50th Anniversary Spring Concert Series (2015)

Hawaii Youth Symphony

50th Anniversary Spring Community Concerts Proudly Presented by

Youth Symphony I With Special Guests Conrad Tao & Ignace Jang April 12, 2015 ❀ 4:00 pm Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall Concert Orchestra & Youth Symphony II April 19, 2015 ❀ 4:00 pm Roosevelt High School Auditorium Music in the Clubhouse & Academy String Program April 25, 2015 ❀ 2:00 pm Kaimuki High School Auditorium HiYouthSymphony.org

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Message from the Executive Director Aloha Hawaii Youth Symphony Friends:

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t is a great honor to be able to welcome you to Hawaii Youth Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Spring Community Concerts! This is an exciting and important time in the history of our organization.

For over fifty years, HYS has been proud to serve our community with programs that support the positive and critical links between music study, academic achievement, and social emotional development.

It’s our vision that every child in Hawaii have an opportunity to experience the timeless value of music, learn a musical instrument, or otherwise develop a lifelong appreciation for music and the arts in education.

We owe our lasting history and success to all of you who have supported our youth and their dreams in music. Thank you for believing in our young musicians! Thank you for returning to HYS, concert after concert and season after season. With each step that we take together, we together are building a future for music.

Finally, special thanks to First Hawaiian Bank for their support in underwriting these concerts. Thank you and enjoy!

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About Hawaii Youth Symphony

awaii Youth Symphony (HYS) has connected Hawaii’s young people with music education since its incorporation in 1964. We are the only statewide youth music education program, directly serving an average of 650 students, ages 7–18, from over 100 schools statewide.

Our mission is to advance critical and positive links between music study, academic achievement, and social emotional development with programs that service youth through orchestral music education, performance opportunities, and community engagement.

HYS is able to strategically serve any interested student, regardless of previous musical background or ability. We distribute $30,000 annually in scholarship, financial aid, and travel assistance (for neighbor island students).

Additionally, HYS reaches neighbor island communities with annual outreach tours that target a different island each season. In total, 20,000+ people attend our 24+ concerts each season!

Spring Community Concert

Celebrating Hawaii Youth Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Presented by First Hawaiian Bank Sunday, April 12, 2015 ✿ Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall

Youth Symphony I

Henry Miyamura, Conductor Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold

Zampa Overture

Pablo de Sarasate

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Ignace Jang, violin

George Gershwin Edited and revised by F. Campbell-Watson

An American in Paris

Intermission George Gershwin Scored by Ferde Grofé

Rhapsody in Blue

Conrad Tao, piano Selections from Man of La Mancha

Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion arr. Richard Hayman John Williams

Summon the Heroes

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Alumni Performing with Youth Symphony I

Joan Doike Helen Higa Richard Lee Laurie Shimabukuro Chad Uyehara Fumiko Wellington Allyson Shishido-Spence Ernestine Spence Melissa Spence Hannah Watanabe Jonathan Yee

Viola

Steven Cardenas Tyler Katsura Calvin Liu Carole Young

Cello

Karen Fujimoto Jeffrey Hamano Louise Kefford Ching Marlene Loui Janice Trubitt

Clarinet

Lynne Nakaura

Bassoon

Richard Hotoke

Horn

Bass

Robert Hayakawa Kendal Ledesma Dennis Nagamine

Flute

Trumpet

Matthew Love Nathan Young Lynn Muramaru Aileen Kawakami

Oboe

Brad Shimizu Susan Ochi-Onishi

DeShannon Higa Wyatt Nagao Daniel Sananikone

Trombone

KeAnuenue Hayashi

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Guest Artist CONRAD TAO

Time Out New York and hailed by the New York Times for its “clever organization” and onrad Tao has appeared worldwide “endlessly engaging” performances, featured as a pianist and composer, and Conrad with guest artists performing a has been dubbed a musician of wide variety of new works. Across three “probing intellect and opennights encompassing electroacoustic music, hearted vision” by the New York Times, a performance art, youth ensembles, and “thoughtful and mature composer” by NPR, much more, UNPLAY explored the fleeting and “ferociously talented” by Time Out New ephemera of the Internet, the possibility of a York. In June of 2011, the White House 21st-century canon, and music’s role in social Commission on Presidential Scholars and the activism and critique. That month, Conrad, a Department of Education named Conrad a Warner Classics recording artist, also released Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Voyages, his first full-length and the National Foundation for the label, declared a “spiky for Advancement in the Arts debut” by the New Yorker’s awarded him a YoungArts gold Alex Ross. Of the album, NPR medal in music. Later that year, wrote: “Tao proves himself Conrad was named a Gilmore to be a musician of deep Young Artist, an honor awarded intellectual and emotional every two years highlighting means—as the thoughtful the most promising American programming on this album… pianists of the new generation. proclaims.”

In May of 2012, he was In November 2013, the awarded the prestigious Avery Dallas Symphony Orchestra Fisher Career Grant. premiered Conrad’s new During the 2014–2015 orchestral composition, “The season, Conrad serves as the World Is Very Different Now,” Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s commissioned in observance Conrad Tao artist-in-residence, performing of the 50th anniversary of the solo recitals, chamber music, and concertos. assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

He continues his formidable globe-trotting Described by the New York Times as “shapely career as a pianist with performances with the and powerful,” work is the latest in his Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the National accomplished career as a composer, which has Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia, the Royal featured eight consecutive ASCAP Morton Concertgebouw Orchestra, the San Diego Gould Young Composer Awards, the Carlos Symphony, and the Toronto Symphony, Surinach Prize from BMI, and an oeuvre that among others. He also collaborates with the already includes everything from symphonic young musicians of the New York Youth music to string quartets to electroacoustic Symphony, whose season he inaugurates work to popular music. in Carnegie Hall, and the Hawaii Youth Conrad was born in Urbana, Illinois, in Symphony. In Europe, he will be returning to 1994. He currently attends the Columbia perform with the Swedish Radio Symphony University/Juilliard School joint degree Orchestra in Stockholm, and the Bern program and studies piano with Professor Symphony in Switzerland. He also performs Yoheved Kaplinsky at Juilliard. He studies recitals in Europe and throughout the United composition with Christopher Theofanidis.

States with repertoire ranging from Bach to Toru Takemitsu to Julia Wolfe.

Conrad Tao appears by arrangement with On his 19th birthday in June of 2013, IMG Artists, 7 West 54th St, New York, NY Conrad kicked off the inaugural UNPLAY 10019. Mr. Tao records exclusively for Warner Festival at the powerHouse Arena in Classics. Conrad Tao is a Steinway Artist. More Brooklyn, which he curated and produced. information can be found at www.conradtao.com The festival, designated a “critics’ pick” by

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Guest Artist he was invited to be a visiting scholar there.

Grand Prize winner of the 1989 Rodolfo gnace Jang serves as concertmaster of the Lipizer International Violin Competition in Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra. His playing Italy and with other prizes to his credit, Mr. has received praise in the Jang’s performing experience United States, Europe, and Asia includes such venues as the for its excellent sense of style, Theatre des Champs-Elysees impressive musicianship, and in Paris and the Seoul Arts uniquely beautiful timbre.

Center. He has also made Born to Korean parents in solo appearances with the Grenoble, France, Mr. Jang Colorado Symphony, the began violin studies at the age of Versailles Chamber Orchestra, five. After receiving training— and the Orchestre Provence first from Flora Elphege and Alpes. Since 1991 he has then from Gerard Poulet at been part of a violin/harp the Paris Conservatory—he duo called Equinox. As a received a Premier Prix in chamber musician he has also 1985 and was the youngest participated in the Modern Ignace “Iggy” Jang laureate that year. His education Music Festival in Boulder, continued under Franco Gulli at Indiana Colorado, and the Berlioz, Trieves, and University. After receiving his Artist Diploma Chirens Festivals in France.

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Master of Ceremonies HOWARD DICUS

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oward Dicus was a radio network newscaster in Washington D.C. before starting life anew in Hawaii as a business reporter on TV. But music has always been his first love, and during 13 years with United Press International he was, apart from all his other duties, the wire service’s reviewer of classical CDs, and wrote a column called Clef ’s Notes.

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Youth Symphony I HENRY MIYAMURA, Conductor & HYS Music Director

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enry Miyamura, conducts Hawaii Youth Symphony’s top orchestra, Youth Symphony I, and has been HYS’s music director and conductor for nearly three decades. Joining HYS in the early ’80s, Maestro Miyamura provided the artistic vision that has shaped HYS’s programs and led to tremendous growth of the organization. Miyamura also founded and directs HYS’s summer program, the prestigious Pacific Music Institute.

