Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra rehearses for Beethoven Festival - Week 2

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published February 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM HST

The Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra is performing all nine Beethoven Symphonies in February. This week, HSO performs Symphonies No. 4 and No. 6, along with composer in residence Michael-Thomas Foumaiʻs Becoming Beethoven. During a break in a rehearsal, Classical Pacific's Sharene Taba spoke with Music and Artistic Director Maestro Dane Lam, as well as with violinists Maile Reeves, Helen Liu, Sheryl Shohet, Michael Lim, percussionist Christopher Cabrera, timpanist Bradley Davis and trombonists Gabral Cruz & Jason Byerlotzer.

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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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