HPR Hōʻike
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on HPR-1
"HPR Hōʻike" is our weekly showcase for new music and storytelling events produced in-house here at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. It serves as the home for our "Live from the Atherton" performance series, featuring local musicians as well as a showcase for thoughtful discussions with local authors, practitioners, and artists and the place to share HPR podcasts with our broadcast listeners. We're excited to bring fresh, locally produced content to inform, inspire, connect, as well as continue to share a strong sense of place with our listeners at home and abroad.
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Live from the Atherton: Jon OsorioListen to a special broadcast of Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorioʻs performance in our Atherton Performing Arts Studio. The author, musician, and University of Hawaiʻi professor shares a collection of songs and stories he calls, "Intimacies: Poetics of a People Beloved."
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Apollo5 performs a wide, diverse range of concerts. The British a cappella vocal quintet is known for its distinctive blend and commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional music. Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva spoke to Gus Perkins, Apollo5's bass, in preparation for their concert in Honolulu this weekend.
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The Hawai‘i Chapter American Guild of Organists will hold their annual recital featuring concert organist Dr. Joy-Leilani Garbutt. An organist, musicologist, and an ardent advocate for gender-equity in the field of music, Dr. Garbutt will be playing music by women composers in a program that coincides with International Women’s Day.
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Students from Hanahauʻoli School's After-School Enrichment Harp Class visited Classical Pacific's Tuesday Student Takeover for their annual on-air showcase. Aubrey, Gryffin, Atticus, Julia, Miho and Sally share about their after-school classes and enrichment activities and showcase their harp skills.
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women musicians of the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra are merely players. The HSO kicks off its Shakespeare Festival this month. And, HSO's Michael-Thomas Foumai brought some Japanese anime friends to Evening Concert to talk about composer Joe Hisaishi conducting his music from Studio Ghibli. If music be the food of love, play on …