Junpei Arakawa
Junpei Arakawa first became interested in orchestras while monitoring wind shifts at remote weather stations and noticing that reed players treated a sudden instrument failure like a localized pressure system. In their forties, Junpei became impossible to talk to about anything else after a principal oboe emergency was called solved, then returned three bars later with the same unstable reed and a new seating implication.
Articles by Junpei Arakawa
Second Violin Section Petitions for Recognition as 'Emotionally Essential'
The section's written statement argues that 'without the second violins, the first violins are just showing off to no one,' and demands acknowledgment of their 'harmonic contributions to the human spirit.'
Harpist's Pre-Concert Tuning Mistaken for Actual Performance, Receives Standing Ovation
The 47-string instrument's glissando warmup was so well received that the audience sat down in visible disappointment when the actual program began with a Haydn overture.
Conductor Discovers Mid-Performance That Score on Stand Is Wrong Piece Entirely
Maestro realized twelve bars into the Dvořák that the score propped on her stand was actually the Tchaikovsky programmed for next week, but continued conducting from memory while her page turner flipped through 'increasingly irrelevant pages.'