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Classical Music Conversations

Tuesday Student Takeover: College Edition: Triston Roberts

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published November 19, 2023 at 2:32 PM HST

Triston Roberts is a self taught musician and composer/arranger. Roberts visits Classical Pacific before heading off to start his second year at Brown Univeristy. The Mid Pacific Institute graduate talks about adjusting to life on the East Coast, and how hard work and staying with his passion for music has helped him as he attends one of the nationʻs most prestigious schools.

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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Sharene Keli`ipunilei Lum Taba is a harpist and is married to Jazz bassist and educator, Dean Taba.

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