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Skye Aoki has been playing the violin since she was 3 years old. The Punahou 10th grader talks about her love of Beethoven and advises young students to study music they are interested in.
Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.
Now a 10th grader at Punahou School, pianist & violinist Aya Okimoto revisits Tuesday Student Takeover with her new 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, The World Wave Music Festival. Dedicated to empowering young artists around the world with an accessible platform to showcase their musical talent, The World Wave Music Festival is free to enter. Aya Okimoto invites music students of all ages to participate in this event which caters to all aspiring artists looking for a chance to shine and grow in their musical craft. Deadlline to submit is November 13, 2024.https://www.wavefestival.orgAya Okimoto studies with Steven Casano, Iggy Jang and Duane Padilla.
HPR's 2024 summer interns join our Tuesday Student Takeover for a college edition. Both Tori DeJournett and Alyssa Salcedo participated in the journalism program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. They share their experiences as interns at various organizations and talk about the projects they worked on at HPR through intern programs with the Dow Jones News Fund and the Society of Professional Journalists.