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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Bobby Goldyn is a pianist, singer-songwriter and plays the guitar. The Seabury Hall Junior is a classically trained pianist, plays in a band with friends, and just recently won an award in the national competition, Young Arts, in the singer-songwriter category.
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Tommy Morrison is the Principal Bassoonist with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Tommy Morrison talks about his upcoming concert at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio and his life in Hawaii.
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Shawn Conley is the Principal Bassist with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of The Knights and The Silk Road Ensemble. Shawn will be performing in Hawaiʻi Public Radio's Hawaiʻi Classical Performance Series at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio. Shawn Conley talks about his music and his life back home in Hawaiʻi.
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Violinist Wu Hung talks about Chamber Music Hawaiiʻs Galliard String Quartet concert this weekend. We listen to music, talk about ensemble and have a wonderful visit with Hawaii Symphony Orchestraʻs Principal Second Violinist.
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Dr. Jeffrey Akaka is the son of the late Rev. Dr. Abraham Akaka. In this conversation, he tells us about the friendship between his father and the Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and we hear music by Dr. Rev Akaka, "Kristo Ka Pōhaku Kihi."
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Violist Keon Sagara is a graduate of Punahou School and visits Classical Pacific while on Winter Break after his first semester at Eastman School of Music. Keon shares valuable advice with students looking to apply and audition to music schools and programs.
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Tropical rainforest ecologist Dr. Shawn Lum visits Classical Pacific to talk about his new book and local conservation efforts in Hawaiʻi, and listen to music by Christopher Tin — The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy.
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Composer, bassist and creative musician Gahlord Dewald will be in concert at the Atherton Studio on Saturday. He takes time to talk about his music, how he creates the sounds, and shares some of his recordings in this classical conversation.
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An-Lin Bardin and Naomi Niskala, The Bardin-Niskala Duo talk about their upcoming concert at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Works by Clara Schumann, and Michael-Thomas Foumai are part of their concert: Celebrating Identity Through Music.
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Noah Mirkay is a junior at University Laboratory School in Honolulu. On Noah's takeover, he told us about his full life with his school's Piano Club, Speech Team, Volleyball, playing viola in the school orchestra, piano lessons, his golf ball business and more!