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ʻEwa Makai Middle School Tiger Jazz Band on Classical Pacific

ʻEwa Makai Middle School

Celebrate arts at our public schools! March is the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s inaugural Fine Arts in our Schools Month. Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba visits ʻEwa Makai Middle School’s Tiger Jazz Band, led by Ms. Leah VanDoran. The jazz band musicians are top students who also play in the school’s concert band. Students share their experiences, advice for newcomers and their favorite songs.

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