Grant Okamura on Evening Concert

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published May 20, 2022 at 4:43 PM HST

Grant Okamura (left) joins Evening Concert host Sharene Taba (right) in the HPR-2 studio.

Grant Okamura, Professor of Music, Emeritus at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, joins Sharene Taba to talk story about the classical genre within the local band ensemble community.

This interview aired on May 19, 2022.
Evening Concert airs weeknights at 6 p.m. on HPR-2.

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