Classical Music Conversations

Tuesday Student Takeover: Luke Watanabe

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published July 17, 2024 at 11:08 AM HST

Kalani High School graduate, Luke Watanabe will be performing with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra this summer as one of the Nā Hōkū ʻŌpio Young Stars Concerto Competition winners. Trombone player Watanabe talks about his wonderful teachers and his busy summer before his Freshmen Year at UNLV as a Music Education major this fall.

This Tuesday Student Takeover aired on July 16, 2024. Listen on demand to more student takeovers.

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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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