State of Hawai’i
David Ige, Governor Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Allison Wong, Executive Director City & County of Honolulu Rick Blangiardi, Mayor Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts
Makanani Sala, Executive Director
Accounting
KMH LLP Evan Yamamoto Charles Gilmour Robert Loke Audio and Video Engineer
Duane Padilla Hawaii Symphony Orchestra Dave Moss Merchandise Hybrid Design Hawaii Printing Edwards Enterprises Mark Ibara Justin You Program Design Mark Nakamura
Becker Communications Susan Wright Taryn Wells Laura Young Social Media
Vibe Creative Marketing Erica Mau-Schank Jessica Nelson Ayari Tochika Website
White Space Studios
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii Paddy Kauhane, Chief Executive Officer
Claudia “Lala” Fernandez, Director of Operations Danielle Trinidad (Spalding) Kekoa Tupua (Nānākuli)
Hawaii Convention Center Trevor Newman, Senior Sales Manager
Kaimukī High School
Jamie Dela Cruz, Principal MJ Matsushita, Performing Arts Center Director Musicians Association of Hawaii
Patti Look, Chair
Sharon R. Himeno, Vice Chair
Erica Mau-Schank, Secretary Mary Ellen Williams, Treasurer
Directors
Alan Arizumi
Lorrin Hirano, Esq.
Collin Hoo
Martin Hsia, Esq.
David Imanaka, Esq.
Richard K. Ing, Immediate Past Chair
Malcolm Lau
Michael Onofrietti
Aaron Salā
Geoffrey S. Sewell, MD
Jake Shimabukuro
Jean Tsukamoto
Hawaii Youth Symphony 1350 South King St., Suite 201 Honolulu, HI 96814 Tel. (808) 941-9706 www.HIYouthSymphony.org Federal Tax ID 99-0119771
Earl Kim, Principal University of Hawai‘i Music Department
Dr. Laurence Paxton, Chair William Watson, Facility Coordinator Academy Program Coaches
Carissa Miyamoto
Janice Trubitt
Keanna Lau, Student Volunteer Academy Parent Volunteers Roselyn Galapon
Tee Swan
Jazz Parent Volunteer Barney Brennan Symphony Parent Volunteers Michelle Funai Shelley Miyashiro Wade Nobuhara Debbie Petilos Brooke Sakamoto Lawrence So Joyce Wong
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Randy Wong, President
Nate Chang and Parker Nakamura, Assistant Operations Managers
Brent Ramos, Receptionist Hannah Watanabe, Programs Manager
Joseph Stepec, Director of Orchestral Activities; Conductor – Youth Symphony I
Wayne Fanning, Conductor – Concert Orchestra
Elton Masaki, Conductor – Youth Symphony II
Susan Ochi-Onishi, Conductor –Youth Symphony II
Alexander Peña, Interim Conductor – Youth Symphony I
Hannah Watanabe, Conductor –Concert Orchestra
Chad Uyehara, Director; Conductor –Intermediate String Ensemble& Concert String Orchestra
Michael Lim, Conductor – Beginning String Ensemble & String Orchestra Ensemble
Brent Ramos, Academy Strings Program Coordinator
Laurie Shimabukuro, Super Strings Instructor
Jeff Hamano, Summer Strings Instructor
Music in the Clubhouse
Parker Nakamura, Music4Kids Instructor Yuseon Nam, Nānākuli Strings Instructor
HYS Jazz
Dean Taba, Director & Conductor Ryan Howe, Conductor Noel Okimoto, Conductor
Pacific Music Institute
Joseph Stepec, Artistic Director
Jeremy Lawi, General Manager
Ignace Jang, Solo & String Quartet Program Director
We are grateful to our community partners, whose generous support and special talents are invaluable to Hawaii Youth Symphony.
It is with great gratitude and joy that I am pleased to welcome you to the Hawaii Youth Symphony’s 2022 Winter Concert Series!
We are thrilled to be making music again—and to have your presence, in-person, at our concerts. I know you will be thrilled by these OUTSTANDING young musicians; each of whom has brought their hearts and souls to their instruments and these performances.
There is nothing better than coming out to support Hawaii’s youth. Your presence today makes a world of difference. Your applause, your smiles, your words of affirmation and your dollars of support each play an important part in helping HYS to develop youth to their fullest potential—thank you!
And finally, a sincere and hearty thank you to all our music teachers, band and orchestra directors, and PARENTS, for all that you do to encourage and inspire music for your children. Your love and support makes our community the best it can be. Thank you again for joining us and for celebrating the students of Hawaii Youth Symphony!
Aloha, Randy Wong President
Hawaii’s only state-wide music education organization, HYS serves students ages 7–18 of all skill levels and every economic background, brought together from more than 100 schools across the islands. Since 1964, the nonprofit has advanced its mission of developing youth to their fullest potential through orchestral music, offering diverse programs including general music, string and band classes, jazz, symphony orchestras, summer intensives, and more. Contributions from the celebration will go toward breaking down barriers to music education including financial hardship, access to qualified music teachers, the high cost of instruments, and expanding the reach of HYS in rural and under-resourced communities.
Among the largest youth symphony organizations in the country, HYS ensures that no interested child is turned away from a quality music education because of financial need and awards over $50,000 a year through its financial aid program. HYS also offers assistance for registration fees, instrument rentals, private lessons and air and surface travel for neighbor island students.
During the pandemic, HYS never stopped making music, and pivoted to a virtual format—online sectionals, workshops, masterclasses, recitals by renowned guest artists, and virtual concerts. Team HYS is composed of more than a dozen employees and has a roster of nearly a hundred artist-faculty, all of whom are expressly dedicated to music education and its transformative opportunities for Hawaii’s youth.
With a bold vision to Make Music A Right, Hawaii Youth Symphony is breaking down the barriers to access to music education. As the only state-wide music education organization in Hawaii, we aspire to put an instrument into every child’s hand, and bring the power and beauty of music education into every community. Too many children are currently denied the opportunity to make music, and HYS is committed to partnering with underserved communities to bring the joy of music making to where they live.
Since 1964, HYS has provided low-cost music programs for young people, and is the only venue where children from across the state can meet and play together in an orchestral ensemble. Currently, students from over 100 schools and nearly every island participate in HYS programs. Offering financial aid, neighbor island airfare, and merit-based scholarships to ensure state-wide accessibility, HYS welcomes every child without consideration of family financial capacity.
Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:00 pm ❄ Hawai‘i Convention Center
Hannah Watanabe, Conductor Wayne Fanning, Conductor
Tragic Overture
Johannes Brahms arr. Vernon Leidig
Valdres March Johannes Hanssen arr. Kathy L. Fishburn On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss David R. Holsinger
Genesis Rossano Galante A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson
Elton Masaki, Conductor Susan Ochi-Onishi, Conductor
Giuseppe Verdi A Light in the Ocean Chris Pilsner
La Forza Del Destino
Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Felix Mendelssohn IV. Choral: Ein’ feste burg: Andante con moto – Allegro vivace Selections from The Phantom of the Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber arr. Calvin Custer
Alexander Peña, Conductor
Overture to Candide Leonard Bernstein
Carmen Suite No. 1 Georges Bizet Prélude Aragonaise Séguedille Final (Les Toréadors)
Carnival Overture, op. 92 Antonin Dvořák Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns
Wayne Fanning is a graduate of Hilo High School and participated in HYS Concert Orchestra and the Pacific Music Institute as a student. He received his Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Fanning has performed with numerous professional and community ensembles throughout Hawaii. Prior to his current position at HYS, he served as director of the Music in the Clubhouse Band and a clinician for various HYS Orchestras. He has served as guest conductor for the Maui District High School Massed Band and the Central District Beginning Honor Orchestra, as well as several school bands and orchestras. He has been teaching band and orchestra at Niu Valley Middle School since 1998, where his musical ensembles have performed for music conferences in Honolulu, Denver, and Iowa. Most recently, they performed at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. M.A. (Music Education), B. Ed. (Secondary Instrumental Music) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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Conductor
Hannah Watanabe works for the Hawaii Youth Symphony as Programs Manager and conductor for the Symphony Program’s Concert Orchestra. She is a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree in K–12 Music Education with an emphasis in Secondary Instrument Music. Ms. Watanabe is an alumnus of the Hawaii Youth Symphony where she performed under the direction of Mr. Michael Nakasone and Mr. Henry Miyamura.
Prior to working at HYS, she taught orchestra for 16 years as an educator at Moanalua Middle School. While at Moanalua Middle School, she took the orchestra on several trips including Boston to work with musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Disneyworld where the orchestra won Best in Class, the Gold Award, and received a superior rating twice at Festival Disney, Disneyland to perform and participate in the Disney Workshop, and to the neighbor islands where her students performed and taught elementary school students about music and the orchestra.
Ms. Watanabe also taught K–6 general music and choir at Hawaii Baptist Academy, orchestra, piano, and music theory at Moanalua High School, and while still in college, she taught orchestra at Kalani High School part time. Ms. Watanabe is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Hawai‘i Music Educators Association, American String Teachers Association, and is the Webmaster for the Hawaii Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Narissa Chen
Yanling Guo, Principal Jayden Kim, Concertmaster Riya Krishnagopalan Manami Sato Maria Swan Eliana Takara Natalia Tangonan Max Villanueva Katherine Wu
Airi Choy Sydney Chung Alina Evanoff Brycen Fabro Benjy (Zoe) Fox Cole Jackson Vincent Lau Christopher Myers Chloe Petilos Sage Shiroma, Principal Kyli Taketa Tri Truong
Viola Leala Florendo Mie Kodama Sean Lee Jayce Lim Gray Nauwelaerts Elizabeth Swan, Principal Cello
Kalā Campuspos
Sophia Chan Danica Ibanez Maxwel Kim Eugene Lee Isabella Santos, Principal Bass
Micah Branner Chloe Chen, Principal Flute
Dena Brennan Southedath Chansavat Meika Nogi Micaela Pimentel Jessica Wiemer
Oboe
Sara Inao Marley Kong-Mercado Hailey Mashino Landon Yanagisawa
Clarinet
Nathan Amemiya Anna Choi Abcdee Gauthreaux Yuto Kawaguchi Matt Michibata
Bassoon
Jerry Gao Daniel Kim Jayden Retutal Amanda Tsuha Horn Hannah Emrani Parker Hursty Maile Judd Breydi Nuibe
Jasmine Addison Netta Cordier Don Velasco Erin Wong
Trombone Micah Dijos Zachary Oh Adrian Yang Tuba John Patrick Villalon Percussion
Camden Funai Keira Ida Ayu Ian Pak Jeremy Lawi, Guest Musician
Please note that winds and percussion students rotate part assignments for each piece.
Concert Orchestra is the third most advanced of HYS’s seven orchestras and the entry point into the Symphony Program. This year, Concert Orchestra is composed of 70 students from 24 schools across O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i, and the Big Island. This season’s concertmaster is Jayden Kim, a seventh-grade student from Kaimukī Middle School.
Susan Ochi-Onishi has proudly served as a middle and high school music educator in the Hawai‘i State Department of Education since 1988. Prior to teaching at Kaimukī Middle School, she has held music teaching positions at Wai‘anae Intermediate School and Moanalua High School.
Mrs. Ochi-Onishi is in her 29th year at Kaimukī Middle School where she instructs the beginning, intermediate, and advanced band students and directs the Kaimukī Middle School Symphonic Winds. During her tenure at Kaimukī, she has worked hard to nurture, build and consolidate the KMS Music Department. She provided opportunities for her colleagues to serve as KMS Department Head while she focused on leading the KMS Symphonic Winds to a higher performance level. As the first middle school band from Hawaii to receive an invitation, KMS Symphonic Winds have proudly represented the State of Hawai‘i by performing at the 2019 Music for All National Festival. In 2015, KMS Symphonic Winds was the first middle school band from Hawai‘i to perform at Carnegie Hall, where they received the Gold Award for their high adjudication scores. In addition to performing at the ASBDA Convention and traveling to share their music with others, many of our students continue to participate in the Hawaii Youth Symphony Programs.
