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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 18/03/2026

OK, here's something: from November 7, 1954. This says the PREMIERE was on November 20.

OPERAS: "The Cask of Amontillado," a one-act opera by Julia Perry based on Edgar Allan Poe's story, will have its première on Nov. 20 at the McMillin Theatre.
It will have a stylized production and will form the second half of the Columbia University Orchestra program led by Howard Shanet. . . . Opera 55, which recently gave the Robert Law-rence-Bernard Rogers work "The Veil" will present the New York première of another short opera on Nov. 23. It will be Hugo Weis-gall's "The Tenor," with a libretto by John R. Allen and Karl Shapiro drawn from a play by Frank Wedekind. The performance will be at the Provincetown Playhouse. ... On Wednesday the Baltimore Symphony, under Massimo Freccia, will give a concert performance of Mussorgsky's
"Boris Godunov," with • Jerome Hines in the title role.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 25/02/2026

Looks like they still haven't fixed the cross-staff accidentals issue.

Screenshot of a piano staff in the new Sibelius notation software update using cross-staff beaming with accidentals repeated in the upper staff.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 06/02/2026

And since it’s a gate pedal, it can basically be used for anything.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 06/02/2026

DIY’d a little gate pedal to control the looper on my modular synth while I’m playing. Pretty happy with this one. Butterfly nebula painting by @samgodoy.com

Guitar pedal style box with three pedal switches and three 1/8” mono output jacks. Painted with a red butterfly nebula.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 20/10/2025

Found this reel-to-reel for cheap at an estate sale. I had no idea if it would work, but today I loaded a tape reel on it and it worked perfectly! This is my first little tape-delay experiment. #reeltoreel #modularsynth #eurorack

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 14/09/2025

A little flatground practice

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 14/09/2025

Today, I said farewell to my Neutron, my entry into the world of modular. It taught me so much, but ended up collecting dust after I got my Eurorack setup. Here's hoping it brings the next person as much joy as it brought me.

Red Behringer Neutron semi-modular synthesizer on top of my desk.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 04/08/2025

For any Magic the Gathering misprint/miscut collectors out there, I've got these stunning miscut galaxy foil Edge of Eternities lands for auction on the Misprints/Miscuts/Oddities Sharing & Selling FB Group. These were from two separate packs but they look like they were neighbors on a miscut sheet.

Galaxy Foil full art plains and swamp card from Magic: the Gathering Edge of Eternities that were miscut.

The back of the swamp and plains cards with thick borders on the right side, showing the off-center nature of the cards.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 26/07/2025

Think it’s eurorack compatible?

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 21/07/2025

Stellar FB Marketplace find! 1926 Martin Handcraft alto sax. Bought for $60. A perfect little project horn.

1926 Martin Handcraft Alto Saxophone. In original case with blue velvet lining.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 10/07/2025

Weekday sunset skate session. Must be summer.

Me doing a backside 50-50 grind on a 4ft mini ramp in Oakland.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 08/07/2025

Should I go back and get this shirt?

Red t shirt with Garfield the cat sleeping and a thought bubble above his that says “LASAGNA”

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 22/06/2025

Tried my hand at my first Arena Direct since I've been doing pretty great with Final Fantasy limited and got one of the worst sealed pools I've ever opened. Tried to make Boros equipment work for me, but no luck.

Screenshot of Magic The Gathering Arena showing six cards that were opened in the Arena Direct selaed pool:
2x Raubahn af Ala Mhigo, Vaan, Street Theif, 2x Golbez, Crystal Collector, Ultima

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 15/06/2025

New skateboarding unlock: Finally worked up the courage to learn how to 50-50 a round rail.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 09/06/2025

Three-hour wait for this Secret Lair, and I doubt I'll be able to get anything I actually want. This whole system sucks.

screen shot of the Secret Lair Louge that reads: Welcome to the Secret Lair Lounge
Calculating your position in line...
This may take a few moments.
The line is paused.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 26/05/2025

Managed to learn a new one too. The mental barrier of coming back in the ramp backwards was a tricky one to get over.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 26/05/2025

Best way to spend a day off.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 24/05/2025

This new semi-modular looks sick

One of those toys with the wooden beads with colorful metal and wires that you typically find at a doctor’s office. It resembles the rainbow spaghetti of cables used in modular synths.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 20/05/2025

Berkeley Symphony is once again showing the world how it's done.