Maestro Miyamura recently retired from the University of Hawaii, where he conducted the UH Symphony Orchestra. His numerous credits include 14 years as band director at McKinley High School; principal clarinetist with the Honolulu Symphony; and membership in the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Hillel Chamber Concert Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic. Miyamura also served as assistant conductor for the Honolulu Symphony, which gave him the opportunity to conduct concerts featuring artists such as Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; David Bar-Ilan, piano; Joshua Bell, violin; and Harvey Pittel, saxophone, as well as Hawaii entertainers. Miyamura was named winner of the prestigious 2001 Alfred Preis Award by the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education for his lifetime commitment to arts and education in Hawaii.

Miyamura received a Bachelor of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a Master of Music degree from Western Washington University.

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Youth Symphony I Roster Violin I

Shin Chang Yun Chang, Associate Principal Chelsea Cline Joseph Fujinami Ria Im Benjamin Kim Da Hea Kim Kilinoelani Montgomery Brent Ramos, Concertmaster Hyeon-Jae Seo Katherine Sewell Matthew Uchida Megan Uchida Kisa Uradomo, Assistant Principal Angeline Zhou

Violin II

Misa Akiyama Crystal Cathcart, Assistant Principal Megan Ganeku Sean Harding, Principal Daniel Huang Darrell Huang Christopher Inouye Kiana Kendall Taylor-Anne Kim Eileen Liu Evan Liu Robert Mastriano Carissa Miyamoto Skylar Mizukami Aylton Nakamura Hana Ra Elisabeth Sewell Ryder Tanaka Ji Eun Yang

Viola

Brian Kim Sean Kwon Austin Lau Michelle Lee Si Jia Li Nicole Nagatoshi Gwynette Paez Lauren Park, Principal Charles Zhang Athena Zhao, Assistant Principal

Cello

Eileen Chen, Assistant Principal Pascha Hokama Olivia Knock Keane Miyamoto Ian Murakami Jeffrey Pak Dong-Woo Seo William Suh Kahler Suzuki, Principal Reid Womack Justin Yee Tracie Young

Bass

Cuyler Bleecker, Assistant Principal Avery Farm Sonia Romero Christopher Yick, Principal

Flute

Cody Leclere, Co-Principal Julie Park Sarah Park, Co-Principal Aoi Shinagawa Marissa Watanabe

Piccolo

Bassoon

Brendan Hiyane, Co-Principal Jennifer Park, Co-Principal Stephanie Spear Jake Taniguchi

Horn

Jarod Ishimi Cody Onishi, Principal Brandon Quach Emerlynn Shibayama Shane Xu

Trumpet

William Fong, Assistant Principal Daiya Fujiki Dylan Fujimoto Jaewoo Lee Zachary Pang Tate Sakamoto, Principal

Trombone

Joseph Abe Jeffrey Hayashi Steve Park Sanako Saito, Co-Principal Jonathan Suda, Co-Principal

Tuba

Julie Park

Oboe

Izumi Amemiya Codie Murata Ryan Nakazaki, Principal Claire Shigeta

Louis Lee Marc Teshima, Principal

Percussion

Claire Shigeta

Rachel Kasashima, Principal Ashley Kwon Joseph Li, Assistant Principal Albert Mackey Meika Yada

Clarinet

Harp

English Horn

Max Arakaki Michael Chen, Co-Principal Christy Kiyama Chelsea Tanaka, Co-Principal

Gabrielle Logan

Piano

Hyeon-Jae Seo

About Youth Symphony I Youth Symphony I is the most advanced of HYS’s seven orchestras, and is one of the finest youth symphonies in the country. Youth Symphony I is comprised this year of 101 students from 26 schools on Oahu and Maui. Brent Ramos, a senior at Moanalua High School, is this season’s concertmaster.

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Youth Symphony I Program Notes

by Ruth Komatsu

Zampa Overture Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold An overture is music that is played at the beginning of an opera. Its purpose is similar to that of music played during opening credits of today’s movies. The audience is treated to a foretaste of things to come. Operatic overtures often feature important arias (songs for solo voice) and some incidental music that whet the audience’s appetite.

Popular French opera composer Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833) wrote this comic opera Zampa, or The Marble Bride, set to the libretto by Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier de Mélésville. It is a confusing story that involves kidnapping, a love triangle, a long lost brother, a supposedly dead husband and a haunted marble statue. Comedy indeed! A young man deserts his fiancée and becomes a pirate. He takes on the name Zampa. His fiancée dies of a broken heart and a marble statue of her is made in her memory. As the story plays out, the marble statue “bride” reenters the picture and eventually drags Zampa off to an eternity in hell.

The opera was premiered in 1831 in Paris. It was very popular and achieved 500 performances in 45 years. Although the opera has been largely forgotten today, the overture remains a concert favorite.

Carmen Fantasy Georges Bizet arr. Pablo de Sarasate French composer Georges Bizet (1838–1875)’s comic opera Carmen features many memorable melodies that can be found in today’s popular culture. Thus, some of the themes may sound familiar to audiences today. Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) used these themes in his Carmen Fantasy for solo violin and orchestra. The fantasy, written in 1882, is in five movements, most of them played without breaks in between.

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An American in Paris George Gershwin Edited and revised by F. Campbell-Watson Though his life was short, composer George Gershwin (1898–1937) left us with many works that are still part of our lives today. He collaborated with his older brother Ira (1896–1983) to create many memorable songs. His compositions, across many musical genre (popular, jazz, symphonic classical, Broadway and opera) are still used in movies, on television and performed in concert halls.

In 1928 at age 29, Gershwin ventured to Paris, France in hopes of studying under renowned composer/conductor/teacher Nadia Boulanger. After hearing Gershwin play his music, Boulanger determined she had nothing to teach him. Gershwin was not discouraged. He had another goal of composing a new piece while in Paris.

An American in Paris is a symphonic poem, a single-movement piece that is based on a literary, art or other non-musical source. Gershwin himself described it in his original program notes: “My purpose here is to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere.” Can you hear the taxi horns? In the slower middle section, we hear American Blues, introduced by solo trumpet, as “our American friend…has succumbed to a spasm of homesickness.” Additionally, the use of saxophones in this section captures a “bluesy” feeling. The bustling theme later returns, as the American visitor “once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life” and “the street noises and French atmosphere are triumphant.”

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Scored by Ferde Grofé Rhapsody in Blue is one of Gershwin’s best-known pieces. It was commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman in 1924, for a concert featuring “modern music.” Gershwin wrote it out for two pianos and Whiteman’s band arranger Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), best known today for his Grand Canyon Suite, orchestrated it for solo piano and jazz band. Rhapsody received mixed reviews at its premier.

Grofé later orchestrated it for full orchestra and his 1942 version is most played today. One notable performance of Rhapsody in Blue was at the opening ceremony for the 1984 Olympics, where it was played by 84 pianists dressed in light blue tuxedoes.

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Selections from Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion arr. Richard Hayman The musical, Man of La Mancha, opened on Broadway on November 22, 1965 and was one of the biggest hits of the era. The story is an adaptation of Don Quixote de la Mancha, written in 1604 by Don Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616). The title character is a nobleman who believes he is a knight, setting out with his faithful servant Sancho to battle windmills and rescue the serving girl Aldonza, whom he calls Dulcinea.

Composer Mitch Leigh (1928–2014) collaborated with lyricist Joe Darion (1917– 2001) on Man of La Mancha. The musical won two 1966 Tony Awards—for Best Musical and Best Score. Among the songs from the show that continue to be favorites are the “Man of La Mancha,” “Dulcinea,” and “The Impossible Dream.”

Summon the Heroes John Williams American composer John Williams (b. 1932) is considered to be one of the greatest film composers of all time. His most notable works are scores for the films Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones series, three Harry Potter films, and Jurassic Park. Williams has also composed works for four Olympic Games and several television shows. He served as principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993.

Summon the Heroes was written to serve as the official theme of the 1996 Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad, which marked the centennial of the modern Olympic Games. The piece has five sections, representing what athletes experience at such an important event. “Fanfare” by the brass marks the opening ceremonies. “Prologue” by solo trumpet honors the intense training and perseverance of the athletes, in preparation for the Games. The parade of the athletes representing their respective nations is depicted in “Flags.” “Contest” starts softly as the athlete collects thoughts and inner strength. The competition begins and the crowd cheers! Finally, the majestic “Parade” celebrates the victories of new national heroes.

