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Tuesday Student Takeover: Iris Yun & Lei Yao Chang

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published July 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM HST

The winners of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestraʻs 2025 Na Hōkū ʻŌpio Music Competition, Iris Yun, harp and Lei Yao Chang, cello share their Tuesday Student Takeover. The ʻIolani graduates were both cellists and featured soloists in ʻIolani Schoolʻs Orchestra 5. They will share the stage again next week with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra as Yun performs Gliereʻs Harp Concerto in E-flat Major & Chang performs Dvorakʻs Cello Concerto in B minor. https://www.myhso.org

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

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