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Musician, Producer, Singer-Songwriter Deanna Wen is a senior at Punahou School. Wen first visited us in 2023, and again in 2024 each time with new music, great advice, and her teacher, Mr. Duane Padilla. Always experimenting, creating and challenging herself, Deanna Wen will be attending Claremont McKenna in the Fall, swimming and continuing her adventures.https://open.spotify.com/artist/5r63cP8PJzh3yWPYQr7YD2?si=6fRUp4LlSwSc83vi2HU0mA -
Dian Hermes of Waiʻalae Elementary Public Charter School seems to have the musical touch. As the Hawaiʻi representative for the Met Opera’s HD Live in Schools program, Hermes immerses her students in opera to make it more accessible.
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From Shostakovich’s 5th to Assassin’s Creed and even Jabba the Hut. There’s a lot going on with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra this month. HSO composer-in-residence Michael-Thomas Foumai stopped by Evening Concert to update us on HSO’s Beethoven Festival: Side-by-Side concert with the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Game On!, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert. -
Joe Stepec, director of orchestral activities with the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony (HYS), visits Classical Pacific to discuss the upcoming side-by-side concert with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra (HSO) on March 12 at Blaisdell Concert Hall. -
Celebrate arts at our public schools! March is the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s inaugural Fine Arts in our Schools Month. Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba visits ʻEwa Makai Middle School’s Tiger Jazz Band, led by Ms. Leah VanDoran. -
Michael-Thomas Foumai joins Gene Schiller to discuss the successful Beethoven Festival by the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra (HSO), which concludes with a free concert at the Blaisdell Concert Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The event features a collaboration with the Hawaii Youth Symphony Orchestra. -
Cellist Mark Votapek and pianist Jonathan Korth, along with Mark Butin and Iggy Chang, will perform a chamber music concert at Orvis Auditorium, featuring the Cello Sonata by Rachmaninoff and the Dvorak Piano Quartet. The program also includes Schumann's Five Pieces in Folk Style and a suite by Spanish composer Gaspar Casado. This is Voltapek's first full public recital in Hawaii since 2008. -
In honor of Presidents’ Day, Dr. Lum discusses the historical significance of U.S. presidents establishing national parks and protected areas. The conversation is followed by Jherek Bischoff's "So Fragile, So Blue" with William Shatner and the National Symphony Orchestra. -
Soprano Maria Valdes visits Classical Pacific ahead of a busy weekend of rehearsals with fellow soloists, the Oʻahu Choral Society and maestro Dane Lam, as they prepare for the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. -
Ahead of the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra's final Beethoven Festival concert, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the artistic director of the Oʻahu Choral Society Joshua Habermann visits Classical Pacific. -
Cellist Anna Callner Pare and her string quartet, Kai Quartet, created Allegro Keiki — a series of musical events designed for young listeners ages 0-5. Comprised of professional musicians who are also teachers and moms, the quartet performs an enriching program each month in a welcoming space for keiki to enjoy. -
London-based composer Raymond Yiu’s "Old Bei" is a tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven and his influence in China. Yiu is in Honolulu for the world premiere of the revised version of this work with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, March 6. During his visit, he stopped by Hawai‘i Public Radio to discuss the light and dark in music and life, the connections and complexities within them, and, of course, the warm weather in Hawaiʻi.
