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Grant Okamura visits Classical Pacific

Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba with Oahu Civic Orchestra conductor Grant Okamura
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Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba with Oahu Civic Orchestra conductor Grant Okamura

Everybody's favorite band director and mentor, Grant Okamura, University of Hawaiʻi Professor of Music, emeritus visits to talk about Oahu Civic Orchestra's upcoming concert, the incredible band and orchestra programs in the state, and his friends and colleagues in Hawaiʻi's music community.

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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