Cetaceans, also known as dolphins, whales, and porpoises, are a group of incredible marine mammals whose natural habitat is the wide-open ocean, and they have very rich social lives with their families. They understand themselves as decision making individuals and they are emotional creatures who are easily impacted by their environment. These animals create their own meaningful worlds where they experience life very similarly to us. They have their own memories, stories, and thoughts, but the essence of what makes a cetacean is their social structure. they depend on their families and relationships with others for everything. 

Unfortunately, cetaceans all over the world are losing their habitat, their stories, and their memories. They are losing important intergenerational knowledge passed down from their elders and many of them are endangered. Why is this happening? Because they are seen as less important than us and we exploit them for our own profit and pleasure. The cetaceans have never had the power, they have never had their voices heard, and they have never been treated as equals by humans. Historically, people see themselves as being separate from nature, and separate from non-human species. But everything is interconnected, everything affects everything else. If they suffer, we all suffer

The idea of community involves more than just humans. It is a multi-species community in which everyone, human and non-human, is entangled in. No longer can the decisions we make be human centered and enforce human exceptionalism. We must recognize the entangled, multi-species community that we are a part of. 

We have created a new mode of thinking and understanding of humans' relationship with cetaceans. We call it a storied cetatic entangled community. It values the cetacean's experiences, and it puts humans and non-human animals on the same level. It puts the entangled relationship of humans and nature at the forefront, instead of ignoring it. We strive to embody this. We are Delphinus Orcastra.

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Concept: Eric Treviño and Brittany Jandick-Treviño

Composition: Eric Treviño

Spoken Word: Brittany Jandick-Treviño

Drumset: Nicolas Foster 

Mix & Mastering: Stephen Schultz and Mark Kuykendall

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Their World 🐬

Concept: Eric Treviño and Brittany Jandick-Treviño

Composition: Eric Treviño

Tenor Saxophone: Ryan Youmans

Trumpet: Eric Treviño

Trombone: Zac Lee

Bass Guitar: Stephen Schultz

Piano and Keyboard: Adam Ledbetter 

Drumset: Nicolas Foster 

Mix & Mastering: Stephen Schultz and Mark Kuykendall

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Orca Blue 🐬

Concept: Eric Treviño and Brittany Jandick-Treviño

Composition: Eric Treviño

Tenor Saxophone: Ryan Youmans

Trumpet: Eric Treviño

Trombone: Zac Lee

Bass and Electric Guitar: Stephen Schultz

Piano and Keyboard: Adam Ledbetter 

Drumset: Bill Repavich 

Mix & Mastering: Stephen Schultz and Mark Kuykendall

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Unhemispheric Sleep 🐬

Unihemispheric Sleep 🐬

There’s stars that shine bright above us 
There’s constellations we can see 
We gaze up to those stars above, wishing. 

Those stars do have some limitations 
There’s certain acts they can’t undo
Abductions made to false displays that never change what’s true. 

Sorrow replacing days spent creating waves that once led me home. 
Loneliness inside, nights felt kept from my rights to be near my own. 

We wish on the same stars above us
My one wish is we both live free
To feel at home means everything to those below the skies down through the sea. 

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Concept: Eric Treviño and Brittany Jandick-Treviño

Composition and lyrics: Eric Treviño

Vocalist: Anna Jalkéus

Violin: Olivia McGraw

Tenor Saxophone and Bass Clarinet: Ryan Youmans

Trumpet: Eric Treviño

Trombone: Zac Lee

Bass Guitar: Stephen Schultz

Piano and Keyboard: Adam Ledbetter 

Drumset: Nicholas Foster

Mix & Mastering: Stephen Schultz and Mark Kuykendall

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Delphinus 🐬

We strive to honor and bring awareness to issues facing one of the oceans most incredible inhabitants, Cetaceans! 

We made music to introduce our philosophy! 🐬

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