Tuesday Student Takeover

Waiākea High School senior Keira Ida Ayu is on a mission to bring the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra to Hawaiʻi Island. She is organizing HSO’s visit for her senior project. The orchestra will perform at a community concert and two educational concerts on March 4-5, 2027, at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

Ten days before National Decision Day, French horn player Nick Williams spoke with Sharene Taba from his dorm at Rice University. An alumnus of the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony and Punahou School, Williams offers advice to college-bound seniors.

Erin Nishi is home after her first year at Juilliard pursuing a Master of Music in Violin. The Punahou and Yale graduate shares her path from pre-med to the world's most prestigious institution of classical music.

Hawaiʻi School for Girls at La Pietra Spanish class students (left to right): Manasi, Lyla, Nayeli, and Maila, with Sharene Taba on Classical Pacific's Tuesday Student Takeover.

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.

Brody Nakasone is studying guitar performance at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. He stopped by Classical Pacific to share a glimpse into life of as a college studying studying in Boston at the prestigious jazz school.

The Oʻahu Band Directors Association (OBDA) is in full rehearsal mode this week as students prepare for Saturday’s annual Select Band performances. After the high school band’s second rehearsal, Sharene Taba spoke with student musicians Maya Hokada, Nainoa Tindle, Aviv Tabori and Kaden Kojima about their experience participating in the program

Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony Youth Symphony I Co-Concertmaster Sevastyan “Seva” Swan is one the winners of this season’s Madeline Schatz-Harris Youth Concerto Competition. He stopped by “Classical Pacific” ahead of this weekend’s performance with the Kamuela Philharmonic.

Mazzy Meers stars in Diamond Head Theatreʻs "Piney Needlesmith and the Road Less Traveled." The ʻIolani School fourth-grader and member of DHT's Shooting Stars offers a glimpse into the life of a young actor.

Oliver Lucas is a ninth grader and vibraphonist at Mid-Pacific Institute who enjoys the creativity of improvisation. In this episode of “Tuesday Student Takeover,” Lucas shares the music that inspires him and offers advice for younger students, with a focus on music, school and family.