Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Host, Classical Pacific; Board OperatorSharene 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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Timothy Carney of Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble shares his knowledge and love for Brittenʻs "A Ceremony of Carols" and Finziʻs "In terra pax". The Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble presents their annual Christmas Concert on December 9 & 10 - a musical celebration of peace and goodwill to all, "Peace on Earth." -
Hanahau`oli School harpist, Leia Kandell is also a dancer. She is interviewed by her father, Jordan Kandell before running off to a rehearsal for Ballet Hawaii's Nutcracker.
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Singer with Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Sophia Victorino is a junior at Iolani School, and is grateful for her piano teacher Jill Fong who helps her with her technique, as well as arranging and composing. Sophia brought in beautiful music and energy to our Tuesday Takeover.
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Zumi is a senior at Kaiser High School and is the concert master in the schoolʻs orchestra. In this Tuesday Student Takeover, Zumi brings in fun music and offers great advice to young musicians.
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Clarinetist James Moffitt, bassoonist Shelly Li and composer Thomas Osborne join Classical Pacific to preview the Chamber Music Hawaii concert "Rhythmic Resonance and Breath of Sound"
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Logyn Okuda talks about his composition studies at Chapman University. The Iolani School graduate is a drummer and a composer. In this interview, Logyn shares some of his experiences at college, and we hear some works from this brilliant musician.
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David Robinson studies dance at University of San Francisco. The classically trained ballet dancer from Ballet Hawaii talks to Mid-Pacific Institute classmate, musician Matin Boulos. Robinson and Boulos recently performed in San Francisco Conservatory of Musicʻs Maui Benefit Concert- a collaboration of music and interpretive dance. They share this recorded interview as Robinson starts his second year at USF.
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A frequent visitor to Classical Pacific, Mia Caliri reflects on her upcoming school year at University of North Texas. The Kalani graduate is a violinist and shares some of her favorite music and tells us about college life at one of the countryʻs most respected music schools.
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Triston Roberts is a self taught musician and composer/arranger. Roberts visits Classical Pacific before heading off to start his second year at Brown Univeristy. The Mid Pacific Institute graduate talks about adjusting to life on the East Coast, and how hard work and staying with his passion for music has helped him as he attends one of the nationʻs most prestigious schools.
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Michael Han is a clarinetist and a thoughtful musician pursuing a Post-Baccalaureate degree at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Han shares some of his favorite music and tells us about his musical journey to becoming a music educator.
