Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Host, Classical Pacific; Board OperatorSharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.
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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. -
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, -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Tommy Morrison is the Principal Bassoonist with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Tommy Morrison talks about his upcoming concert at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio and his life in Hawaii. -
Shawn Conley is the Principal Bassist with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of The Knights and The Silk Road Ensemble. Shawn will be performing in Hawaiʻi Public Radio's Hawaiʻi Classical Performance Series at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio. Shawn Conley talks about his music and his life back home in Hawaiʻi.
