Bob Mondello, who jokes that he was a jinx at the beginning of his critical career — hired to write for every small paper that ever folded in Washington, just as it was about to collapse — saw that jinx broken in 1984 when he came to NPR.
Classical musicians historically worked multiple jobs to make ends meet, including renowned composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Hawaiʻi musicians are no exception.