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HSO Staff Picks: Renée Ragucci

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We shine the staff spotlight on Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra's Marketing Manager, Renée Ragucci. Summer, the HSO's Sheraton Summer Festival, family and music that sings to Ragucci:
Rebirth Brass Band - Casssanova

The Pointer Sisters - Fire

Iration (feat. Eli Mac) - Guava Lane

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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