Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Host, Classical PacificSharene Keli`ipunilei Lum Taba is a harpist and is married to Jazz bassist and educator, Dean Taba. They have two full-grown children: daughter Matin is a classical bassist in Portland, Oregon, and son Josh and his wife, Baijun, are both artists in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Tabas spend their free time listening to music, walking with their pomchi Ube, and watching Dodgers baseball.
He mea ho‘okani hāpa ‘o Sharene Keli‘ipunilei Lum Taba a ua male iā Dean Taba, he kumu a he kanaka ho‘okani waiolina kū nui (bass) ma ke ‘ano jazz. ‘Elua a lāua keiki o‘o mai - kekahi kaikamahine ‘o Matin, he mea ho‘okani waiolina kū nui ma ke ‘ano classical ma ‘Olekona, a kekahi keikikāne ‘o Josh. He artist ‘o Josh me kāna wahine nō ho‘i a noho lāua ma Rode ‘Ailana. Ma nā wā ka‘awale, puni ka ‘ohana Taba i ka ho‘olohe mele, i ka hele wāwae ‘ana me kā lāua ‘īlio pomchi ‘o Ube, a i ka nānā ‘ana i nā pā‘ani pōhili o ka Dodgers.
(Hawaiian translation: Kumu U`ilani Bobbitt)
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