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Tuesday Student Takeover: Ashley Ikeda

Ashley Ikeda plays the piano, sings, arranges music and plays percussion at Punahou School. The tenth grader tells us about the music that she is working on, her arranging, and teaching elementary students how to play music.

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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