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Spring Concert Program Sunday, April 19, 2015 ✿ Roosevelt High School Auditorium

Concert Orchestra

Susan Ochi-Onishi, Conductor Hannah Watanabe, Associate Conductor arr. Vernon F. Leidig

Mendelssohn’s Fifth Symphony, Reformation—4th Movement The Complete Harry Potter

Grant Okamura, guest conductor

arr. Jerry Brubaker

South County Sketches

Brendan McBrien

Farandole from L`Arlésienne—Suite No. 2

Georges Bizet arr. David Stone

Aethelinda

Jeffrey S. Bishop Intermission

Youth Symphony II

Derrick Yamane, Conductor Elton Masaki, Assistant Conductor William Tell Overture Oboe Concerto in C I. Allegro spiritoso Susan Ochi-Onishi, guest conductor Sayaka Mitsui, oboe Night on Bald Mountain

Millennium Bug, 1st Movement

Percussion ensemble Satchmo! (A Tribute to Louis Armstrong)

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Modest Moussorgsky arr. Henry Sopkin Giovanni Sollima arr. Ted Ricketts

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Concert Orchestra Roster Violin I Maya Chang Valentina Diaz-Paez Stella Hung Leilani Ikeda, Concertmaster Mika Ishii Brooke Kumasaka Allyson Kwong Che Won Lee Lilian Lu Theresa Madrigal Kauai Paule Mikaela Rivera Kylee Takanishi Lauryn Takanishi Stephanie Yoshida Violin II Lok Yan Chao Anna Cho Melanie Choe Micaela Diaz-Paez Emi Horii Yudai Leonzon Ethan Lung Josiah Matsuda Sara Nakagaki Camryn Nishita Sarah Pan Allyson Pang Lianne Park Ryan Park Abigail Pierre Samantha Saruwatari Stara Shinsato Ikumi Utashiro, Principal Viola Ana Danko Yukiko Hughes Lisa Kam Leon Lo Mahina Smith Rita Sorensen, Principal Cello Alexander Canicosa-Miles Ryan Fielding

Sofia Himeno-Price Mira Irwin Jonah Johnson Jaden Kim Christopher Kwock Julian Kwon Kaileen Lardizabal Alan Lo Dylan Merkel Alexa Wong, Principal Bass Elliott Hee Ashley Pang Maysa Segovia, Principal Flute Lisa Benjamin Madeline Boyle Elaina Garrett Mari Guillermo, Principal Lauryn Shinno Michelle Woo Oboe Kelly Chong Matthew Imanaka Ashley Maeshiro Mie Oishi Sharon Young, Principal Clarinet Sarah Kim Garrett Lau Kylie Nakano Se Jin Park, Principal Jared Seto Taryn Takanobu Bass Clarinet Garrett Lau

Bassoon Cassandra Barina, Principal Chanelle Junio Kamakoa Tomich Horn Kamuela Akeo, Principal Noa Brenner Kai Le Chang Jasmine Kim Steven Wu Trumpet Nicholas Bui, Principal Cameron Hara David Kimura Jayci Lew Nicholas Oshiro Joshua Romero Trombone Trevyn Dobashi Hailey Sakuda Rachael Yamamoto, Principal David Young Baritone Reid Goya, Principal Justin Nguyen Tuba Kaisei Shigeta Percussion Almog DeKalo, Principal Ryan Jacobi Kai Johnson Daniel Kam Kelly Tan Dimitri Vien

About Youth Concert Orchestra Concert Orchestra (CO) is comprised of 98 students from 26 schools on Oahu. This orchestra will perform 6 concerts this season. Each student auditioned for his or her seat at the end of the last school year. Leilani Ikeda, a seventhgrader at Voyager School, is concertmaster this season.

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Concert Orchestra SUSAN OCHI–ONISHI, Conductor

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usan Ochi-Onishi has been with Kaimuki Middle School since 1993, directing the Beginning and Advanced Concert Bands. Mrs. Ochi-Onishi graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1984 and a PDMUS Secondary Music Education degree in 1987. She received a Master of Music degree in 1985 from Northwestern University, where she studied the oboe with Ray Still (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) and the English horn with Grover Schiltz (CSO). Mrs. Ochi-Onishi is a member of the Oahu Band Directors Association and the American School Band Directors Association. Mrs. Ochi-Onishi is proud to be an alumnus of the Hawaii Youth Symphony program, where she served as principal oboist for both the Junior Orchestra (1976–1977, under the direction of Norma Parado), and the Hawaii Youth Symphony (1977–1980, under the direction of Peter Mesrobian and Grant Okamura).

HANNAH WATANABE, Associate Conductor

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annah Watanabe is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she received a bachelor’s degree in music education. She is also a former member of the Hawaii Youth Symphony, in which she performed while a student at Kalani High School. She is currently teaching orchestra at Moanalua Middle School, and also taught at Hawaii Baptist Academy, Moanalua High School and Kalani High School. Mrs. Watanabe is a member of the Music Educators National Conference and the Hawaii Music Educators Association.

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Concert Orchestra Program Notes

by Ruth Komatsu

Mendelssohn’s Fifth Symphony, Reformation—4th Movement Felix Mendelssohn arr. Vernon F. Leidig Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) was one of the most popular composers of the early Romantic period. He was a child prodigy and first performed (piano) in public at age 9. He was composing by age 12. He is most famous for “Wedding March” from a production of Shakespeare’s play, A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, but he also composed symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music.

Symphony No. 5 is actually the second symphony Mendelssohn composed. He was never satisfied with the work and did not allow it to be published. It was finally published in 1868, 21 years after his death. The symphony celebrates the 300th anniversary of the Lutheran Church. The fourth movement is based on a Lutheran chorale, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” The flutes make its initial statement. Other instruments join in, creating rich harmonies. Snippets of the melody are heard in different ways in the development section and the movement ends with a majestic restatement of the chorale.

The Complete Harry Potter arr. Jerry Brubaker John Williams composed the music for the first three Harry Potter films, but three other composers—Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, and Aleandre Desplat—scored the other five. Jerry Brubaker, composer/arranger of over 200 works for band, chorus and orchestra, takes us through the entire Harry Potter saga with the most memorable themes arranged into one work, The Complete Harry Potter. Themes include Hedwig’s Theme, Nimbus 2000, Hogwarts, Quidditch, Harry’s Wondrous World, Fawkes the Phoenix, Harry in Winter, Dumbledore’s Farewell, Voldemort, Elder Wand, Lily’s Theme, and more. From boy wizard to the victor over evil, Harry Potter lives on!

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South County Sketches Brendan McBrien Most Americans associate Orange County, California with Disneyland in Anaheim. Only the locals and frequent visitors would know of its natural beauty—rolling hills, the Santa Ana mountains, deep canyons and wind-swept trails. There are also historic mission settlements and quiet harbors in the area.

Composer Brendan McBrien enjoys living in Orange County and especially appreciates the southern region, known as South County. He used the region’s three main features as themes in South County Sketches. “Old Saddleback” is the saddle between two mountain peaks in the Santa Ana mountains. It looks down upon the county, like a sentinel, always constant and strong. Dana Cove is a calm harbor and, when seen from the oceanside cliffs above, inspires the serene “Dana Harbor Nocturne.” Catholic Mission “San Juan Capistrano” is known for the annual return of its resident swallows. Listen for the piccolo’s song of the swallows, intertwined with a Mexican folk song and a Catholic chant. Audiences can hear and visualize the wonders and beauty of South County in Brendan McBrien’s South County Sketches.

Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 Georges Bizet arr. David Stone This piece will make you feel like moving! A farandole is a lively dance from the County of Nice (pronounced like “niece”) in France. There are two contrasting melodies or themes in “Farandole.” The first one is a march theme, adapted from a southern French folk song. It is rather heavy and in a minor key. The second theme is a light, lively melody in a major key, with the character of a farandole dance. The composer Georges Bizet (1839—1875) plays with these two melodies and has them interact in different ways, making “Farandole” an exciting orchestral work.

Farandole is the fourth movement of a larger piece, L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2. In 1872, Bizet wrote music to accompany a play by Alphonse Daudet called L’Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles). Although the play is no longer performed, and the music is also no longer performed in its original form, the music has survived as two L’Arlésienne suites.

L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 was actually arranged and published after Bizet’s death, but it is still credited to him since he wrote the themes and basic orchestration.

Aethelinda Jeffrey S. Bishop A giant winged serpent wakes from a long slumber. Aethelinda (Welsh for “noble serpent” or dragon) wreaks havoc on the countryside! It takes flight, soaring triumphantly in the sky. After landing, it has one last battle. Jeffrey S. Bishop composed Aethelinda in 2014 for the Shawnee Mission West Viking Symphony Orchestra in Kansas.

