Todd Yukumoto is a saxophonist with the Royal Hawaiian Band, a freelance musician, and Director of the University of Hawaii Manoa Saxophone Choir. Yukumoto talks with Classical Pacific about the upcoming performance and about the Hawaii Saxophone Foundation— and how they aim to raise awareness and education of the saxophone in Hawaii. They recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the UH Manoa Bands with over 100 saxophones performing!

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.

Spring Wind Quintet will be presenting a concert of all Czech works in Honolulu. Clarinetist Jim Moffitt joins Classical Pacific with music and laughs as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of SWQ!

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.

Ian Capps joins host Gene Schiller to discuss Early Music Hawaii's upcoming event featuring Ciaramella presenting "Tourdions!," a celebration of dances and circle songs from the Renaissance.

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,

James Kealey, winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists National Young Artist Competition, joins Morning Café to discuss his upcoming Hawaiʻi debut on March 3 at the 19th Annual American Guild of Organists (Hawai‘i Chapter) Organ Recital.

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.

Pianist and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition medalist Anna Geniushene visited Morning Café ahead of her appearance at UH Mānoa's Orvis Auditorium on March 3 and the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center on March 5.

Itʻs always a delight to spend time with French Horn player Anna Lenhart of Honolulu Brass Quintet. Chamber Music Hawaii presents two different programs this week with Honolulu Brass Quintet- "Carnevale at Blue Note" and "From Bach to Pop" at St. John Lutheran Church, Kailua. Hear Anna Lenhart talk about these two concerts and her start in music.