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Tuesday Student Takeover: Arabella Tan

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published August 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM HST

Now a senior at `Iolani Schools, harpist/pianist Arabella Tan joins Classical Pacific for her 3rd Tuesday Student Takeover. Harpist with Hawai`i Youth Symphonyʻs YSI orchestra, Tan participated in a summer STEM program at MIT and is back home to work on WikiVisionʻs Fundraising Concert next month at `Iolaniʻs Seto Hall. The free concert features students, and raises money through donations to help uninsured and underinsured patients pay for cataract surgery and post-op support. Arabella and her brother Alec Tan founded WikiVision in 2020, and has so far helped over 150 patients in our community.
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