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Tuesday Student Takeover: College Edition: Kaiulani Rita Dunn

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Published June 27, 2024 at 11:18 PM HST

Harpist Kaiulani Rita Dunn grew up in South Carolina and is an accomplished harpist who started her music studies on ukulele with her mother. Dunn will be attending Cleveland Institute of Music in the Fall to do her graduate studies with Yolanda Kondonassis. The pieces included in this interview were all performed by Kaiulani Rita Dunn and they are: Salzedoʻs Mirage, Grandjanyʻs Rhapsody and Handelʻs Concerto for Harp in Bb Major..
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Classical Music Conversations Tuesday Student Takeover
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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