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Tuesday Student Takeover College Edition: Brody Nakasone

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published February 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM HST

Brody Nakasone is studying guitar performance at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. During a recent visit home, he stopped by "Classical Pacific" to talk with with Sharene Taba about winter in Boston, college life, and the classes he's taking at the prestigious jazz school. During his school breaks, the talented ʻIolani alum can be heard playing at Noel Okimoto's ʻOhana Jazz nights.

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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

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

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