Mrs. Ochi-Onishi received her Bachelor’s Degree and PDMUS in Music Education and Oboe Performance from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She received her Master’s of Music degree from Northwestern University, where she was an oboe student of Ray Still (CSO) and studied the english horn with Grover Schiltz (CSO). Her past oboe teachers include: Linda Strommen, Jeffrey Rathbun, Thomas Boyd, Margot Golding, and Roy Yanagida. She has performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, Royal Hawaiian Band, Maui Symphony, Diamond Head Theater, and various music ensembles. She served as the oboe lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i and continues to serve as the oboe clinician for the Pacific Music Institute. Her professional affiliations include the O‘ahu Band Directors Association and the American School Band Directors Association. Mrs. Ochi-Onishi is Co-Conductor of the Hawaii Youth Symphony II and is an alumna of the Hawaii Youth Symphony Program where she served as Principal Oboe during her time as a student.
Elton Masaki holds a Bachelor of Education Degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in music from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a Master of Music in Education Degree from Boston University. Mr. Masaki is the current high school orchestra director at Kamehameha School Kapālama Campus and the associate conductor of Youth Symphony II. In the past, he has also taught orchestra at Mid-Pacific Institute, Kamehameha Middle School, and with the Hawaii Youth Symphony Academy String Program. In addition to this, Mr. Masaki also serves as an orchestra clinician for a number of different camps and workshops both on and off island and manages the A Major Quartet. When he isn’t teaching, he is active as a community violin/viola player with performances in numerous musical theater productions as well as with other community orchestras such as the Oahu Civic Orchestra, UH Symphony, Oahu Chamber Orchestra, Allegro Chamber Orchestra, Hawaii Chamber Orchestra and has also subbed as a violinist with the Hawaii Pops, Maui Symphony, and Kona Symphony.
M. Ed. (Music Education), Boston University. B. Ed (Secondary Education, Music Emphasis), University of Hawai‘i.
Jannik Evanoff
Elizabeth Fink
Ymin Guo, Concertmaster Madeline Hodge, Assistant Concertmaster
Kai Im Brian Lim Vance Maeshiro Alyssa Santos Liliko Ueda Kaylin Wee
Violin II
Nicholas Chi Flora Elham Brayden Fabro Coco Kim, Principal Kara Kim Mari Muramoto Christopher Oyama Naomi Thompson Daniel Yoo Eileen Zhang Irene Zhong Viola Sinjin Cho-Tupua Mana Chun Swan Kim Albert Ko, Principal Hannah Kwak Lulu Wang Cello Ian Ahn
Anson Akemoto, Principal Ian Jun Donald Lee
Ty Tokunaga Kiron Toma Ella Williams Bryan Wood Jodie Wung Taigo Yuen Bass
Riley Pa‘akaula, Guest Musician Sayuri Yamamoto, Guest Musician
Prince Joshua Dionido Kenneth Hironaka Taylor Omine Sky Voong, Principal Oboe Sayleen Aglanao, Principal Hyatt Yoshioka
Clarinet
Jonah Kashiwamura Jeannie Kim Ethan Nakata Aiden Taheri Alicia Tangonan, Principal Bass Clarinet Aiden Taheri
Bassoon Kainani Nitz, Principal Aimee Okagawa
McKenzee Espiritu
Duke Katayama
Jake Miyakawa
Chelsea Song, Principal Nicholas Xu
Zachary Choi Blake Hironaka Tyler Nakazaki, Principal Christopher Yara
Ohriyon Cuffie, Principal Kellan Imaguchi Jae Koo Louie James Magcalas Jason Sakata Tuba Jisu Jang Zoe Miyashiro, Principal Percussion
Aaron Chen Macie Ho, Principal Mani Kovacich Carter Nobuhara Harp Arabella Tan
Please note that wind and percussion students rotate part assignments for each piece.
Youth Symphony II (YSII) is the second most advanced of HYS’s seven orchestras. For the 2022–2023 season, YSII is composed of 70 students from 24 public, private and homeschools across O‘ahu and Kaua‘i. Ymin Guo, a ninth-grade Iolani School student, is this season’s concertmaster.
Mr. Peña is leading YSI this semester for Mr. Stepec who is on sabbatical.
Alexander Peña recently moved to O’ahu to serve as Director of Orchestras at the ‘Iolani School, a position he assumed after serving as Director of the ROCmusic ‘El Sistema’ Collaborative and as Senior Leadership Viola/ Conducting faculty member at the Eastman Community Music School in Rochester, New York. A regular performer with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Hawaii Chamber Music Festival, Alexander also enjoys presenting new music by living composers and has been on tour with contemporary ensembles like Music in the American Wild and Sound ExChange. Mr. Peña is a founding-member and Section Violist with the Lakes Area Music Festival where he also directs the Explore Music! program, a program for youth that is now celebrating it’s 9th year in Northern Minnesota. Alexander earned an Arts Leadership Program Certificate, the Robert Oppelt Viola Prize, Bachelor and Master of Music from the prestigious Eastman School of Music before joining the Global Leaders Program in 2019, where he was awarded the Global Humanitarian Entrepreneur Prize.
Ylang Guo, Assistant Concertmaster
Erika Kwee, Concertmaster Keanna Lau
Teo Lubecke
Jacob Matsuda Cody James Nakagawa Sevastyan Swan Belise Swartwood Gwyneth Tenn Kate Wong
Violin 2
Preston Chi Leia Choi Yxing Guo Ashley Jisue Hong Cynthia Kawaiaea, Principal Clara Li Emi Okumoto Sakura Saito Max Shinno Kaitlyn Sim Viola Maggie Chen Trevor Hyun Jonathan Kwon Taylor Ohta Keon Sagara, Principal Cassidy Sakamoto Cello
Pyotr Alvarado Leo Bala Leiyao Chang Yun Hao He
Cassidy Ibanez
Ashlyn Ito Celina Lim, Principal Emma Newman Jason Vierra Bass
Samantha Barayuga, Principal Seitaro Kobayashi Joshua Wung
Shane Komeiji
Brooke Morita
Iris Sim Noelani Velasco
Oboe
Jeny Gorospe
Tiffany Nagano Kyle Siu
Ayaka Yoshii
Clarinet
Grace Kawaoka Haley Muramatsu Leanne So Chelsea Takushi Bassoon
Spencer Lyau Shelly Liu, Guest Musician
Horn Gabriel Cole Irene Kim Jennifer Moritaka Caleb Tamargo
Dawson Chan
Juan Fangon
Joel Lee
Trombone
Archer Aloiau Graysen Oumi
Timothy Shimizu
Luke Watanabe
Travis Chen Brady Schultz
Jeremy Lawi, Guest Musician Parker Nakamura, Guest Musician
Harp Arabella Tan
Please note that wind and percussion students rotate part assignments for each piece.
