Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.
Composer Logyn Okuda returns to Classical Pacific with updates on his career, orchestrating for composer Michael Giacchino on Butterfly, The Fantastic Four, and most recently, the upcoming Zootopia 2. Okuda will back home in the islands this week as one of 5 Hawai`i composers featured in the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs Symphony of the Hawai`i Seas. https://www.logynokuda.commyhso.org
Composer in Residence of the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra, Michael-Thomas Foumai brings his favorite music for the Ocean as we celebrate our Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs Symphony of the Hawai`i Seas. The multi-media concert features Hawai`i Composers Takuma Itoh, Justin Park, Logyn Okuda, and Foumai. Foumaiʻs Playlist:Alan Menken: Under the Sea, from The Little MermaidJohn Williams: Theme, from JawsJames Newton Howard: The Hand of Fate Part 2, from SignsJames Newton Howard: Prologue, from Lady in the Watermyhso.org