Craig DeSilva
Host of Evening Concert (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)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.
Craig got his start in radio as a news reporter and announcer on Hawaiʻi Public Radio and has filed stories for many national radio programs, including National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and Voice of America. Off the public radio airwaves, he’s written for Hawaii Business magazine and was assistant editor for Pacific Islands Report at the East-West Center.
Heʻs currently employed as a corporate writer at HMSA and writes for Island Scene magazine. Craig is a proud supporter of local arts and culture in Hawaiʻi. He serves on the volunteer board for Honolulu Chamber Music Series. And he enjoys sharing music on Evening Concert that highlights arts events in the Islands -- your requests are welcome.
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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. -
Hawaiʻi Public Radio has launched another series of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra broadcasts. John Kalani Zak, host and producer of the HSO broadcasts, gave a preview on Evening Concert with host Craig DeSilva. You can hear the concert broadcasts on Mondays at 8 p.m. following Evening Concert on HPR-2. -
The music of Queen Liliʻuokalani will be celebrated in concerts by the Mana Music Quartet. The concerts will feature the songs of Hawaiʻi’s last monarch in arrangements for string quartet, including her popular Aloha ʻOe. -
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Iggy Jang and principal horn Anna Lenhart take the spotlight this weekend. The HSO concert will feature them as soloists performing two beloved works in the violin and horn repertoire. -
California-based conductor Ben Makino is on a quest to find a decent pair of shoes in Hawaiʻi. Find out why in his conversation with Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva. Makino is in Hawaiʻi to conduct Hawaiʻi Opera Theater’s concert stage production of Bizet’s opera Carmen. He talks about what drew him to the opera for the first time and why Carmen has been captivating audiences for the past 150 years. -
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Michael-Thomas Foumai is a huge Star Wars fan. So he was excited to talk about the new HSO movie concert series featuring Return of the Jedi. He even brought along a furry friend to join him on Evening Concert with host Craig DeSilva. Foumai reveals what got him hooked with the Star Wars movies and John Williams’ film score. -
Erica Glenn has her game on. She’s preparing her student choir at Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi to perform in the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Game On! concerts. Glenn spoke to Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about how the concert provides her student singers with an opportunity to showcase their singing and acting talents. -
You don’t have to play video games to enjoy gaming music. Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva talks to gaming music composer and conductor Andy Brick about this immersive musical experience that has taken off in concert halls worldwide. Brick arrived in Hawaiʻi this week from his home in New York City to conduct the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s Game On! concerts this weekend at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. -
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. -
What’s your favorite Beethoven symphony? Michael-Thomas Foumai, composer-in-residence of the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, reveals his favorite on Evening Concert. But you’ll have to listen to the end to find out. In the meantime, Foumai shares a preview of the upcoming concerts in HSO’s Beethoven Festival. You’ll hear about Beethoven’s top hits as well as a contemporary work that pays homage to the “Old Bei.”
