Sylvia Flores on Classical Pacific

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba,

Sylvia Flores

Published June 29, 2024 at 6:58 PM HST

Sylvia Flores beats the summer blues with her favorite sad classical pieces. An organizer of events for Generation Listen, Flores is HPR's Marketing
Digital Content Producer and a former clarinetist who is very fond of your home for classical music.

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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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Sylvia Flores

A longtime HPR sustaining member who is often tuned into HPR-2, Sylvia Flores co-chaired the HPR Generation Listen communications committee before joining the HPR staff in 2021. She is currently a digital producer for HPR.

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