Mario Godoy

@godoymusic.com

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Composer (concert/film/games), Sound Designer, Educator, Saxophonist, Synth Nerd, Coffee Snob Mostly posting about music, games, skateboarding Oakland, CA He/him Mariogodoy.com

Me, skateboarding, doing a nose stall revert on a baby quarter pipe
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.
Screenshot of a piano staff in the new Sibelius notation software update using cross-staff beaming with accidentals repeated in the upper staff.
Two chihuahua mixes on a dog bed, one with white fur and a blue harness, the other with tan fur under a blanket with tongue hanging out. As well as a fluffy black cat in loaf position behind the dogs. All snuggled up in front of a wall heater.
Me playing a drum pattern with my hand on the pedal described above
Guitar pedal style box with three pedal switches and three 1/8” mono output jacks. Painted with a red butterfly nebula.
Me, skateboarding, doing a frontside 50-50 front shuv out with a sketchy landing on a “sushi dish” obstacle
Me skating a 4.5 foot mini ramp. Trick sequence BS 50-50, rock to fakie, and an attempted half cab feeble stall that missed locking into the coping resulting in me falling and slamming my hip into the coping then sliding down the ramp on my back.
Vintage Sony reel-to-reel tape machine operating in foreground with modular synth in background.
Me skateboarding doing a frontside 180 to switch 50/50 grind to fakie front 180 out on a wooden box
Me skateboarding. Tricks include: Pop shuv it, front shuv, BS 180, FS 180, BS half cab, FS half cab, fakie 3 shuv, fakie big spin
Red Behringer Neutron semi-modular synthesizer on top of my desk.
Galaxy Foil full art plains and swamp card from Magic: the Gathering Edge of Eternities that were miscut.
Big green egg brand meat probe with 1/8” TS connector
1926 Martin Handcraft Alto Saxophone. In original case with blue velvet lining.
Me doing a backside 50-50 grind on a 4ft mini ramp in Oakland.
Red t shirt with Garfield the cat sleeping and a thought bubble above his that says “LASAGNA”
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
Me doing a 50-50 grind on a small slanted round rail at a DIY skatepark.
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.
Me skateboarding doing a frontside 50-50 grind on a quarter pipe.
Me skateboarding and doing a backside board slide on a round flat bar at a skatepark in Alameda, CA with the famous Port of Oakland cranes in the background.
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.
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
Screenshot of Sibelius notation software showing my arrangement of a rock version of a popular movie theme for my school's graduation.
Me skateboarding on a small quarter pipe practicing some basic tricks.
KEXP Secret Lair basic lands set featuring various illustrations of concert settings, along with the MTG mana symbols.
Me and @samgodoy.com taking a selfie (ussie?) in front of the Berkeley Art Museum entrance.
Picture of makeup shelf at Sephora with foundation palettes that says “FACE BY MARIO”
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?
Me doing an ollie over a cone.
Three clips of me skating: FS 50-50 grind, dropping in on 10 ft bowl, and an ollie down a three-stair then up a ledge the same height as the three-stair.
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
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.
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
Video of me doing an ollie to nose manual on a small manual pad
Survey question sent to students that says: Best Musical Artist with the choices: • Michael Jackson • Led Zeppelin • Beethoven • Kendrick Lamar • Arca • KSI • Bruno Mars • Nettspend • John Lennon • Drake • Mozart • MF Doom • Fetty Wap • Mario Godoy • Chappell Roan • VOCES 8 • Dimitri Shostakovich • Jorge • Beatles • Jimi Hendrix • Taylor Swift • Lana Del Ray • Big Thief
Me skating a ledge/manual pad at the local diy park. FS 180 to switch 50-50 to fakie 180 out
FRICTION PRESENTS HARD TIMES Feb 26 & 28 @ 7:30 pm Berkeley Piano Club & St. Marks Episcopal Fudo Myoo Trevor Weston (b. 1967) The Four Quarters i - Nightfalls ii - Morning Dew iii - Days iv - The Twenty-fifth Hour Thomas Adès (b. 1971) String Quartet no. 4 "Insects and Machines" Vivian Fung(b. 1975) Song for Melan and Rafik Tigran Hamasyan (b. 1987) arr. Kevin Rogers Friction Quartet Otis Harriel, Violin Kevin Rogers, Violin Mitso Floor, Viola Doug Machiz, Cello
