Punahou graduate and 2nd year student at Caltech, Bao Nguyen shares his experiences as a pianist and violinist while studying chemistry at the prestigious school.
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.
Maui High School graduate Skyler Stook is a Communicolgy major at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He taught himself to play the guitar and is in the Universityʻs Jazz Ensemble. Skyler Stook brought in his guitar and played music, shared how he got interested in jazz, and offered advice for anyone wanting to learn the guitar.
In his last year at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, we speak with J. P. Ovens, a composition major who plays the bassoon and electric bass. Originally from Las Vegas, J.P. gives advice to young musicians and musicians looking at studying at U.H.-Manoa.