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Tuesday Student Takeover: Arabella Tan

Harpist/Pianist, Arabella Tan is the co-founder of WikiVision, a non-profit that aims to provide free cataract surgeries for uninsured and under-insured community members. Tan shares music that will be performed by students in a Fundraising Concert this weekend, Saturday, Aug. 24 at ʻIolani School. Tan is in the 11th grade at ʻIolani,and will be joined by 16 friends in this free concert. Learn more about WikiVision at wikivision.info.

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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