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Youth Symphony II Roster Violin I Courtney Chun Sasha Himeno-Price Nicolette Kawata Ju Hye Kim, Assistant Concertmaster Alex Kobayashi, Concertmaster Kathy Kwock Sung Je Lee Christian Llantero Shinya Saito Shelby Schwartz Kashmira Tata Moriah Tom Burson Wang Violin II Nadine Alcantara Ian Chang Justin Chen Hidemi Ishii Nicole Jao, Assistant Principal Julia Johnson Kurumi Kawata Kenny Kwock Lauren Llantero, Principal Maria Matsuki Sunwoo O Samuel O’Rourke Eunice Park Alyssa Reyes Caitlin Steele Edward Su Kayla Takemoto Jinny Wang Viola Kaycee Beardeaux, Assistant Principal Ethan Butay Juan Efren Enriquez Brandon Hong Queenie Huang, Principal Vance Kuikahi Megan Lauw Olivia Reano Charissa Tan Ethan Tran

Cello Joshua Chang Christine Ching Uilasho Francisco Sydnie Ito Hyunwoo Lee, Assistant Principal Rachel Matsumoto Chloe McCreery Jeffrey Suen, Principal Uriel Sung Gradon Wong Alexandra Yam Bass Taiga Benito, Principal Emiley Hadano Lopaka Martin, Assistant Principal Flute Julie Chai, Principal Mikayla Gaspar Gyumin Lee Margaret Nakayama Soomin Park Aileen Zhang Oboe Ryan Hirokawa Kacie Kajihara Sayaka Mitsui, Principal Chance Yagi Clarinet Jonah Blas Kassi Hatakenaka Nakoa Kanahele Julianne Matsumoto, Principal Jolene Siu

Bassoon Everett Amemiya Mark Ushiroda Zarek Wong, Principal Austin Young Horn Kira Goya, Principal Raquel Hernandez Crystal Lee Shannon Pan Given Yagi Trumpet Darius DeSpain Brandon Kim Tiffany Nakayama Michael Quach Matthew Sahara Nicholas Yama, Principal Trombone Julia Lee Elise Sueoka David Whitehouse, Principal Baritone Ethan Murakami Tuba Marcus Lui, Principal David Yamamoto Percussion Mizuki Hamaguchi Marsha Ho, Principal Kariza Nolasco Raistlin Ramos Harp Gabrielle Logan

About Youth Symphony II Youth Symphony II (YSII) is comprised of 95 students from 18 schools on Oahu. This orchestra will perform 6 concerts this season. Each student auditioned for his or her seat at the end of the last school year. Alex Kobayashi, a ninth-grader at Mililani High School, is concertmaster this season.

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Youth Symphony II DERRICK YAMANE, Conductor

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errick Yamane received both his Master of Secondary Education and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A retired music teacher, he has taught music at various public and private schools on Oahu since 1971. Eleven of those years were also spent as HYS’s Concert Orchestra Conductor. He credits Mr. Hajime Kuwada, his mentor, and Mr. James Uyeda, his inspiration, for encouraging him to pursue music as a profession. He has appeared as guest conductor of the Colorado All-State Honor Band (Gunnison), Oahu Band Director’s 8th Grade Select Band, and Maui District Massed and Select Band.

Mr. Yamane is a lifetime member of the Oahu Band Director’s Association, Music Educators National Conference and the Hawaii Music Educators Association.

ELTON MASAKI, Assistant Conductor

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lton Masaki holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in music from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Master of Music in Education degree from Boston University. He is currently working on a PhD in Education with an emphasis in technology from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Masaki is the orchestra director at Mid-Pacific Institute where he has been conducting since 2005. He has also taught orchestra at Kamehameha Schools, Iolani School and the Hawaii Youth Symphony Academy String Program. Mr. Masaki also serves as an orchestra clinician for a number of different camps and workshops and manages his own string quartet. Professional affiliations include American String Teacher Association and Association for Education and Communication Technology.

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Youth Symphony II Program Notes

by Ruth Komatsu

William Tell Overture Gioacchino Rossini Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868) is best known as an opera composer.

His best-known operas are the Italian comedies Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Moïse et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh) and Guillaume Tell (William Tell). Many of Rossini's other opera overtures are concert hall standards today, as well.

William Tell Overture remains one of the most popular overtures of all time. To children of the ’50s through ’70s, it was music heard in Saturday morning cartoons. There are four distinct parts. A peaceful morning scene is described in “Dawn,” as a solo cello is accompanied by the rest of the cellos and basses. The timpani gives early warning of an approaching “Storm.” Soon violins provide swirling winds. Flute raindrops are few at first, then increase, and suddenly we are in the middle of gale force winds with thunderous brass and bass drum! The storm subsides and we are treated to a pastoral setting in “Ranz des Vaches” (Call to the Cows). Solo English horn and flute converse and later intertwine their melodies.

Trumpet fanfare announces the big “Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers.” This section was used as theme music for The Lone Ranger radio and TV show and is frequently associated with galloping horses or the arrival of a hero. “Hi ho, Silver!” Full orchestra brings the overture to a rousing close.

Oboe Concerto in C I. Allegro spiritoso Franz Joseph Haydn Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn’s (1732–1809) music was in such great demand that publishers were known to label a work of another composer with Haydn’s name, in order to get a higher price. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra is one of such suspect pieces. (He might not have written this oboe concerto after all!) In any case, the concerto is included in Hoboken’s catalogue of Haydn’s work and is attributed to the prolific composer.

Haydn composed over 750 works across all classical music genres, including over 100 symphonies alone. Haydn was known for his sense of humor too. He once woke up sleepy audiences with a sudden loud chord in his “Surprise” symphony. He also hinted to his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterházy that the overworked musicians needed a vacation.

He wrote the “Farewell” Symphony (No. 45) where the musicians leave the stage one by one, leaving only two violinists on the stage at the end of the piece.

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Night on Bald Mountain Modest Moussorgsky arr. Henry Sopkin Modest Moussorgsky (1839–1881) was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. Many of Moussorgsky’s works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other nationalist themes. Night on Bald Mountain is one such work. It portrays St. John’s Eve (June 23), a frightening night in Russian folklore. On that night, Satan and his entourage of witches and sorcerers are believed to gather atop mountains for a night of revelry, that ends at sunrise. To guard against evil spirits, some Russian traditions call for Pagan-derived rituals like the lighting of bonfires.

Over the years, Mussourgsky composed three pieces about this night, but none had ever been performed during his lifetime. Five years after his death, his friend Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) published an arrangement of Moussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain work. It is this arrangement that is performed in concert halls today.

The music tells a story. Rimsky-Korsakov included these notes about the piece: “Subterranean sounds of supernatural voices. Appearance of the spirits of darkness, followed by that of Satan himself. Glorification of Satan and celebration of the Black Mass. The Sabbath revels. At the height of the orgies, the bell of the village church, sounding in the distance, sprits of darkness are dispersed. Daybreak.”

Millennium Bug, 1st Movement Giovanni Sollima Italian composer and cellist, Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962) was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. As a composer, Sollima’s influences are wide ranging, taking in jazz and rock, as well as various ethnic traditions from the Mediterranean area. His music is influenced by minimalism, with his compositions often featuring modal melodies and repetitive structures.

Millennium Bug is a unique piece in that it features four percussionists playing on one marimba at the same time, besides having other instruments to play.

Satchmo! (A Tribute to Louis Armstrong) arr. Ted Ricketts Satchmo! honors of one of America’s most beloved musical treasures, Louis Armstrong (1901–1971). Armstrong was a charismatic, influential jazz trumpet player and gravellyvoiced singer. “Satchmo” refers his nickname as “Satchelmouth.” As a young boy in New Orleans, Armstrong often danced for pennies on streets. He’d put his earnings in his mouth, using his mouth as a satchel, thus earning the nickname.

This Ted Ricketts medley features four songs made famous by the great Armstrong: What a Wonderful World, When the Saints Go Marching In, St. Louis Blues, and Hello Dolly.

A few short trumpet solos are featured, as well as a Dixieland combo.

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Schools Represented by HYS Students 2014–2015 Aiea Middle School Aina Haina Elementary School Ala Wai Elementary School Aliamanu Middle School Alvah Scott Elementary School Baldwin High School Castle High School Central Middle School Damien Memorial High School Ewa Beach Elementary School Hahaione Elementary School Hanalani School School Hawaii Baptist Academy Hawaiian Mission Academy Hickam Elementary School Hokulani Elementary School Home Schools Hongwanji Mission Honolulu Waldorf Iolani School Island Pacific Academy Jarrett Middle School Kailua High School Kailua Intermediate School Kaimuki Christian Kaimuki Middle School Kaiser High School Kalaheo High School

Kalani High School Kamehameha Schools Kapolei High School Kapolei Middle School Kawananakoa Middle School Keeau High School King Kekaulike High School Kipapa Elementary School Kuhio Elementary School La Pietra Lanakila Elementary School Le Jardin Acacdemy Liholiho Elementary School Lunalilo Elementary School Maemae Elementary School Mainland Schools Makalapa Elementary School Manoa Elementary School Maryknoll School Mauka Lani Elementary School McKinley High School Mid-Pacific Institute Mililani High School Mililani Ike Elementary School Mililani Middle School Moanalua Elementary School Moanalua High School Moanalua Middle School Momilani Elementary School

Montessori Community Myron B. Thompson Academy Niu Valley Middle School Noelani Elementary School Nuuanu Elementary School Pauoa Elementary School Pearl City High School Pearl City Highlands Pearl Ridge Elementary School Punahou School Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School Roosevelt High School Sacred Hearts Academy Seabury Hall SEEQS Seton Home Study St. Andrews Priory St. Francis School St. Mark Lutheran Stevenson Middle School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School University Lab School Voyager School Waialae Elementary School Waikiki Elementary School Washington Middle School Wilson Elementary School

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Hawaii Youth Symphony thanks each school and music teacher who has contributed students to our programs. Every attempt has been made to publish a complete listing.

We regret any omissions or errors that may have occurred.

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Acknowledgements We are grateful to our community partners, whose generous support and special talents are invaluable to Hawaii Youth Symphony.

Ignace “Iggy” Jang Conrad Tao IMG Artists Stefana Atlas Matthew Feldman City & County of Honolulu Kirk Caldwell, Mayor Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts Misty Kela‘i, Executive Director Department of Enterprise Services Tracy Kubota Mary Lewis Elizabeth Ishihara Sheri Mikami First Hawaiian Bank 50th Anniversary Committee Patti Look & Jean Tsukamoto, Co-Chairs Roy King Nathan Hokama Laurie LaGrange Chris Yuen Video Presentation Kathryn & Tim Bradley, Take 2 Productions Audio/Video Russell Kikuta, Audio Video Hawaii Abel Rivera Recording Engineers C&A Recordings Bob Dickerson for Hawaii Public Radio Graphic Design Mark Nakamura

Printing Edwards Enterprises, Inc. Hawaii Symphony Orchestra Grant Okamura Arnold Alconcel, alto saxophone Dennis Kaneshiro, tenor saxophone Ryan Murakami-Nakai, bari saxophone University of Hawaii Music Department Dr. Laurence Paxton, Chair Byron Moon, Facility Coordinator University Laboratory School Donald Young Keoni Jeremiah, Principal Ira Wong Kaimuki Middle School Frank Fernandes, Principal Susan Ochi-Onishi Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Tim Motts Natalie Pawluk Jeric Lake Kaimuki High School Wade Araki, Principal MJ Matsushita Mid-Pacific Institute Thomas McManus, Principal Paula Kingsbury Allen Nii YSI Concert Parents Lance Uchida Jan Watanabe YSII Concert Parents Stacey Hatakenaka Joan Shishido

CO Concert Parents Lori Kam Laura Yamamoto Wesley Yoshida CSO Concert Parents Amy Carlson Maryann Wong Lucy Young-Oda SOE Concert Parents Juli Matsuzaki Susan Pang Gochros Lynn Toma Joyce Wong ISE Concert Parents Grace Domingo Janet Kim Drizza Tabisola-Nuesca BSE Concert Parents Linda Siu Rachelle Soohoo HYS Stage Crew Les Murata Gary Hirokane Gavin Hirokane Jerry Kushiyama Lloyd Nakamaejo Delbert Nakaoka Tom Shigeta David Yee

Mahalo to the music educators and private music teachers whose expertise, encouragement and support mean so much to our talented musicians. We are also grateful to the families and friends who volunteer their time and energy to strengthen our program and make it a success.

HYS Symphony Program Auditions!

HYS is accepting applications for our 2015–2016 season.

Early applications are due by Friday, April 24. Late applications will be accepted till 5 pm on Tuesday, May 5.

Audition music will be made available Friday, April 10 on our website for download. The auditions are scheduled on May 23, 24, 30, 31 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Music Department.

Youth Symphony I 13 years of age by 12/31/14 and grade 9 in the 2015-16 school year Youth Symphony II 12 years of age by 12/31/14 and grade 8 in the 2015-16 school year Concert Orchestra 10 years of age by 12/31/14 and grade 6 in the 2015-16 school year All Audition Applications & Information Available at: www.HiYouthSymphony.org CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MUSIC EDUCATION

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Spring Concert Program Saturday, April 25, 2015 ✿ Kaimuki High School Auditorium

Music4Kids

Joy Waikoloa, Instructor Andreas Donauer

Fliegerlied Song (Aviator Song)

Clubhouse Band

Wayne Fanning, Conductor Selections from Essential Elements 2000 Tim Lautzenheiser, John Higgins,

Charles Menghini, Paul Lavender,

Tom C. Rhodes, and Don Bierschenk Johann Sebastian Bach

Minuet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

March Slav Frere Jacques

Traditional French Folk Song

Kum Bah Yah

Traditional African Folk Song Franz Schubert

March Militaire

W. T. Purdy

School Spirit

Beginning String Ensemble Joan Doike, Conductor

Selections from Essential Elements 2000 for Strings

Michael Allen, Robert Gillespie, and Pamela Tellejohn Hayes arr. John Higgins

Buckeye Salute For Pete’s Sake Grandparent’s Day Bile ’em Cabbage Down Can-Can

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American Folk Song American Fiddle Tune Jacques Offenbach arr. John Higgins Ludwig van Beethoven HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY

Intermediate String Ensemble Helen Fong, Conductor

Traditional arr. Bob Phillips

American Fiddle Medley

Susan H. Day

Eagle’s Pride

Danny Elfman arr. Bob Cerulli

Wonka’s Welcome Song

String Orchestra Ensemble Joan Doike, Conductor

Jeremiah Clarke arr. William Ryden

Trumpet Voluntary

Appalachian Folk Song arr. Theldon Myers

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair

Perez Freire arr. Merle J. Isaac

Two South American Songs II. La Cumparsita

Concert String Orchestra Chad Uyehara, Conductor

Shirl Jae Atwell

Handelain

Keiko Yamada

Amadare (Raindrops) Steven Casano, shakuhachi

Soon Hee Newbold

Fantasía Española

Traditional arr. Michael Hopkins

Cripple Creek

About the HYS Academy The HYS Academy is composed of four string ensembles with entry points for students of beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. The Academy provides children ages 8 and up the opportunity to learn an orchestral string instrument (violin, viola, cello, or bass), develop fundamental skills necessary for musical success, and perform in concert settings. Students perform twice per season and also participate in special workshops taught by professional musicians and other music educators.

During the summer, the Academy offers Summer Strings, daily instruction over a five-week session for beginning and intermediate players. All Academy classes are held at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii’s Spalding Clubhouse.

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Academy Strings Rosters Beginning String Ensemble Violin Noah Asano Phoebe Kim Mira Kubo Phoebe Nguyet Le Kevin Maddock Nevan Malana Kaitlyn McLeod Hannah Moses Andy Siu Kyle Siu Kaidee Soohoo Leanza Yucoco Viola Shalem Asano Rylie Ann Hashizume Laura Latimer Kelli Soohoo Cello Selah Asano Kelsey Cook Zion Doucettperry Corey Lehnertz

Intermediate String Ensemble Violin Gabrielle Andersch Kai Asakura Yoran Beisher Haley Brewer Kristina Domingo Rafael Elham Darnell Flora Samantha Guo Sarah Holliday Jacob Hsieh Jared Hsieh Jonathan Hsieh Angus Huang Erica Kim Hakyoung Kim Lauren Kim Mia Kim Jennifer Kimura Mackenzie Kop Jason Kwak Linda Lam Lily Nell Aiden Otaka Sarai Shepherd Viola Tiffany Tanaka Cello Nathaniel Fulton Abbie Hirayama Hannah Kim Justin Kwak Nhat Le Rhysa Lee Grace Nakagawa Ezekiel Nuesca Andrew Tom Devyn Young-Pak Bass Rachel Verhoef Maya Watanabe

String Orchestra Ensemble Violin I Michelle Evangelista Leila Hijii Taiga Ikeda Seth Lampitelli Alexandra Lecher Elijah Nabarrete Anisa Segovia Rylee Toma Liv Wilson Kate Wong

Violin II Emma Chun Jaron Kawamura Willow Otaka Priscilla Pierre Nathan Roberts Eunice Son Duke Tatom Allena Villanueva Logan Wurthner Raysian Yang Brandon Yee Tobey Yuen Viola Justin Pascua Tiffany Tanaka Cello Seth Asano Jonas Matsuzaki Jonathan Olderr Jeremy Pang Kira Prescott Bass Matin Boulos Adrian Tran Peter Wiggett

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Academy Strings Roster Concert String Orchestra Violin I Claire Fulton Remi Furuto Ylang Guo Cynthia Kawaiaea Cyrus Kelawala Kristyn Miyamoto Erin Nishi Zoe Oda Joshua Park Lyllica Takahashi Jordan Wong Violin II Elise Danko Daniel Christopher Ferrer Shuxuan He Sienna Kochi Wesley Ku Marissa Kwon Alexander Lau Christine Lau Clara Li Jany Lim Pieter Nauwelaerts

Angelina Pablo Franklin Zheng Kimberly Zheng Hinman Zhou Viola Katelyn Chong Joshua Choy Hosanna Chun Luke Matsumoto Nicole Sison Cello Hannah Asano William Hee Ella Kang Celina Lim Austin O’Rourke Andrew Su Cara Tan Zolbo Tomita Bass Isabella-Marie Geppert Sage Yiming Guo

STEVEN CASANO, Shakuhachi

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teven Casano is on the piano faculty of the Punahou Music School and has been a lecturer in Music Theory and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

As a licensed teacher and performer of the Japanese shakuhachi, Mr. Casano’s playing was featured on the documentary soundtrack, “Aloha Akebono” (KHON TV). His teachers include Robert Herr and Riley Lee in Hawaii and Ishikawa Toshimitsu and Yokoyama Katsuya in Japan.

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n alumnus of HYS, Chad Uyehara conducts the Concert String Orchestra. Mr. Uyehara received his Master’s of Music in Viola Performance and Music Education from Northwestern University. He earned his Bachelor’s of Music in Violin Performance, Bachelor’s of Arts in French, and membership in Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Hawaii. He is also a graduate of Punahou School. Mr. Uyehara has performed on violin and viola with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, Desert Springs Chamber Orchestra, and the Honolulu Symphony. He has taught orchestra with the Clark County School District in Nevada, the Las Vegas Youth Philharmonic, and the Hawaii Department of Education at Kalani High School, Kaimuki Middle School, and Moanalua Elementary. Currently, he teaches orchestra at Saint Andrew's Priory, conducts the University of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, and maintains a private violin/viola studio of forty students. Professional affiliations include American String Teachers Association, National Association for Music Education, Suzuki Association of the Americas, Music Teachers National Association, and the American Viola Society.

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Academy Strings Program JOAN DOIKE, Conductor

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oan Doike directed orchestras in the HYS program for fourteen years prior to moving to Indiana. While in Indiana, she taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Pre-College String Academy. Ms. Doike currently teaches the HYS Beginning Strings and String Orchestra Ensemble classes, and gives private violin lessons. As a student, Ms. Doike was a violinist in HYS while at Kaimuki Intermediate and Kalani High schools and she continued on to receive her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Hawaii. Her two daughters, niece and nephew are also HYS alumni and are currently pursuing bachelor’s degrees in music.

HELEN FONG, Conductor

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elen Fong is the conductor of the Intermediate String Ensemble. Mrs. Fong has a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She taught strings and chorus in the Scranton public schools from 1974–1992. She was a violist with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and various chamber and community orchestras. Locally, Mrs. Fong has taught at McKinley High School, Le Jardin Academy, Aiea Intermediate School and Wheeler Middle School. She currently teaches music at Dole Middle School.

CHARLOTTE FUKUMOTO, Coordinator

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harlotte Fukumoto has been HYS’s String Program Coordinator since 1995. She retired from the Department of Education after 27 years of service. Thirteen of those years were spent working with the string orchestra program at Moanalua Intermediate. She has been a string repair technician at Music Center of Hawaii and a string clinician at Kamehameha Middle School. Ms. Fukumoto chaired the Senior Honor All-State Orchestra while teaching for the Kamehameha Schools Intermediate orchestra from 1995–1996. She has also taught English as a second language at McKinley Community School for Adults.

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Music in the Clubhouse Music4Kids Noah Cheng Cherry Dalan Brooke Fujiwara Haley Fujiwara Fareed Gaoue Claudio James Carter Kuong Hunter-Wyatt Meyer Bethany Mindo Camille Mindo Terence Yan Andrew Yos

Clubhouse Band Flute Carmina Chang Hollie-Marie Meyer Clarinet Franklin James Bao Nguyen Cherise Yan Nicholas Yos Alto Saxophone Stephen Koa Miller Horn Jonathan Young Trumpet Journey Billingsly Kai Sakamoto Robert Yos Trombone Eternity Billingsly

About Music in the Clubhouse Music in the Clubhouse is a joint initiative of Hawaii Youth Symphony and the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii. Now in its sixth year, Music in the Clubhouse features low-cost programming designed to fill gaps left by cuts to arts education. Classes take place on weekdays, afterschool, at Spalding Clubhouse in McCully/Mo‘ili‘ili.

The classes are open to any interested students, ages 7–9 (general music class Music4Kids), and ages 10+ (Clubhouse Band). All music, instruments, and supplies are included. Nearly 98% of the operating costs are subsidized by HYS, with thanks to grants from multiple foundations and donors.

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Music in the Clubhouse WAYNE FANNING, Conductor

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ayne Fanning is a graduate of Hilo High School. He received a Bachelor of Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he went on to earn a Master of Arts in Music Education. He has performed with the Honolulu Symphony, Royal Hawaiian Band, Kamuela Philharmonic, Kona Chamber Orchestra, Maui Symphony, and the Hawaii County Band.

He has served as a clinician and guest conductor for various middle and high school bands in Hawaii. He has conducted several middle school honor bands as well as the Maui District High School Massed Band. He has been teaching band and orchestra at Niu Valley Middle School since 1998, where the musical ensembles have performed for the Board of Education, the State Legislature, the Inauguration of Governor Abercrombie, and local and national conferences of the Hawaii Music Educators Association and American School Band Directors Association.

JOY WAIKOLOA, Instructor

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oy Waikoloa was born and raised in Honolulu. As a vocalist, she is known for versatility in her song selections, but her deepest passions lie with blues, R&B and jazz.

Ms. Waikoloa graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor’s degree in Education and Music. Prior to owning Hawai‘i Audiology Consultants in 2009 and entering the hearing conservation profession, she taught music for fifteen years with the DOE and now continues to reach children through the Music4Kids program with the Hawaii Youth Symphony.

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Want to learn a string instrument this summer?

Join our Summer Strings program!

June 8, 2015 – July 10, 2015 at the Boys & Girls Club Spalding Clubhouse, adjacent to Washington Middle School

This five-week, daily course is targeted to young students, born on or before June 1, 2007, who are interested in learning about music and string instruments.

Instruction is available for students on the violin, viola, cello, or string bass. No prior experience necessary!

Sign up at HiYouthSymphony.org

HYS announces its Pacific Music Institute July 10 – 19, 2015 at University of Hawaii A ten-day, jam-packed music program that will help you become a better musician!

All students play in large ensembles, chamber music, and have the opportunity to work with incredible clinicians!

Open to students of all orchestral instruments, including saxophone and euphonium.

Applications available soon; check our website for details!

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Mahalo to Our Donors The Hawaii Youth Symphony is grateful for these gifts that were made between July 1, 2014 and March 20, 2015.

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000–$49,999)

ANGEL ($5,000–$9,999)

PATRON ($1,000–$2,499)

ABC Stores Cades Foundation George Mason Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation McInerny Foundation Ward Village Foundation

Aloha International Piano Festival Bill Healy Foundation Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation Mrs. Edith Leong Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Mr. Lance Teruya Jean & Kent Tsukamoto

Anonymous Russell & Dana Arakaki Bank of Hawaii Dr. John Chen & Dr. Lillian Chen Mr. & Mrs. Gil Farias Mr. Alton Farm & Ms. Reiko Tanaka Foodland Super Market, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Owen Fukumoto Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Gainsley The Gift Foundation Hawaii Independent Energy, LLC Hawaii State Federal Credit Union Kendall & Shelley Hee Iolani School Jonathan Y. C. Ching Revocable Trust Jose L. Romero Memorial Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Dennis & Tina Lau Mr. Malcolm D. Lau Ms. Patti Look Dr. & Mrs. Donald Mastriano Mid-Pacific Institute Mr. Henry Miyamura Dan & Linda Momohara Mr. & Mrs. David Monk Michael & Amy Onofrietti Ms. Mi Jeong Park Pass Out Records Mr. Warren Price III & Ms. Sharon Himeno Ms. Barbara Shibayama Strategic Communication Solutions Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Toyama Mr. & Mrs. Ira Uradomo Randy & Helen Wong Mr. & Mrs. Robert Yam

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($10,000–$24,999) Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation City and County of Honolulu First Hawaiian Bank Foundation The Thomas J. Long Foundation

BENEFACTOR ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous First Insurance Company of Hawaii Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc. Friends of Malama Maunalua Hawaiian Host, Inc. Mr. Bob Hayashi Hazel H. Takumi Foundation Mrs. Gladys Hirano Martin Hsia, Esq. Richard & Susan Ing Island Insurance Companies Kaiser Permanente Ms. Carol S. Koga Mr. & Mrs. Franklin T. Kudo Todd & Jeanne Murata Ohata Chun Yuen LLP Servco Foundation Tom Shimabuku Family Symphony Honolulu Condominium Project United Laundry Services, Inc. Mr. Ka‘upena Wong 28 | 2015 Spring Concert Series

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SPONSOR ($500–$999)

PARTNER ($250–$499)

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Amemiya Mr. & Mrs. Masanobu Arakaki Ms. Myra Brennan Chris & Selena Ching City Mill Company, Ltd. / C. K. Ai Foundation Mr. Geneson Coloma & Ms. Theresa Kiehm Ms. Denby Dung Mr. & Mrs. Roy T. Ganeku Mr. Joel Goldman Mrs. Helen K. Higa Mr. & Mrs. Andy Huang Mr. & Mrs. George Irion Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Kasashima Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Kohara Marcus & Associates, Inc. Dr. Maya Matsuda & Mr. Edwin Matsuda Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Morita Mr. & Mrs. Barron Nagatoshi Mr. & Mrs. Shigeo Nakazaki Pikake Foundation Mr. Joseph Rothstein Mr. & Mrs. Doug Stanfield Mr. & Mrs. Alan Taniguchi Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Torrey UHA Health Insurance Mr. & Mrs. Brian Watanabe Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Wo Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Y. Wong Wong’s Drapery Shoppe Mr. Yong Zhao & Ms. Xi Chen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Akinaka Ms. Carolann Biederman & Mr. Seth Markow Mr. & Mrs. Ian Capps Carole Sheridan Memorial Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Mrs. Esther Cartoon Mr. & Mrs. Vincent M. Chang Dr. Yi-Chuan Ching Mr. Kenin Coloma Ms. Stephanie Hayashi Mr. & Mrs. Randall Hee Mr. & Mrs. Gary Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Sid Johnson Ms. Elizabeth Kaneshiro Ms. Junko Kawashima Dr. & Mrs. Toshihiko Kawasugi Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Pierson & Betsy Koike Dr. Jay Kwon & Dr. Natalie Woo Dr. Richard Liu & Dr. Amber Liu Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand F. Llantero Charles & Maydean Martin Mrs. Dorothy Mason Dan & Karen Miyamoto Dr. Steven Nishi & Dr. Pamela Tauchi-Nishi Mrs. Susan Ochi-Onishi Mrs. Doris Ogawa Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Oishi Mr. & Mrs. Alan Okami

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Dr. Tim Olderr & Ms. Kristi Maynard Mr. & Mrs. William T. Oshima Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Pang Dr. & Mrs. Clifford Park Mr. Steven Premo Randal S. Furomoto & Associates, Inc. Ms. Joan Shishido Brian & Mary Stapleton Dr. Alex Suenaga & Ms. Kay Mattos Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Sung Mr. & Mrs. George Takemoto Mr. & Mrs. Dean Tanaka Mr. & Mrs. Hisao Taniguchi Rev. Msgr. Terrence Watanabe Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Yamamoto Mr. Carl Yee & Ms. Mary Wong Ms. Valerie Yee Mr. Xiang Yee & Ms. Jiangyan Zhu

CONTRIBUTOR ($100–$249) Anonymous Mr. Russell S. Akamine Ms. Arline Akina Mr. & Mrs. Hiroo Akiyama Mr. & Mrs. Michael Amore Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Y.H. Au Ms. L. Christine Ban Ms. Mary Bertolino Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Bingham Mr. Nick C. Bleecker Dr. William R. Brown, Jr. & Mr. Douglas Gibson Mr. Harold Chang Ms. Linda Mae Chang Mr. Taukai Chang & Ms. Dexin Guo Mr. Tin Shing Chao & Ms. Lai Ling Ng Dr. David Chen & Dr. Tzu-Lan Kuo Mr. & Mrs. Justin Chen Mr. Glenn Chinen Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Chinn Mr. & Mrs. Robert Choy Mr. Librado Cobian Mr. Brandon Correa 2015 Spring Concert Series | 29

Donors (continued) The Hon. Lea Crandall & Mr. David Schulmeister Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cundy Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Dang Mr. Dennis Danko & Ms. Joan Forester Mr. George DeConte, II Mr. Allen I. Emura Ms. Joanna Fan Mrs. Mook-Lan M. Fan Helen & Richard Fong Mr. Peter Fong & Ms. Chiny Wang Ms. Charlotte Fukumoto Mr. & Mrs. Randal Furomoto Dr. and Mrs. Orin Gima Mr. & Mrs. Van M. Goto Dr. Jann Hara & Mr. Kurt Hara Mr. & Mrs. Troy Hatakenaka Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Higuchi Ms. Reiki Hirayama Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Ho Dr. Sean Holliday & Dr. Celeste Yagi Ms. Linda Yee Hoy Dr. Yujen E. Hsia Ms. Fumi Hua Mr. & Mrs. Warren T. Ishimi Mr. Grant Ito & Ms. JoAnn Yosemori Mr. & Mrs. Edward Iwanaga Mr. Ryan Jodoi Rev. Donald K. Johnson Ms. Dianne Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Ken Kajihara

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Chester & Jeanean Kaneshiro Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keenan Mr. & Mrs. Martin N. Kim Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Kimura Mrs. Anne King Mr. & Mrs. Dean Kiyama Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kosasa Mr. Richard L. Kurth Mr. & Mrs. Philip Kwon Mr. & Mrs. W. Peter Kwong Dr. Tom Leland & Dr. Jean Adair-Leland Mr. Patrick Leonard Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert W. Levitt Mr. Bin Li & Ms. Sujuan Situ Dr. Jeffrey Lim & Dr. Marcia Nagao Ms. Margaret M. Lin Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Love Ms. Jeannie Lum Ms. Tracy Madrigal Ms. Ann Mahi Mr. & Mrs. Richard MartinDoike Mr. Edward Masunaga Ms. Cari Matsuura Ms. Sharon S. McPhee Ms. Jennifer Miyamoto Mokapu Elementary Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Momohara Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Mori Dr. & Mrs. George I. Nagao Mr. & Mrs. David Nakama Mr. Erwin Nell & Ms. Theres Gruter Mr. & Mrs. Melvin S. Nishina Mr. & Mrs. Don Nishita

Mr. Gordon Noice Oahu Band Directors Association Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Oda Ms. Mie Oishi Mr. Phil Olsen & Ms. Gail Hudson Dr. & Mrs. Tilden Osako Mrs. Helen T. Oshio Mr. & Mrs. Carl Y. Oshiro Mrs. Cathie Pang Mr. Woongbae Park & Ms. Heebea Shim Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Peters Mrs. Edith M. Radcliffe Ms. Adriana Raket Mr. & Mrs. Alejandro Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Randall Ms. Julie Reyes Mr. & Mrs. Fred Romero Prof. David Ross & Ms. Ann Castelfranco Mr. & Mrs. Makoto Saito Ms. Corynn Sakamura Ms. Janice Savidge Mr. & Mrs. William E. Seehafer Mrs. Patricia Sekiya Mr. Dale Senaga Ms. Joanne H. Shigekane Ms. Laurie Shimabukuro Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shimabukuro Ms. Junko Shimana Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Shimokawa Shinnyo-En Hawaii Ms. Heather Shohet Ms. Sheryl Shohet Dr. & Mrs. Daniel I. Singer HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY

Dr. Namthip Sitachitta & Mr. Wesley Yoshida Dr. Ellen Sofio Ms. Nancy K. Sonoda Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sorensen Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Suda Mr. Kevin Sullivan & Ms. Verna Victoria Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Taba Ms. Wendy Tachikawa Ms. Fawn C. Takemoto Ms. Lorraine Taki Ms. Brenda Tang Ms. Amy A. Taniguchi Dr. Lynn Tanoue Mrs. Marjorie Tanoue Mrs. Ethel M. Teruya Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Tom Barry & Carlene Toshi Mr. & Mrs. Reid Townsend Mrs. Janice Trubitt Mr. Ryan H. Tsukamoto Mr. & Mrs. Lance Uchida Dr. Dailin Wang & Ms. June Tang Mr. & Mrs. Yoon Ok Won Dr. Evone Wong Mr. & Mrs. Vernon K. W. Wong Mr. & Mrs. James Yamamoto Mr. Edmund K. U. Yee & Ms. Janet H. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Grant S. Yee Ms. Mildred A. Yee Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Yick Dr. Lester Yim Ms. Susan Yoshinaga-Ward

FRIEND (Up to $100) Anonymous Ms. Karynna Asao Mrs. Nancy L. M. Au Ms. Ellen E. Belconis Mr. & Mrs. Philip Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Campbell Mrs. Mary Lou Chai Ms. Martha Child Ms. Merle K. H. Chong Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Choy Mr. & Mrs. Paul V. Christensen Dr. George Chu & Ms. Diane Wong Mr. & Mrs. Leslie G. Crandall Mr. & Mrs. R. Dougal Crowe Mr. & Mrs. Arnel Domingo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Duckworth Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fleming Ms. Heather Florendo Ms. Joan Fotheringham Rev. & Mrs. Yoshitaka Fujinami Ms. Julia Fujioka Mr. & Mrs. Marcus N. Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Gomes Ms. Kimberley Haines Mr. & Mrs. Dickey K. Hamasaki Mr. & Mrs. Sean O. Harding Mr. & Mrs. Norman Hashisaka Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Heape Mr. & Mrs. Kenn Higa Mr. & Mrs. Albert Hu Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Ige

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Mr. & Mrs. George S. Ige Mr. Andrew Ishii & Ms. Diane Imamura Ms. Ethel C. Iwasaki James K. Michishima, CPA Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kaneshiro Mr. & Mrs. Jefferry Kato Mr. & Mrs. Richard Y. Katsura Mr. & Mrs. Osamu Kawata Barry & Wendy Kikuno Mr. Charles T. Kishimoto Mr. & Mrs. Eric K. Kobayashi Ms. Sylvia S Koike Mr. Allan Kuba Ms. Judy Lam Mr. & Mrs. Jude Lampitelli Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lau Hee, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Lauw Mr. Arlen Ledward Legends Fine Hawaiian Handcrafted Jewelry Mr. Benjamin Levy Mr. & Mrs. Michael Li Mr. Peter Li & Mrs. Fiona Leung Louise Hockaday South Studio Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lui Mrs. Theodora Luke Ms. Chelsea Maeda Mr. & Mrs. Robert Main Ms. Naomi Masuda Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Matsumoto Mr. Burr McCutcheon & Ms. Claire Arakaki Mr. & Mrs. Robert McGovern Col. & Mrs. James P. McGuire Ms. Audrey Miyamoto Mr. & Mrs. Keith Miyashiro Ms. Edith A. Moe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Mullon Mr. & Mrs. Gary Nakano Dr. Elizabeth Nakasone Mr. & Mrs. Sam Ng Ms. Nancy Nishimura Ms. Melvina Nomura Mr. & Mrs. Earl K. Okawa Mr. & Mrs. Ernest N. Okazaki Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Okazaki Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Okino 2015 Spring Concert Series | 31

Donors (continued) Ms. Bessie A. Ono Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Ono Ms. Prudence Ota Ms. Jasmine N. Ota-Irvine Ms. Hannah Paa Mr. & Mrs. Angel G. Pablo Mr. & Mrs. Fernando H. Paez Mr. & Mrs. Florio Pierre Mr. Chris Pitsaroff Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Pollock Ms. Joanne Potts Mr. Thuong Quach & Mrs. Heidi Wong Ms. Faith H. Sabat Mr. & Mrs. Roy Y. Saito Ms. Yuriko Saito Ms. Sherilyn Sakamoto Mr. & Mrs. Masahiro Sato Mr. Phil Scellato Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Shimabukuro Ms. Ruby Shimabukuro Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Sison Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Siu Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. J. Siu Mr. & Mrs. James Sonobe Robert & Leinani Springer Mr. & Mrs. Lester Suehiro Mr. & Mrs. Michael Suen Ms. Doreen K. Sugita-Tsutsui Mr. & Mrs. Dean K. Taba Mr. & Mrs. Dale Takanishi Mr. & Mrs. Morris T. Takishima Ms. Beth Tamayose Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Tanaka Mr. Ryutaro D. Tanaka Mr. & Mrs. Xerxes Tata Ms. Kelly Tatom Mr. Robert L. Thomas Mr. Jack F. Thompson Mr. Gary T. Todoki Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Toma Mr. & Mrs. Paul Toma Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Tran Ms. Donna Von Mrs. Nancy D. White Ms. Lois Whitney Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Womack Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Wong 32 | 2015 Spring Concert Series

Mr. & Mrs. Galen Wong Mr. & Mrs. Youngchang Woo Mr. Jung-sen Wu & Ms. Xiucheng Li Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Wurthner Mr. & Mrs. Corey Yama Dr. Byron K. Yasui Mr. & Mrs. David Yee Mr. Gerald Young Mrs. Pamela Young Mr. & Mrs. Randall Young Mr. Yifeng Yuan & Ms. Li Fang Li

IN-KIND GIFTS 12th Ave Grill Alan Arizumi American Carpet One Angy’s Handmade Delights Anne Namba Designs, Inc. Aston Waikiki Beach Atlantis Adventures Aunty Lilikoi Ben Franklin Crafts Beretania Florist Big City Diner Big Island Candies Bishop Museum Buzz’s Original Steak House Cocina Compleat Kitchen Consolidated Theatres Creative Holidays Dave & Busters Diamond Head Theatre DoubleTree by Hilton Alana Waikiki Hotel Pamela Tauchi-Nishi

FundDevelopment Group Germaine’s Luau Global Village Great Harvest Bread Co. Halekulani Hotel Hard Rock Cafe Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki Hawaiian Host, Inc. Hilo Hattie Hilton Waikiki Beach Gladys Hirano Honolulu Club Honolulu Theatre for Youth Martin Hsia, Esq. Fujiko Hughes Ice Palace George & Vicky Irion Randall & Jean Jaycox Kaanapali Beach Hotel Kakaako Pet Hospital— Pauline Koreyasu Hamada, DVM The Kahala Hotel & Resort Kapolei Family Dental Corporation Donna Kawano Marilyn Kimura Roy & Gloria King Ko Olina Golf Club KoAloha Ukulele Kokua Market Kona Brewing Company Malcolm Lau Liliha Bakery Anne Logan Patti Look Susan Zane-Maeshiro Manoa Valley Theatre Market City Shopping Center Akiko Marutani Masaki School of Music Maui Divers of Hawaii Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows McKinley Car Wash Michel’s at the Colony Surf Mid-Pacific Institute Dan & Linda Momohara Mountain Apple Company Shari Nakakura Neiman Marcus Michael & Amy Onofrietti Orange Media Corp.

Sherri Pang HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY

Paul Brown Salon & Day Spa The Pegge Hopper Gallery Polynesian Cultural Center Joshua Romero Rosalie Prussing Guy Shibayama Special Gifts by Clarice Spirit of Harmony Foundation St. John Knits Star of Honolulu Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Jean & Kent Tsukamoto University of Hawaii Athletics Department Waikiki Parc Hotel Watanabe Floral, Inc. The Willows Gin & Louise Wong Michael & Terrina Wong Randy & Helen Wong Michelle Woo Chris & Norine Yuen Zaratez Mexicatessen

IN HONOR OF Jason C. Ban

by Ms. L. Christine Ban Christopher Inouye

by Ms. Junko Kawashima Edith Leong

by Ms. Linda Mae Chang

by Mrs. Helen T. Oshio

Henry Miyamura

by Ms. Carolann Biederman & Mr. Seth Markow

by Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Chinn Dylan Suehiro

by Mr. & Mrs. Lester Suehiro Kayli Sullivan

by Mr. Kevin Sullivan & Ms. Verna Victoria Jordan & Christian Takemoto

by Ms. Junko Shimana Ethel Teruya

by Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Love Hollie-Anne Toma

by Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Toma Derrick Yamane

by Lance Teruya

IN MEMORY OF Geoff Au

by Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Au

by Randy & Helen Wong Jean Chinen

by Mr. Glenn Chinen Jack Fotheringham

by Mrs. Joan Fotheringham

Kakuji Kajiwara

by Mr. & Mrs. Norman Kaneshiro Ed Kanaya

by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Bingham

by Mr. Allan Kuba

by Oahu Band Directors Association

by Ms. Bessie A. Ono

by Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Shimabukuro

by Ms. Doreen K. Sugita Tsutsui

by Ms. Wendy Tachikawa

by Dr. Byron K. Yasui

by Ms. Susan Yoshinaga Ward Beryl May Lum

by Ms. Merle K. H. Chong George Mason

by Ms. Carolann Biederman & Mr. Seth Markow

by Mrs. Dot Mason Marianne Miyamura

by Ms. Elizabeth Kaneshiro The Hawaii Youth Symphony thanks each donor and community partner who has contributed to its programs. Every attempt has been made to publish a complete listing. We regret any omissions or errors that may have occurred, and would appreciate if you would call HYS at 941-9706 to advise us of them. Thank you!

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2014–2015 Board of Directors & Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Yuen, President Vice Presidents Richard K. Ing Roy E. King, Jr. Malcolm Lau Tina Lau Leslie Murata Michael Onofrietti Patti Look, Secretary Jean Tsukamoto, Treasurer Alan Arizumi Nathan Hokama Gladys Hirano Martin Hsia Eric Lagrimas Daniel Momohara Alan Okami Keith Sakamoto Marjorie Tanoue

MUSIC STAFF Symphony Program Henry Miyamura, Music Director & Conductor, Youth Symphony I Derrick Yamane, Conductor, Youth Symphony II Elton Masaki, Assistant Conductor, Youth Symphony II Susan Ochi-Onishi, Conductor, Concert Orchestra Hannah Watanabe, Associate Conductor, Concert Orchestra Academy String Program Joan Doike, Conductor, Beginning String Ensemble, String Orchestra Ensemble Helen Fong, Conductor, Intermediate String Ensemble Chad Uyehara, Conductor, Concert String Orchestra Charlotte Fukumoto, Coordinator, String Program

Music in the Clubhouse Joy Waikoloa, Instructor, Music4Kids Wayne Fanning, Conductor, Clubhouse Band ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Randy Wong, Executive Director Meredith Prescott, Administration & Finance Manager Ann Doike, Programs Manager Janet Morita, Programs Associate Ruth Komatsu, Education Consultant

Hawaii Youth Symphony

1110 University Ave., Suite 200 Honolulu, HI 96826-1598 Tel. (808) 941-9706 Fax. (808) 941-4995

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Bravo!

First Hawaiian Bank applauds the student performers in the Hawaii Youth Symphony 50th Anniversary Spring Concert. The skills & friendships gained through a common love of music is an invaluable experience that will continue to last a lifetime.

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