Classical Music Conversations

Tuesday Student Takeover: College Edition: David Robinson

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published November 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM HST

David Robinson studies dance at University of San Francisco. The classically trained ballet dancer from Ballet Hawaii talks to Mid-Pacific Institute classmate, musician Matin Boulos. Robinson and Boulos recently performed in San Francisco Conservatory of Musicʻs Maui Benefit Concert- a collaboration of music and interpretive dance. They share this recorded interview as Robinson starts his second year at USF.

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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

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.

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