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Tuesday Student Takeover: Ashley Ikeda

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published October 22, 2024 at 11:09 PM HST

Now a Junior at Punahou School, Ashley revisits HPR's Tuesday Student Takeover. In the year since we last spoke with her, she has played through many piano concerti, and is preparing the 2nd movement of Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 for a concert with the Oahu Civic Orchestra on December 7th. Ikeda adds onto her advice for young musicians and families that she gave last year, and adds a note of thanks to her teachers.

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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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