Mia’s Swan Songs

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Craig DeSilva

Published August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM HST

It’s Mia Yoshimoto’s last day. After three years as an executive assistant at Hawaii Public Radio, Yoshimoto is starting a new career in cosmetology. Before leaving HPR, she stopped by Evening Concert to share some of her favorite tunes from musical theater and opera productions that she’s worked on as a designer and wig master, including the I’m a Bright Kid Foundation’s recent production of Gypsy at Paliku Theater.

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Craig DeSilva

Craig DeSilva is glad to be playing recorded music on the air instead of playing for a live audience on stage as did when he studied piano. He began piano lessons when he was a child and continued piano studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (where he majored in broadcast journalism and minored in music) under the late Peter Coraggio.

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