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Maui High School graduate Skyler Stook is a Communicolgy major at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He taught himself to play the guitar and is in the Universityʻs Jazz Ensemble. Skyler Stook brought in his guitar and played music, shared how he got interested in jazz, and offered advice for anyone wanting to learn the guitar.
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In his last year at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, we speak with J. P. Ovens, a composition major who plays the bassoon and electric bass. Originally from Las Vegas, J.P. gives advice to young musicians and musicians looking at studying at U.H.-Manoa.
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Ye Stanton is a pianist and a piano teacher at Manoa School of Music & The Arts. Stanton is getting her PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She shares her experiences as a classically trained musician and as a member of the gamelan ensemble at UH.
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Deanna Wen makes good on her promise a year ago to come back to Classical Pacific. Wen is now an 11th grader at Punahou School, and she and her teacher Duane Padilla return with music, advice and experiences to share. Listen to Deanna's 2023 Tuesday Student Takeover.
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Mililani High School senior Belise Swartwood is a violinist, a swimmer, and will be attending M.I.T. in the Fall. She studies the violin with Wu Hung, and was the concert master in Hawaii Youth Symphonyʻs YSI last semester. Swartwood brought in some of her favorite pieces and explained how she balances all of her activites,
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Musician sisters Evie Tjoeng (cello) and Ellie Tjoeng (violin) both play in Hawaii Youth Symphony's Concert Orchestra. Evie and Ellie brought in their favorite pieces to share along with great advice and stories of how they started in music.
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Bobby Goldyn is a pianist, singer-songwriter and plays the guitar. The Seabury Hall Junior is a classically trained pianist, plays in a band with friends, and just recently won an award in the national competition, Young Arts, in the singer-songwriter category.
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Violist Keon Sagara is a graduate of Punahou School and visits Classical Pacific while on Winter Break after his first semester at Eastman School of Music. Keon shares valuable advice with students looking to apply and audition to music schools and programs.
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Noah Mirkay is a junior at University Laboratory School in Honolulu. On Noah's takeover, he told us about his full life with his school's Piano Club, Speech Team, Volleyball, playing viola in the school orchestra, piano lessons, his golf ball business and more!
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Ashley Ikeda plays the piano, sings, arranges music and plays percussion at Punahou School. The tenth grader tells us about the music that she is working on, her arranging, and teaching elementary students how to play music.