♪ singing my late-night one-verse poem to morning birds...

This one time I opened my window to dive into the night
right into the void, to bathe in starlight
and I hoped you would follow, tell me secrets in the dark
cause I knew this moment would go and not come back
[July 2020]

This one time

Paleontologist Jiangmai O’Connor studies prehistoric bird fossils found in China to answer questions about the evolution of dinosaurs and flight.

Science Friday

Digging For Answers About Avian Ancestors

My Flip for LoopDiggers Jazz Loopers No 2

The FlipSide Down

Local elections included measures from drug reform to wolf reintroduction.

Besides The Presidential Race, Science Was On The Ballot

Here is the preview of my latest 12-track album with field recordings of the Iberian Wolf and their surroundings in Picão, Portugal.
You can listen to the full tracks here: https://melissapons.bandcamp.com/album/wolf-soundscapes

If you'd like to purchase, 50% of the profit will go towards Grupo Lobo, a NGO that focuses on rehabilitating wolves that cannot go back to the wild.

I hope you enjoy this album!

buy on bandcamp

Wolf Soundscapes 06 Gerês

How Do Wildfires Affect Our Bodies?

We hike in the Australian Outback with Abigail Allwood to visit the most ancient fossils on Earth, and track the imprint of life over space and time with David Grinspoon.

Season 3, Episode 9 - Life Bound

Researchers are trying to understand the relationships between communities of bacteria in the human mouth.

Mapping Out The ‘Microbial Skyscrapers’ On Your Tongue

Using 11,000-year old dog genomes, scientists have traced the evolution of the domesticated dog.

Mapping Out The Journey From Wolf To Labradoodle

《手懐けられない光》オーケストラのための

ライヴ・レコーディング : 2020年8月29日、"第30回　芥川也寸志サントリー作曲賞選考演奏会"、サントリーホール（大ホール）にて
演奏 : 沼尻竜典、新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団
©︎（公財）サントリー芸術財団サントリーホール

Live recording : 29 (Sat) Aug, "The 30th Competition of Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award for Music Composition", Main hall in the Suntory Hall
Performance : Ryusuke Numajiri, New Japan Philharmonic
©︎Suntory fondaton for the ARTS, Suntory Hall

« Lumière indomptable » I for orchestra (2020)

I'm contributing some sounds to an upcoming crowdsourced Water & Ice sound effects library. For my contribution, I pulled recordings from a coincidentally-timed recording trip. I recently spent a few very (very) cold nights camped next to a few frozen lakes listening to (and recording) their heaving and sighing and cracking and sloshing. This is a preview of what I heard and will be in the library.

This is a short compilation of some really cool sounds emanating from the lakes. I must emphasize that there is *no* processing here (other than simple editing). Th method here was just set the mics up and let the ice sing (and then edit the takes together). This compilation represents 25 takes that will be included in the crowdsourced library.

There is plenty more where this came from. Fell free to message me if you're interested in hearing more.

Water And Ice Preview

Science, technology, and other cool stuff from public radio's Science Friday. It's brain fun, for curious people. From WNYC Studios.

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