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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.

Trombonist Luke Watanabe

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 Keli`ipunilei Lum Taba is a harpist and is married to Jazz bassist and educator, Dean Taba.

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