Youth Symphony I (YSI) is the most advanced of HYS’s seven orchestras and is one of the finest youth symphonies in the country. In its history, YSI has performed with renowned guest artists, was a finalist in the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, and had the special honor of performing on From The Top, a nationally-broadcast radio show.
For the 2022–2023 season, YSI is composed of 65 students, grades 9-12, from 16 public, home and independent schools across O‘ahu. Erika Kwee, a senior from Punahou School, is this season’s concertmaster.
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 2:00 pm ❄ Kaimukī High School Auditorium
Michael Lim, Conductor
Selections from Essential Elements Book 1
Intermediate
Chad Uyehara, Conductor
Gargoyles Doug Spata World Premier
We Can Sing! Nicholas Felder
Russian Music Box Soon Hee Newbold
The Academy String Program’s Intermediate String Ensemble (ISE) will be premiering a newly commissioned work as part of HYS’ collaboration with the National Orchestral Institute+Festival and its K–12 New Music Project grant (funded by the League of American Orchestras’ Futures Fund). The K–12 New Music Project grant seeks to diversify the pool of composers who write for young players by commissioning works by historically excluded composers to write music for elementary, middle, high school and youth orchestras. As part of this project, these composers work directly with instrumental teachers and students at secondary schools in Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) and two youth orchestras, DC Youth Orchestra Program (DCYOP) and Hawaii Youth Symphony (HYS), building on NOI+F’s existing partnerships with these institutions. Ultimately, schools across the nation will have access to these new works through our publishing partner, American Composers Alliance (ACA).
Last year, Concert String Orchestra premiered Michael-Thomas Foumai's, "Paniolo" as part of this project and ISE is thrilled to participate in the project this year. The students have had the opportunity to meet with the composer to better understand the music and to ask questions about the compositional process. HYS is open to collaborative projects such as this, giving students a well-rounded music education.
The new piece ISE will be premiering is titled, “We Can Sing” and was composed by Nicholas Felder from the University of Michigan. Mr. Felder was a finalist for the 2017 ASCAP Morton Gould Award and is one of several BIPOC composers whose work is supported by the grant.
Farandole from L'Arlessienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet arr. Merle Isaac Ocean Storm (La Tempest di Mare) Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Tom Fritz Sweet Moment Alan Lee Silva
Carol of the Bells
Mykola Leontovich arr. Michael Hopkins
Jingle Rock (Have Yourself a Merry Litte Christmas, arr. Bob Phillips Jingle-Bell Rock)
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Having a passion for community engagement and working with youth, Nicholas Felder seeks to create art that inspires relational bonds between people in a given space. His aim in artmaking is to build community, unlock truths around self-identity, and create a space for physical and emotional expression.
An active composer and collaborator, Nicholas recently worked with co-composer Alfredo Cabrera at The School at Marygrove in Detroit on a project called “Sing My Song.”Under the Hampsong Foundation’s partnership with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Nicholas and Alfredo led workshops to guide a class through writing, recording, and producing a song about experiencing and overcoming trauma.
Nicholas has upcoming premieres in the 2023 season with the Michigan-based Tuuli Quartet and acclaimed violinist Matt Albert. He also currently leads an Activism Through Art program at the Neutral Zone, a teen-driven nonprofit in Ann Arbor, MI, and loves to encourage teens to imagine new ways of artmaking. For more on Nicholas, find him at https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-felder-845603463.
Rosella Mae
Galapon
Seraphina Gower
Jade Liao
Yaoqi Liu
Maxwell Pacheco
Kanani Reid
Sarena Silva
Alisa Gardner
Veronica Lau
Travis Lou Isabella Tran
Violin
Viola
Hannah Aceret
Addison Aun
Katelyn Ewing
Eileen Kim
Sue Lee
Makai Muraoka
Quynh Chi Nguyen
Julia Preis
Rona Ross Olivia Schank Griffin Tano Aya Wismeth Jana Wu
Olivia Schank
Michael Lim, Guest Musician
Cello
Elora Asano
Isaiah Asano Kaito Degnan Emi Mochinaga Alexia Sakaida Bass Farrah Li Ian Taira
The HYS Academy Strings is composed of four string ensembles with entry points for students of beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. In proud partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubhouse of Hawaii, the Academy offers children ages 8 and older the opportunity to play violin, viola, cello, or string bass in group settings that emphasize the fundamental skills necessary for musical success. This season’s Academy students represent more than 40 public, independent, and home schools.
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.
Ivy Frame
Charlie Haring
Sophia Kawashima
Annaka Lau
Kaylee Liang
Audrey Luciano Yzelle Messinger
Shiloh Mitsui
Lilian Polley Fara Ross Noah Tanaka Isaiah Wane Runxin Wang Jeannie Wu Felicia Yang Kara Young
Asa Thompson Cello Madeline Ebisu Ethan Lim Joseph Perez ❄
Violin
Geon Cha
Dominic Chi Kangmin Cho Yunju Cho
Ethan Chow
Clara Elham Eva Luna Johnson Olivia Kawashima Victoria Lu Minh Chau Nguyen Zuri Phung Noah Swan Elena Tjoeng Suriel Wane Lantana Widana
Viola Ethan Chow Michael Lim, Guest Musician Cello Eliana Chang Rex Lin Evangeline Tjoeng Bass Derek Higashi, guest musician
An alumnus of HYS, Chad Uyehara conducts the Intermediate String Ensemble and Concert String Orchestra and has recently been appointed Academy String Program Director. He received his Master’s of Music in Music Education and Viola Performance from Northwestern University where he studied viola with Roland Vamos. He earned his Bachelor’s of Music in Violin Performance, studying with LaVar Krantz, Bachelor’s of Arts in French, and membership in Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Additional studies include the Brevard Music Center Summer Institute and Festival, the Conductor’s Workshop of America, Mimi Zweig’s Retreat for Violin and Viola Teachers, Suzuki Association of the Americas teacher training, and Paul Rolland String Pedagogy certification.
Mr. Uyehara has performed on violin and viola with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, Desert Springs Chamber Orchestra, and the Honolulu Symphony. He currently performs with the Maui Pops Orchestra, with local music theater companies, and as part of a violin-piano duo. He has taught orchestra for the Clark County School District in Nevada, the Las Vegas Youth Philharmonic, the Hawai‘i Department of Education at Kalani High School, Kaimukī Middle School, and Moanalua Elementary, Hanahauoli School, and St. Andrew’s Schools. Mr. Uyehara also served as interim conductor for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Symphony Orchestra during the 2014–2015 school year. Currently, he directs orchestras for the Hawaii Youth Symphony and Moanalua Middle School. He also maintains a private violin and viola studio.
For many years, Mr. Uyehara served as president of the Hawai‘i chapter of the American String Teachers Association (HASTA), and organized the HASTA Solo & Ensemble Festival and Junior Festival Orchestra. Other professional affiliations include the Paul Rolland String Pedagogy Society, Suzuki Association of the Americas, Music Teachers National Association, National Association for Music Education, American Viola Society, and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He has been honored with the 2018 Teacher of the Year award from the Hawai‘i Music Teachers Association.
MICHAEL LIM Conductor
Michael Lim is a dedicated music teacher and professional violinist. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, he began his musical career at the age of four with the piano, and started his violin studies at the age of seven. A graduate of Punahou School, Michael was involved in Punahou’s orchestra and string quartet program, and was a member of Hawai’i Youth Symphony’s YSII and YSI orchestras during his middle school and high school years. He is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he received his Bachelors and Masters of Music in violin performance. After returning to Hawai’i, he completed his Post-Baccalaureate Certificate of Music Education at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa, and currently teaches orchestra and choir in grades 6–12 at Mid Pacific. In addition to his music teaching career, Michael is also a full-time member of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra violin section, teaches private violin and viola lessons, and has served on the board of the Hawai’i Music Educators Association. He is a passionate educator and performer, and hopes to share his love of music with his students and inspire a new generation of musicians to cherish and preserve the art of music.
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Brent Ramos is a graduate from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance. He is an HYS alumni who started in the Academy Program, and in his senior year of high school was concertmaster of Youth Symphony I. After graduating from high school and while in college, Mr. Ramos was a Teacher’s Assistant for the Moanalua Middle School Summer Orchestra Program for many years. He currently teaches private lessons at the Masaki School of Music, and volunteers his time to help out as a violin coach at several local schools.
Josh Uchima Electric Guitar Michael Lockwood Brody Nakasone
Saturday, December 17, 2022, 11:00 am Studio 909, Musicians Association of Hawai‘i
All Blues Miles Davis Away in the Manger Traditional Road Song Wes Montgomery Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk
Django Reinhardt Thad Jones Schofield Charlie Parker
A relatively new HYS program, HYS Jazz celebrates its fourth anniversary this year! Under the leadership of HYS Jazz Director Dean Taba, and with the support of our dedicated faculty including Dean, Noel Okimoto, and Ryan Howe, HYS Jazz offers Intermediate Contemporary Ensemble and Advanced Contemporary Ensemble for students 14–18. Advancing Hawaii Youth Symphony’s ongoing commitment to making music education accessible to all students, HYS Jazz also recently launched its Beginning Improvisation Group for ages 12 and up. HYS Jazz students are taught the skills necessary to play as a rhythm section, accompany others, and improvise. We are proud to have guitarists, keyboardists, drummers, and saxophonists among our student body, though HYS Jazz is a wholly inclusive environment and welcomes students from all orchestral instruments.
HYS Jazz frequently collaborates with highly-respected artists, and in its short history has already performed with HSO concertmaster Ignace Jang, ukulele extraordinaire Jake Shimabukuro, trumpeter DeShannon Higa, saxophonist Steve Treseler, vocalists Shari Lyn, and John Valentine! Though the focus of HYS Jazz is music performance, many entrepreneurial facets of being a professional musician or working in the music industry are addressed throughout the year. Students have direct access to top audio engineers, influential musicians, and music business gurus. Learn more about all that HYS Jazz has to offer at hiyouthsymphony.org/jazz
HYS Jazz Director
Ahighly regarded studio and freelance musician, Dean Taba began his musical studies on the piano at the age of 6 and played French horn in the Hawaii Youth Symphony. It was a desire to play in the high school jazz band that introduced him to the bass and improvised music. After extensive studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and a refinement of his skills on both the acoustic and electric bass, Dean relocated in 1984 to Los Angeles to become one of its most in demand musicians.
Also a respected clinician and educator (Los Angeles Music Academy, Musician’s Institute, Cal-Poly Pomona, Grove School of Music) Dean has recently performed/recorded with Jeff Lorber, David Benoit, Mark Murphy, Jake Shimabukuro, Andy Summers, Sadao Watanabe, The San Francisco Symphony, Hiroshima, Rick Braun, The American Jazz Institute Orchestra, Dave Koz, Jeff Richman, Pauline Wilson, The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Ho, Bill Watrous, and many others as well as playing on countless CDs, TV shows, and movie soundtracks.
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Ryan Howe graduated from Maui High School and completed both his Bachelor’s in Music Education and Master’s in Bassoon Performance at the University of Hawai‘i. He currently teaches middle school band at Moanalua Middle School.
Mr. Howe says: “I have two things that I love to do in life, teach music and cooking. Both are great ways to express one’s self and a great medium to change people’s perspectives in life and to teach humanity and good fellowship. Other than music, I like to play sports such as tennis, basketball, and golf. I believe that in order to be a healthy and effective teacher, you must have a balanced life. Mind, body, and soul. I look forward to working with all students and parents. Please feel free to ask questions, because I believe that everyone is important, and they deserve to be heard.”
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Born and raised in Honolulu, Noel Okimoto has been playing professionally since the age of ten. Noel’s primary instrument is the drum set, but is also an accomplished orchestral percussionist, vibraphonist, composer and clinician. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Percussion from the University of Hawai‘i. Noel has played in Hawai‘i, the mainland USA, and internationally with Freddie Hubbard, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Stan Getz, Bobby Hutcherson, Richie Cole, Bill Watrous, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank, Barney Kessel, Lew Tabackin, Sadao Watanabe, Wynton Marsalis, Ronnie Cuber, Makoto Ozone, Jeff Richman, Larry Coryell, Nestor Torres, Gene Harris, Take 6, David Benoit, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, Steve Allen, Natalie Cole, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Dionne Warwick, and Jake Shimabukuro, among others. He was also a member of the Gabe Baltazar Group for five years. He is also the percussion section leader of the historic Royal Hawaiian Band. Okimoto recorded an award-winning jazz CD in 2004, entitled ‘Ohana, that received a 4-Star review in Downbeat magazine and positive reviews in other national and international publications.
CHANG Assistant Operations Manager
As a Concert Parent for over four years, Nate Chang witnessed firsthand the positive impact of Hawaii Youth Symphony’s programs on its student musicians. Helping to further the mission and uphold the core values of the organization has been a dream come true for Nate. He is grateful to work with such talented and inspiring faculty and staff who share their love of music.
Since the age of three, Joseph DeMatteo hit drums. Even currently as an accountant, husband, father of two children and three terriers, Joseph still hits drums. His deep respect for teaching and music fuels his current aspirations to help HYS with their financial and accounting needs. A strong supporter of the arts and creative expression, Joseph currently resides in Greenwich, CT and routinely sings harmony with his very loud daughter and vibrant son.
PARKER NAKAMURA Assistant Operations Manager
Parker Nakamura is a 2017 graduate of Arizona State University and majored in trumpet performance with a concentration in orchestral studies under Regents’ Professor David Hickman. Parker currently attends the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he is pursuing a post-baccalaureate certificate in music education. He is a part-time member of the Royal Hawaiian Band and has performed with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Aside from being an active freelance musician, he also maintains a private lessons studio. In addition, Parker is an alumnus of the Hawaii Youth Symphony, participated in the Pacific Music Institute and the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute, and studied with Kenneth Hafner, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Yuseon Nam has quickly made a positive impact on the musical community of Hawaii since her arrival in the fall of 2017. She is a full-time member of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, and also maintains a large private studio. She teaches violin lessons at ‘Iolani School and is the current Vice President of the Hawai‘i Music Teachers Association.
Dr. Nam did her undergraduate studies at Seoul National University and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, summa cum laude, studying with Ik-Hwan Bae. Dr. Nam completed her doctoral degree in violin performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Federico Agostini. She was Professor Agostini’s teaching assistant, and also taught violin courses at the University of Rochester. Dr. Nam also studied with Mimi Zweig at Indiana University to complete her master’s degree in violin/viola pedagogy. While at Indiana, she taught students in the Indiana University String Academy.
Dr. Nam is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Nam was the founder of the Felix Trio, and they were featured at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Yujung Arts Center in Seoul, and invited as a resident trio at the Banff Centre Chamber Music Residency. Dr. Nam has been a prizewinner in numerous competitions and has performed as a soloist with orchestras across the world including Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean-American Youth Orchestra, and Romanian State Orchestra. Also an accomplished viola player, Dr. Nam was invited as a viola guest artist to the International Chamber Music Festival of Puerto Rico.
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Laurie Shimabukuro grew up on O‘ahu studying the violin under the Suzuki Method from age four. She joined her first orchestra ensemble in the seventh grade as the concertmaster of the Punahou Advanced Orchestra and the Hawaii Youth Symphony in the eighth grade as the concertmaster of the Youth Symphony II orchestra. As a senior in high school, she was the concertmaster for both the Punahou Symphony and Youth Symphony I orchestras. She was the winner of several awards and competitions, including the Honolulu Symphony’s Talent Pool, Morning Music Scholarship, HMTA, and MTNA competitions in Hawaii. She continued her music studies with Daniel Rouslin at Willamette University, where she served as the concertmaster for the University Chamber Orchestra and concertmaster/ soloist for the Salem Chamber Orchestra. She graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and Chemistry from Willamette University and earned a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Hawai‘i.
Music has provided her with several amazing opportunities. She participated in masterclasses/ workshops with Yehudi Menuhin, Kyoko Takezawa, The Emerson String Quartet, Almita Vamos, John Kendall, and other inspiring teachers. She also traveled to Europe with the Ambassadors of Music from Hawai‘i and performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Japanese chorus groups in Hawai‘i and Japan. Her musical theater collaborations included the world premier and encore productions of Ohana Arts’ original musical “Peace On Your Wings” in Hawai‘i and other local community plays.
Through her first job as a math tutor in high school and teaching English in Japan and violin from the time she was a college student, Laurie has enjoyed working with students and helping them develop the confidence to succeed in their future endeavors.
Laurie currently teaches violin part-time and enjoys playing chamber music. Prior to the pandemic, she also performed with the O‘ahu Civic Orchestra and University of Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra while maintaining her accounting career and volunteering as a Master Gardener, Consulting Rosarian, and treasurer of the Honolulu Rose Society.
Joseph Stepec came to Hawai‘i from Cleveland, OH in 2016. He is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Orchestras at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Music Department. Under his direction, the University of Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra has premiered works of new composers, represented underperformed masterworks, and has collaborated with ensembles as diverse as the United States Marine Band and the choir and orchestra of Weber State University. In 2017, Stepec, together with Dr. ChetYeng Loong of the University of Hawai‘i, began the Hawai‘i All State String Orchestra which serves local students in an effort to promote string performance and education. During the 2017–18 academic year, Stepec also served as the Interim Conductor of Youth Symphony I for HYS. He is an active clinician that has guest taught many ensembles visiting Hawai‘i and maintains an active relationship with the Global School of Music youth orchestra program in Shanghai, China.
Stepec studied violin with Gregory Fulkerson at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and conducting at the Eastman School of Music with master teacher, Neil Varon. Stepec additionally studied with Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and pursued doctoral studies at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. As a conductor, he has been featured on numerous programs with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, he was a conducting Fellow at the Menuhin Gstaad Music Festival where he worked closely with Jaap van Zweden, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic and noted conducting pedagogue, Johannes Schlaefli. In 2019, Stepec premiered a new translation of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat set in colonial Hawa‘ii with members of Chamber Music Hawaii to very favorable reviews.
“I am honored to have been chosen to lead HYS’ symphony program. HYS’ mission and its goals are ones that I deeply resonate with from my own special and formative years playing in a youth symphony: the opportunity to learn to make music together at the highest level and with the greatest commitment is one that shapes lives and forges unbreakable friendships and memories. I am thrilled to be fulfilling this new position alongside my incredibly talented colleagues at HYS and PMI.”
Joseph Stepec B.A. Oberlin Conservatory; M.M. Eastman School of Music DMA Indiana University (in progress)After serving as the organization’s executive director since 2012, Randy Wong was named President by the HYS Board of Directors in 2018. Mr. Wong oversees all administrative, strategic planning, fundraising, educational, and operational aspects of the organization and is an alumnus of HYS.
A musician himself, Mr. Wong performs professionally in the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, and studied classical double bass with Todd Seeber and Jeffrey Turner. He leads The Waitiki 7, an ensemble inspired by midcentury exotica music, and co-founded the label Pass Out Records.
Mr. Wong holds degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New England Conservatory. He has published research on music’s essential roles in communities and education, and served on the NEC faculty from 2009-2018. He is also an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Program (League of American Orchestras), the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders (Stanford Graduate School of Business), and the AmEx Leadership Academy (Center for Creative Leadership). In 2018, the Hawaii Community Foundation presented him with a Ho‘okele Award for nonprofit leadership.
Mr. Wong currently serves on the board of the League of American Orchestras’ Youth Orchestra Division, chairing its Professional Development committee, and on the leadership team of Hawaii Public Radio’s Generation Listen.
HYS is grateful to the many public, private, and home schools that play their part in helping to advance music’s role in their communities. The following schools are represented in our various HYS programs this year. We are deeply grateful to all the music educators and private music teachers whose expertise, encouragement, and support mean so much to our students.
Every attempt has been made to publish a complete listing of schools for the 2022–2023 season, and we regret if any errors or omissions have been made.
Academy of the Holy Angels
Āhuimanu Elementary School
‘Aiea High School ‘Aikahi Elementary School ‘Āina Haina Elementary School
Ala Wai Elementary School Āliamanu Middle School
Alvah Scott Elementary School
Bergen County Technical High School
Borel Middle School Castle High School Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School
Chinese American International School
Corona Del Mar High School
Crowden School
Fort Lee High School
Ft. Shafter Elementary School
Haha‘ione Elementary School
Hawaii Baptist Academy
Hawaii Technology Academy
Hawaiian Mission Academy
Highlands Intermediate School
Hōkūlani Elementary School Homeschool
Honouliuli Middle School
Ho‘okele Elementary School
Huakailani School for Girls ‘Ilima Intermediate School
‘Iolani School
Island Pacific Academy Jarett Middle School Ka‘elepulu Elementary School
Kahala Elementary School
Kailua High School
Kailua Intermediate School
Kaimuki Christian School
Kaimukī Middle School
Kaiser High School
Kalaheo High School
Kalani High School Kamehameha Schools
Kamilo‘iki Elementary School
Kapālama Elementary School
Kapolei High School
Kaua‘i High School
Kawānanakoa Middle School
King Intermediate School Koko Head Elementary School
Koloa Elementary School
Laurel Springs
Leeward Community College
Le Jardin Academy
Lewis F. Cole Intermediate School
Lincoln Elementary School
Ma‘ema‘e Elementary School
Mary, Star of the Sea School
Mānoa Elementary School
Maryknoll School
McKinley High School
Mid-Pacific Institute
Mililani High School
Mililani Middle School
Moanalua High School
Moanalua Middle School
Myron B. Thompson Academy
Nānāikapono Elementary School
Niu Valley Middle School
Noelani Elementary School
Pālolo Elementary School
Pauoa Elementary School
Pearl City High School
Pearl Harbor Christian Academy
Pine Lake Middle School
Pomona College
Punahou School
Radford High School
Roosevelt High School
Sacred Hearts Academy
Salt Lake Elementary School
San Domenico School
Science Medicine Academy at Deep Creek High School
SEEQS
St. Andrews Priory
St. Mark Lutheran School
Stevenson Middle School
The Pegasus School
Trinity Christian School University Laboratory School
Waiākea High School
Waiākea Intermediate School
Wai‘anae High School
Waikīkī Elementary School
Waimanalo Intermediate School
Waipahu High School
Waipahu Intermediate School
Waldorf School
Washington Middle School
Wheeler Middle School
Wilson Elementary School
Hawaii Youth Symphony is especially grateful to the philanthropists listed below for their long-term commitment made in the form of cumulative gifts and pledges honoring the talent of Hawaii’s youth and our mission to make music a right, not a privilege. Mahalo nui loa!
Anonymous
Action Realty Corporation
AIG Hawaii Insurance Company, Inc.
Alaska Airlines Foundation
Aloha International Piano Festival
Altres, Inc. Atherton Family Foundation Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation
Cades Foundation City and County of Honolulu Commercial Data Systems Cooke Foundation, Limited Dennis & Tina Lau
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Gainsley
Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey S. Sewell
Dr. Arleene Skillman Dr. Mark M. Yoshida Dr. Ross Tanoue
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
Foodland Super Market, Ltd.
Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc.
George Mason Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Gladys Hirano
Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Hawaiian Host, Inc. Hazel H. Takumi Foundation
HDG, INC. Island Insurance Foundation
Janet Cooke
Jean and William K. H. Mau Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Johnson Ohana Foundation Jonathan Y. C. Ching Revocable Trust June Olson Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Karl Hedberg Photographer KoAloha Ukulele Kosasa Foundation Louis Vuitton Ludwick Family Foundation
Luella Spadaro of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Macy’s Foundation Maestro Henry Miyamura Marjorie Tanoue
Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust
Masaki School of Music Maurice & Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation
Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts
McInerny Foundation
Michael J. Y. & Terrina G. Wong
Mr & Mrs. Richard Ing
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Tsukamoto
Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm S. Koga
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Onofrietti Mr. & Mrs. Owen Fukumoto
Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Steven Katzman
Mr. Bob Hayashi
Mr. Garry Higa & Ms. Jill Shimokawa Higa
Mr. Martin Hsia, Esq. Mr. Phil Olsen
Mr. Randy Wong & Dr. Helen Liu
Mr. Warren Price III & Ms. Sharon R. Himeno Mrs. Edith Leong Mrs. Helen K. Higa Mrs. Joyce Torrey Ms. Ginny Tiu Ms. Patti Look National Endowment for the Arts
Ohata Chun Yuen LLP
Olivia De Jane
Robert E. Black Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Serendipity II Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Small Business Administration
Stupski Family Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Susan M. Kosasa Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Teruya Brothers, Limited The Al Sherman Foundation
The Carnegie Hall Corporation
The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation
The Gift Foundation
The Hot Topic Foundation The Keiko Sato Memorial Fund
The LRY Charitable Foundation
The Resort Group The Thomas J. Long Foundation
Trinity Real Estate Investments LLC
United Laundry Services, Inc.
