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For over 30 years, violinist Wu Hung has been playing in the Galliard String Quartet. At a recent concert, his colleagues at Chamber Music Hawaiʻi wish him well and thank him for his wonderful music and friendship. Aired previously on Classical Pacific, we hear from Rochelle Uchibori (CMH Board member), Anna Lenhart (horn, Honolulu Brass Quintet), Chris Cabrera (General Manager, Chamber Music Hawaiʻi) Jim Moffitt (clarinet, Spring Wind Quintet) and Wu Hung.

Chamber Music Hawaiʻi board president and clarinetist, Jim Moffit has always wanted to perform Donald Womackʻs "Na Iwi o Pele" (The Bones of Pele) since first hearing it in 2001. Depicting the violent battle on Maui between 2 sisters, Pele, the goddess of fire, and Namakaokahai, the goddess of the sea, this work for violin, viola, cello, clarinet & piano (4 hands) is a stunning end to Chamber Music Hawaiʻi's 2024-2025 season. Both Womack and Moffitt join Classical Pacific Sharene Taba in an overview of this concert.

Silent film music expert and conductor Rick Benjamin stopped by Morning Café to preview Chamber Music Hawaiʻi’s upcoming screening of Buster Keaton’s silent film classic "The General."

Conductor Rick Benjamin joins Chamber Music Hawaiʻi's Jim Moffitt and Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba to discuss Buster Keaton's 1926 comedy "The General." The silent film will be shown on Saturday, May 8 at the Orvis Auditorium with the original music performed live by members of the three ensembles of Chamber Music Hawaiʻi, Tresemble.

Chamber Music Hawaiʻi’s Jim Moffitt and Tommy Morrison stopped by Morning Café to preview Saturday’s Spring Wind Quintet concert, featuring selections from Mozart’s Harmoniemusik and the Gran Partita.

Trumpet players JoAnn Lamolino and Casey Tamahana of the Honolulu Brass Quintet stopped by Morning Café ahead of their program “Dances Around the World” with two performances this weekend on Oʻahu. Originally scheduled for March 2020, the concerts feature modern and traditional works, including Enrique Crespo's Suite Americana.

After completing all nine Beethoven symphonies in a month as Principal Horn of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, Anna Lenhart is diving into another busy but beautiful music-filled weekend. Chamber Music Hawai‘i presents "Dances Around the World" with the Honolulu Brass Quintet—free for students and fun for everyone!

Chamber Music Hawai‘i (CMH) violinist Helen Liu and bassoonist Tommy Morrison joined Morning Café to preview this weekend’s Beethoven Fest at Doris Duke Theatre. The chamber music group’s performance accompanies Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra’s monthlong Beethoven Festival, which presents all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies.

Honolulu Brass Quintet trombonist Gabe Cruz and Chamber Music Hawaiʻi General Manager Chris Cabrera visit Morning Café to provide an overview of this weekend’s highly anticipated Holiday Brass concert at the Cathedral of St. Andrew.

Chamber Music Hawaiʻi presents the Hawaiʻi Brass Quintet with two concerts this month — HBQ at the Blue Note on Dec. 16 and Holiday Brass at the Cathedral of St. Andrew's on Dec. 21. HBQ French horn player Anna Lenhart and Jim Moffitt, President of Chamber Music Hawaiʻi, visit HPR with music to celebrate the season.