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Tuesday Student Takeover: Deanna Wen

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Published April 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM HST

Musician, producer, and singer-songwriter Deanna Wen is a senior at Punahou School. She first visited us in 2023 and returned in 2024—each time bringing new music, insightful advice, and her mentor, Mr. Duane Padilla. Always experimenting, creating, and challenging herself, Deanna will attend Claremont McKenna College in the fall, swimming and continuing her adventures.

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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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