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Punahou Band Director Sara Wynes on Classical Pacific

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published April 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM HST

As the Punahou Wind Ensemble prepares for their Aloha Concert, Band Director Sara Wynes reflects on the importance of music education and performance. The Academy Bands’ Aloha Concert, which honors the graduating seniors, will take place on Tuesday, April 22, at Dillingham Hall.

Learn more: https://bulletin.punahou.edu/spring-2025-music-department-concert-series/https://www.punahou.edu

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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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