$Berkeley Symphony 2025-26 Symphonic Series Announcement: NEW SEASON NEW PERSPECTIVES NEW ERA ANNOUNCING BERKELEY SYMPHONY'S NEW SEASON Symphonic Series Concerts All Concerts at First Congregational Church of Berkeley Visions of Elysium Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 4 p.m. DINA GILBERT, guest conductor GABRIEL CABEZAS, cello Works by Samy Moussa, Alyssa Weinberg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven Refracted Light Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 4 p.m. EDWIN OUTWATER, guest conductor HELEN KIM, violin Works by Samuel Adams, Yaz Lancaster, and Franz Joseph Haydn Worlds Beyond Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 4 p.m. MING LUKE, guest conductor LAQUITA MITCHELL, soprano Works by Juan Pablo Contreras, Richard Strauss, Missy Mazzoli, and Dmitri Shostakovich Fables and Folklore Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 4 p.m. CAROLYN KUAN, guest conductor MARC TEICHOLZ, guitar Works by Huang Ruo, Clarice Assad, and Antonín Dvořák$

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 08/05/2025

I've grown tired of arranging different versions of Pomp and Circumstance for our school's graduation. Trying something new this year. Name that tune.

Screenshot of Sibelius notation software showing my arrangement of a rock version of a popular movie theme for my school's graduation.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 05/05/2025

Practicing the fundamentals

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 28/04/2025

KEXP Secret Lair??!?! Be still, my heart

KEXP Secret Lair basic lands set featuring various illustrations of concert settings, along with the MTG mana symbols.

KEXP Group Hug secret Lair cards featuring concert poster sytle art and includes Cultural Exchange, Folio of Fancies, Concordant Crossroads, Rites of Flourishing, Font of Mythos

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 20/04/2025

Happy birthday @samgodoy.com! We took a birthday afternoon out to the Berkeley Art Museum

Me and @samgodoy.com taking a selfie (ussie?) in front of the Berkeley Art Museum entrance.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 19/04/2025

These emails I get that are clearly written by AI are getting weirder

Email to me that reads:

Hello Mario,
I've been thinking about how music educators who also handle tech director duties ever find time to recharge-your dual role at Maybeck High School caught my eye. The educator burnout conversation feels especially relevant to someone juggling both worlds.

Your composition work and saxophone background is impressive... that grant from SF
Friends of Chamber Music for the Einsteinium Saxophone Quartet speaks volumes about your talent.

We've got something that might interest you: wooded homesites (2-7 acres) at Red Oak Hills, just 6 miles from Nocona. Unlike undeveloped land that takes forever to use, these properties come with high-speed internet already installed
—perfect for remote composition work while maintaining your school commitments.

Could we schedule a quick 10-minute chat to see if this might be a good fit for your situation?

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 06/04/2025

Got out to a park with my good friend and brilliant composer Matthew Welch! It’s been a little while since I visited a proper skatepark. Had to relearn a few things (like dropping in on vert).

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 31/03/2025

At least we have this superstar

Magic the Gathering Card depicting a DInosaur Hippo with saber teeth.
Card text reads:
Keruga, the Macrosage
{3}{G/U}{G/U}
Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Hippo

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with mana value 3 or greater and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.)

When Keruga enters, draw a card for each other permanent you control with mana value 3 or greater.

5/4

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 26/03/2025

Took a group of students to the Audium in SF today to hear some of the sounds they’ve been creating for the past two weeks played through 176 speakers

a group of students seated in the Audium theater in San Francisco. The venue has acoustic panels in a circular formation hanging from the ceiling as well as a wide array of speakers hanging from the ceiling and mounted in the walls.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 22/03/2025

Did a little record shopping today with @samgodoy.com. Check the alt text for the line up.

Grid of 12 records laid out on a rug. Records are:
Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams
Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy
Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
Ryan Lott - Pentaptych
Mary Lattimore and Paul Sukeena - West Kensington
Joseph Shabason - Welcome to Hell
Clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
Judd Greenstein and Nadia Sirota - In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves
Superorganism - World Wide Pop
Black Swan - Repetition Hymns

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 16/03/2025

Old dog learning new tricks. Gotta come back next week to get it cleaner.

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Mario Godoy @godoymusic.com · 14/03/2025

The student leaders at my school sent out a "best of the year" survey for all of the students to vote for. The competition in the "Best Musical Artist" category is intense.