Screenshot of email that reads: Hi Mario, Oh no. It's another email about Al... (Spoilers for 2025: they're going to keep on coming) But that's why we're sliding into your inbox today - Al will not be denied. And, as such, your school should be introducing and embracing the possibilities Al tools bring to the table.
Screen shot from an email that reads: The California State University News Update CSU Announces Landmark Initiative to Become Nation's First and Largest AI-Empowered University System This week, the California State University (CSU), the largest and most diverse public four-year university in the country, announced a first-of-its-kind public-private initiative with some of the world's leading tech companies, including Adobe, Alphabet (Google), AWS, IBM, Instructure, Intel, LinkedIn, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom. This initiative aims to leverage the power of artificial intelligence to create an Al-powered higher education system that could surpass any existing model in both scale and impact.
California Newt squaring up to kick my ass
Email intro addressed to "Employee Mario"
Selection of email that reads: Hi Mario, Saw on Linkedin that you attended San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Did you ever enjoy the annual Concerto Competition? I heard it's an exciting showcase where students celebrate their talents and the atmosphere is filled with enthusiasm and camaraderie! That said, any chance you're in the market for outsourced software engineers?
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Video of me skateboarding at Rockridge BART Station curbs doing a backside slappy crook to regular.
Jarritos Mandarin flavored Native deodorant at target (priced at $15.89)
Logic Pro session showing an electric guitar audio track with a bunch of takes stitched together as well as warp markers and adjustments where I couldn't play the part perfectly in time.
Muppet Babies Country Fiddle plastic toy in original packaging. Bow not pictured. Text also reads: Molded Chin REst, Adjustable Strings, Pre-rosined bow, Ages 3 and up. The instrument has stickers with baby Kermit and Piggy in western outfits with lots of stars.
Schoenhut toy piano logo with the slogan “MARK WELL THE NAME”
VCV Rack virtual Eurorack synthesizer patch
Onyx coffee advent calendar box. Black with gold detailing including an illustration of a deer and the words “Peace on Earth”.
The band Fishtank Ensemble: two violinists, bass, accordion, guitar, and what I think is a Chinese Sanxian.
Red bag of coffee beans from Reanimator coffee roasters. Label says: NOTES: fruit punch sour candy red wine REGION: Tolima GROWN BY: El Vergel Estate ELEVATION: 1,400 masl guava banana colombia Their sticker also says washed process, but it’s a packaging error and it’s actually an anaerobic natural
Screenshot from mariogodoy.com featuring my headshot, text that says "composer, saxophonist, & sound designer," and a footer that has social media buttons for Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.
Screenshot of my bluesky profile header showing a follower count of 679
A rectangular Bam trekking saxophone case with a small pocket toward the top and a larger pocket toward the bottom. The case kind of looks like the characters from the game Among Us.
IG post from Volti SF advertising their upcoming concert featuring works by Anna Hege, Angelica Negrón, and Kaija Saariaho. The ad includes AI generated art of cyborgs, speakers and wires, and piano keyboards with incorrect key layouts.
Today's Program Joseph Young Conductor Silvestre Revueltas Redes Suite I. The Fisherman: The Child's Funeral II. Segunda parte Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 Lisa Delan soprano Intermission Kris Bowers For A Younger Self Bay Area Premiere I. Moderato ma non troppo II. Larghetto (gently) III. Presto (with ease and confidence) Charles Yang violin Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Prologue (Allegro moderato) Somewhere (Adagio) Scherzo (Vivace e leggiero) Dance at the Gym (also called "Mambo") Cha-cha (Andantino con grazia) Meeting Scene (Meno mosso) Cool Fugue (Allegretto) Rumble (Molto allegro) Finale (Adagio)
An email which reads: Hi Mario, As a music composer, you know the importance of seamlessly blending different elements. But when it comes to managing IT at a school, achieving that harmony can feel like conducting an orchestra without a baton.