{"id":341,"date":"2013-02-18T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T03:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2013-12-18T03:18:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T03:18:40","slug":"threads-of-aspiration-derek-nakamoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/threads-of-aspiration-derek-nakamoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads of Aspiration &#8211; Derek Nakamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-342\" alt=\"IMG_9902\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?resize=604%2C402\" width=\"604\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?resize=700%2C466&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?resize=332%2C221&amp;ssl=1 332w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taiko Arts Center supported the creation of &#8220;Threads of Aspiration,&#8221; composed by\u00a0composer\/arranger\/pianist Derek Nakamoto of Los Angeles. Thispiece was premiered at the Taiko Drum and Dance concert as the finale hat celebrates the collaborative spirit of the concert. Nakamoto was born and raised in Honolulu, and currently lives in Los Angeles; he has recorded, arranged, and produced music for Yoko Fujimoto, Michael Bolton, The O\u2019Jays, Teddy Pendergrast, and Hiroshima, among others.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-343 aligncenter\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.62em;\" alt=\"Threads of Aspiration 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?resize=700%2C466&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?resize=332%2C221&amp;ssl=1 332w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9871.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiko Arts Center supported the creation of &#8220;Threads of Aspiration,&#8221; composed by\u00a0composer\/arranger\/pianist Derek Nakamoto of Los Angeles. Thispiece was premiered at the Taiko Drum and Dance concert as the finale hat celebrates the collaborative spirit of the concert. Nakamoto was born and raised in Honolulu, and currently lives in Los Angeles; he has recorded, arranged, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/threads-of-aspiration-derek-nakamoto\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Threads of Aspiration &#8211; Derek Nakamoto<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9902.jpg?fit=1600%2C1066&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taikoartscenter.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}