norm. Humanity...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Pater peccavi
It's been just over a year since we were on the analog stage. Nothing like a pandemic to remind us how important those moments are, when...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Jul 4, 2020
- 2 min
Fourth of July Reflection
I was supposed to be a lawyer (eventually President), my brother a doctor, and sister a nurse. My parents had this all planned out when...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
St. Mark's needed an acoustic shell, so we built one.
Originally posted 9/30/2014 The need was apparent after Byrd Ensemble's performance of Handel's Dixit Dominus with the Seattle Baroque...
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Markdavin Obenza
- Dec 5, 2014
- 4 min
Arvo Pärt’s sound world
I fell in love with the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b.1935) right away. I was seduced by his meditative and contemplative...
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