Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Host, Classical PacificSharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.
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Music has always been a part of slack key guitarist and composer Keola Beamer's life. This weekend, Beamer, wife Moanalani Beamer and Jeff Peterson perform music from his over 50 year career. The 'Ohe Hano Ihu, string arrangements, and musical friends and family are part of this conversation between the studios of Classical Pacific, and the living room of Keola Beamer. -
Guitarist Jeff Peterson appears with Keola Beamer and Moanalani Beamer this Saturday in concert, the grand finale of the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs HapaSymphony series. The Makawao native joins Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba in a discussion about music and family.https://www.myhso.org -
Vocalist Solomon Shumate just completed his Junior year at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Shumate joined Tuesday Student Takeover during his first year of conservatory in 2023. Back home in Kamuela for the summer, Solomon Shumate has enjoyed college life, full of learning and performing. -
We shine the staff spotlight on Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra's Marketing Manager, Renée Ragucci. Summer, the HSO's Summer series, family and music that sings to Ragucci:Rebirth Brass Band - CasssanovaThe Pointer Sisters - FireIration (feat. Eli Mac) - Guava Lane -
Pianist Joyce Yang returns to perform with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra this weekend in HSOʻs 2024-2025 season finale. On tour for most of the year, and able to relax a bit before the weekend, the award winning and Grammy nominated Yang visits Classical Pacific to share how she prepares her many performances with meaning and joy. myhso.org -
Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival president Chris Yick joined Classical Pacific to preview the festival’s seventh season. This year’s theme, Cultural Celebrations, brings communities together through music as part of the Ellen Masaki ʻOhana Series. The nine-day festival opens June 14 with the Aloha Junction Trio, preceded by a Q&A with Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba. -
44 years ago, Constance "Connie" Uejio won the audition as the Principal Harpist of the then Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. Uejio shares some of her favorite moments with the Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestras with Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba. Uejio will be retiring from the HSO after this weekend's pair of concerts and reception at the Hawaiʻi Theatre. -
For over 30 years, violinist Wu Hung has been playing in the Galliard String Quartet. At a recent concert, his colleagues at Chamber Music Hawaiʻi wish him well and thank him for his wonderful music and friendship. Aired previously on Classical Pacific, we hear from Rochelle Uchibori (CMH Board member), Anna Lenhart (horn, Honolulu Brass Quintet), Chris Cabrera (General Manager, Chamber Music Hawaiʻi) Jim Moffitt (clarinet, Spring Wind Quintet) and Wu Hung. -
Chamber Music Hawaiʻi board president and clarinetist, Jim Moffit has always wanted to perform Donald Womackʻs "Na Iwi o Pele" (The Bones of Pele) since first hearing it in 2001. Depicting the violent battle on Maui between 2 sisters, Pele, the goddess of fire, and Namakaokahai, the goddess of the sea, this work for violin, viola, cello, clarinet & piano (4 hands) is a stunning end to Chamber Music Hawaiʻi's 2024-2025 season. Both Womack and Moffitt join Classical Pacific Sharene Taba in an overview of this concert. -
Recent University Laboratory School graduate Eli Wolf will spend his summer playing guitar before heading to Reed College this fall. He credits his dedicated teachers, friends and his mother for their support. Catch Wolfe live this summer at ʻŌhana Jazz and the Pacific Music Institute.
