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Pete Calandra
@petecalandra.bsky.social
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I used to be a busy NYC performing musician and media composer, now I walk a dog and take photos in the Hudson Valley and NYC 😉
Assoc. Prof. ACSM @QueensCollege, CUNY
Yamaha Endorsed Musical Artist.
Joined BS 11/13/24
https://linktr.ee/petecalandra
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Nothing like a freshly tuned piano. Tuesday morning offering. Enjoy. #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Piano #Composer #NowPlaying #OnlyBeautifulThings #Art.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Panorama culled from 4 photos of the Catskills by the Ashokan Reservoir. #mountainmonday #blueskymonday #photography #landscape #eastcoastkin
In the foreground is the water. As you look from left to right, there are differing amounts of sunlight reflecting off the water giving each area a different color. There is a mountain in the middle of the photo that has different shades of brown from the trees. The sky is cloudy and transitions to a blue sky as you look up the photo.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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#stunday fall walk on the Ashokan Rail Trail. #Mountains #Nature #Woodstock #Catskills #NewYork
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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#stunday morning blues. Enjoy! #MusicSky #MusicianSky #NowPlaying #Piano #JazzPiano
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#small mosaic tiles in the #EastVillage #blueskyartshow #photography #art #newyorkcity #eastcoastkin
Photo of a street light pole covered with mosaic tiles. The background is the East village in nyc.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Morning view of the gunks. #scape #Cloudscape #MountainScape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #HudsonValley #EastCoastKin
View from New Paltz Village towards the Shawangunk mountains. You can see sky top
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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My students in the recording studio at Queens College, CUNY having their first experience making sounds on a minimoog model d. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #MusicSky #MusicianSky #ElectronicMusic #Synthesizer #MOOG
Photo taken from the top of a staircase, looking down at a bunch of students sitting around watching another student work on creating sounds. There is a drum kit. The photo is in black-and-white and is in a recording studio.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Wednesday morning music. Improvising piano over a loop created on the Moog Matriarch Synthesizer in my studio a few years ago. #musicsky #musiciansky #electronicmusic #ambientmusic #nowplaying #composer #piano #jazzpiano #classicmono #moog
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Not sure if this qualifies as #animalart but this Big Ig spent 3 days on this palm tree outside my window last winter. Iggy Played Guitar lol. #photography #southflorida
photo of an iguana nesting on a palm tree. Quite a bit of green here.
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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A #blue #ambient bit from my minimoog for #blueskymonday and #minimalmonday #minimalism #musicsky #electronicmusic #nowplaying #composer
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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At the Crispell Memorial Church for a Sunday chamber concert. #stunday #nowplaying #classicalmusic #art #musicsky
Inside of an old church with wooden pews, floors and altar with stucco sides and a wooden ceiling. Wooden church ceiling Program for today’s concert.
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Excerpt of a song of mine titled "Chasing A Dream" a #romantic #jazz ballad using some rich and #bright chord voicings for #BlueSkyArtShow #nowplaying #musicsky #musiciansky #piano #jazzpiano #composer #art
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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The Brooklyn Museum is often overlooked. The Met, MOMA, Whitney and Guggenheim are more well known. I love the BM and have seen many great exhibitions there over the years. Went yesterday and saw Monet In Venice. Fabulous #art #scape #painting #brooklyn #photography #eastcoastkin #monet
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Excerpt of my song "Dancing Light" Recorded in 2019. #friday #scape #soundscape #music #musicsky #musiciansky #piano #jazzpiano #composer
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Today is the one year anniversary of joining Bluesky. So many nice and talented people here. #urbangaze
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This train is something to be…
#johnlennon #urbangaze #poughkeepsie #photograph #ilovenewyork
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Heading up to 7th Ave from Penn Station, NYC. #HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #photography #eastcoastkin
Looking up an escalator. There is a glass window in the center of the ceiling surrounded by a map of nyc. The Empire State Building is seen thru the glass.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Paddling
@Wakodahatchee Wetlands one morning last winter. #nature #birdphotography #photography #photography
Blue Heron standing in shallow water. The water is reflecting, golden early morning sunlight. There are green wetland plant, growths all around.
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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How’m I doin? 1984 Mayors Inner Circle with a very young me and Mayor Ed Koch. The Little Shop Of Horrors Company performed a satirical short skit from the show and at the end Mayor K was fed to Audrey II. This could be #horrific for #nightmarenov and #coloraday for my shirt #pinkmon #broadway
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Your #Stunday morning meditation. Recorded this 6 years ago at my home. #musicsky #piano #musiciansky #jazzpiano #ambient #newage #composer.
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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#evening in #NewYorkCity #blueskyartshow #streetphotography #eastcoastkin #art #photography
Portrait view of a New York City St. looking west at sunset. There were people walking on the sidewalks cars on the streets. On either side of the photo or tall buildings. In the distance between the opening of the building buildings is the sky where the colors change from orange by the horizon to dark blue overhead View of an old cathedral in Midtown Manhattan. The light from the sunset casts in orange hue on all the buildings. The visible sky colors rise from pink to dark blue Evening view of Pershing Square by Grand Central Station in New York City. Cutting across the photo is the bridge that contains Park Avenue. The arch of the bridge is illuminated with a lavender color on the street below. The bridge are pedestrians hustling across towards grand above the bridge are office buildings with lit windows A view from Midtown Manhattan, looking south on sixth Avenue. on either side of the Avenue are tall office buildings. in between and above is the early evening sky, where the scattered clouds a pink color from the setting sun.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Winter view out the window of my Upper West Side apt about 10 years ago. Brrrrrr
#scape #cityscape #photography #newyorkcity #eastcoastkin
View of the courtyards behind apartment buildings. It’s winter, there is snow on the ground and on the fire escapes. The sky is cloudy and there are amber hues out of the windows on the right. The view is almost surreal.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Two friends, Ricky Martinez and studio legend, Tom Barney recording Percussion and Bass on a new tune of mine over the past week #humansofbluesky #musicsky #musiciansky #composer #musician #jazz #jazzpiano #latinpercussion #electricbass #recordingstudio
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Biking up 6th Ave towards Radio City during rush hour last night. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #StreetPhotography #Photography #NewYorkCity #EastCoastKin
Photograph looking north on sixth Avenue in New York City. The sidewalk is on the left with people walking on it. On the right is the bicycle lane. This was a handheld long exposure of about a quarter of a second. The bicyclist closest to the camera have motion to them while the rest of the shot is sharp. This is early late afternoon/early evening. The sky has some clouds in it that are reflecting some pink light. On the right are office buildings with radio city music Hall in the distance.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Playing the old tunes. Polka dots and Moonbeams… #musicsky #musiciansky #piano #jazzpiano
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM