Episode Notes[The music in this podcast is titled “Aced It” by Ketsa. It is licensed for use under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.]Jade Thomas: Welcome to downtime, the podcast where Northwestern students discuss their hobbies, passions, and other cool thin

downtime episode 1: skateboarding

Nov 21st, 2021 12m 31s

Episode Notes[The music in this podcast is titled “Aced It” by Ketsa. It is licensed for use under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.]THOMAS: Welcome to Downtime, the podcast where Northwestern students discuss their hobbies, passions, and other cool things th

Tenny's Tunes #16: What Music Captures "Summer?"

Nov 8th, 2020 5m 46s

Episode Notes["Summertime," by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald]Hi y'all, it's Tenny. Welcome to another episode of Tenny's Tunes.I know it's way past summer at this point for most people living in the Northern Hemisphere, but whenever I

Tenny’s Tunes #15: Can Piano Sound Like Guitars

Oct 8th, 2020 6m 35s

Episode Notes[“clavar la espada” by Shiro Sagisu]Hi guys, it’s Tenny. Welcome to episode 15 of Tenny’s Tunes. Hope everyone’s doing okay as we head into the final three months of 2020. I hope the worst times have passed, but yet I wonder if w

Tenny’s Tunes #14: 千本桜 (Senbonzakura)

May 26th, 2020 4m 14s

Episode Notes[“千本桜 (Senbonzakura)”] Hi guys, welcome to Episode 14 of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host, Tenny. Hope everyone is safe and healthy. This was arguably the most popular Japanese song in 2014 (by Wagakki Band, a Japanese rock band th

Tenny’s Tunes #13: Clair de Lune

May 1st, 2020 7m 44s

Episode NotesHi guys, welcome to Episode 13 of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host Tenny. Hope everyone is safe and healthy.Inspiration: Back in high school, I volunteered at a local senior center and played piano music for the residents there. I w

Tenny's Tunes #12: Tchaikovsky Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4 in D minor

Apr 15th, 2020 6m 10s

Episode NotesHi guys, welcome to Episode 12 of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host Tenny. Hope everyone is safe and healthy.Inspiration: I was very fortunate to be able to perform a cello piano duet of Tchaikovsky’s Nocturne No. 4 with an elderly F

Tenny's Tunes #11: White Night March

Feb 18th, 2020 4m 25s

Episode Notes[“White Night March” performed by Tenny Tsang]Hi guys, welcome to Episode 11 of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host, Tenny. Today, we are not going the fancy route. Just plain old piano with no other accompaniment. This piece is a mov

Tenny's Tunes #10: Stärker

Jan 30th, 2020 4m 34s

Episode Notes[“Stärker” By Tenny Tsang]Hi guys, welcome to episode ten of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host Tenny. Before we dive in, I want to wish everyone a safe, healthy and successful 2020. For some time, I have been thinking of getting

Tenny's Tunes #10: Stärker

Jan 29th, 2020 4m 34s

Tenny's Tunes #9: C-Pop 101

Nov 19th, 2019 4m 56s

Episode Notes[周杰倫 - 三年二班 Backing Track, by Studio One]Hi guys, welcome to episode nine of Tenny’s Tunes! I am your host, Tenny. As promised last time, I’ll be discussing C-pop, or Chinese pop music. People all over the world are familiar wi

Tenny's Tunes #8: Be The King, E-Dubble

Oct 23rd, 2019 4m 50s

Episode Notes[“Tribute to E-Dubble,” arranged by Tenny Tsang]Hi guys, welcome back to Tenny’s Tunes! I am your host Tenny.It’s been a while but I am back! We are continuing this series this year that I started around the same time last year.

Tenny's Tunes Ep 7 - Practice, Practice, Practice

May 21st, 2019 10m 23s

Episode Notes[I. Shinji, 1997 Evangelion Symphony by the New Japan Philharmonic]Hi guys! Welcome to episode seven of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host, Tenny. For the past couple episodes, we took a look at some of the greatest pieces composed d

Tenny's Tunes Ep 6 - Rimsky-Korsakov and the Arabian Nights

Apr 23rd, 2019 8m 45s

Episode NotesHi guys! Welcome to episode six of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host Tenny. Last time we discussed Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C Sharp Minor, which describes his very own funeral he dreamed of as a 19-year-old. It was said that the pie

Tenny's Tunes #5 - Rachmaninoff, Death at 19

Feb 20th, 2019 8m 28s

Episode Notes(Clair de Lune, Debussy)Hi guys! Welcome to episode five of Tenny’s Tunes! I am your host, Tenny.Looking back, we have covered a variety of music, from popular Japanese anime original soundtracks to what I call the genre of online

Tenny's Tunes Ep 4 - Childhood Idol, Case Closed

Jan 15th, 2019 7m 19s

Episode Notes[Background: Thelonious Monk - Don’t Blame Me]Welcome to episode four of Tenny’s Tunes. I am your host, Tenny!Now, I wanna spend some time taking you back to childhood. Our childhood. In cognitive psychology, we learned that cr