Vibe Creative Marketing Ward Village Foundation
Hawaii Youth Symphony is grateful to these donors for their gifts received between January 1, 2022 and November 20, 2022. We deeply apologize for any errors—please contact us at admin@hiyouthsymphony.org for any omissions or corrections.
CONDUCTORS’ CIRCLE
($50,000 & up)
Anonymous City & County of Honolulu Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation The Clarence T. C. Ching Foundation Waikiki Shopping Plaza
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
($10,000 to $49,999)
Anonymous ABC Stores Cades Foundation First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey S. Sewell George Mason Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Jean and William K. H. Mau Foundation McInerny Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ing Serendipity II Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation State Foundation on Culture and the Arts The Al Sherman Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Kosasa Trinity Real Estate Investments LLC
ANGEL’S CIRCLE
($5,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous
Action Realty Corporation Henry and Colene Wong Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John Morris John Young Foundation Johnson Ohana Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Tsukamoto Kubota Foundation of the Hawaii Community Foundation Louise and Y.T. Lum Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Imanaka
The Dods Foundation The Resort Group
BENEFACTOR
($2,500 to $4,999)
Anonymous Aloha United Way Ms. Cathy Monseur Mr. & Mrs. David Imanaka Foodland Super Market, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Matsuura Sheridan and Julia Ing Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Gainsley
The Ebbtide Family Fund
PATRON
($1,000 to $2,499)
Anonymous Ms. Amy A. Taniguchi Blacksand Capital, LLC
Boyd Judd Mr. & Mrs. Brian Doyle Castiglione A Casauria Foundation
Mr. Collin Hoo Darlene Abt Gavan Sagara HDG, INC. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Conley Mrs. Janet Cooke Jillson Fleener Mrs. Julia S. Ing Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm S. Koga Mary Ellen and Thomas Williams Masaki School of Music Mr. & Mrs. Owen Fukumoto Peter G. Drewliner Pikake Foundation
Mr. Randolph Moore & Dr. Lynne Johnson
Dr. Sandi Kwee & Dr. Leilani Kaanehe Dr. & Dr. Steven Nishi
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Vanguard Charitable Vive Hotel Waikiki
SPONSOR
($500 to $999)
Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Alex M. Kwon Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation
Chelsea Maeda Dory Youn Helen K. Higa Iris L. Sim
Chris & Jadine Nielsen
Judith Niimi
Mr. & Mrs. Kenin Coloma Fraternal Order of Moai Foundation
Len Tanaka
LPL Financial Matching Gift Program
Marvelyn Pang
Thom & Mary Ellen E. Williams Ms. Patricia Sands Peter & Fiona Li
Ms. Phyllis Wong Mr. Randy Wong & Dr. Helen Liu Ms. Robin Kobayashi
Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. Yi-Chuan Ching
PARTNER
($250 to $499)
Anonymous ACW Group LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Mun Kong Wong
Anthony Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Barney Brennan Eunjin Kim George I. Nagao Joe Stepec Jonathan Garrett Jonn Saruwatari Joyce Sakata Justin V. Redona Kenneth Fink Mark Verrey Mr. & Mrs. Melvin K. Wong
Meredith and Norma Maeda Dr. & Mrs. Milton Liu Miyeko S. Hashimoto Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Momohara
Ms. Patti Look R. Dougal Crowe
The Hon. & Mrs. Richard Perkins
Mr. Richard Scerbo
Stephanie Laws
Susan Cleveland Vernon and Joyce Wong Dr. & Mrs. Wade Nobuhara Wayne Higuchi Wedemeyer R. Au William E. Seehafer
CONTRIBUTOR
($100 to $249)
Anonymous
Alfred E. Makino
Amy H. Mitsuda
Amy Okinishi
Andrew Akemoto
Anna Lim
Annabelle Okada
Anne Lee
Arcadia Retirement Residence
Barbara Hudman
Barbara J. Cargill
Benjamin Marx
Big Island Candies
Brian Dote
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Luxton Mr. Burr McCutcheon & Ms. Claire Arakaki Mr. Burt Yoshimi
Dr. & Mrs. Carl Yee Carol Aki
Dr. Carol Ou Ms. Carolann Biedermann & Mr. Seth Markow
Carolyn Ing Carolyn Inoue
Cheryl Kojima
Chester J. Malins
Christina Hines
Mr. Don Hazzard & Ms. Claire Sakai-Hazzard
Clayton Takemoto
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara
Mr. & Mrs. David Schulmeister
Debbie Mori
Mr. Randolph Moore & Dr. Lynne Johnson
Dr. Sandi Kwee & Dr. Leilani Kaanehe Dr. & Dr. Steven Nishi
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Vanguard Charitable Vive Hotel Waikiki
SPONSOR
($500 to $999)
Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Alex M. Kwon Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation
Chelsea Maeda Dory Youn Helen K. Higa Iris L. Sim
Chris & Jadine Nielsen Judith Niimi
Mr. & Mrs. Kenin Coloma Fraternal Order of Moai Foundation
Len Tanaka LPL Financial Matching Gift Program Marvelyn Pang
Thom & Mary Ellen E. Williams Ms. Patricia Sands Peter & Fiona Li Ms. Phyllis Wong Mr. Randy Wong & Dr. Helen Liu Ms. Robin Kobayashi Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. Yi-Chuan Ching
PARTNER
($250 to $499)
Anonymous ACW Group LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Mun Kong Wong
Anthony Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Barney Brennan Eunjin Kim George I. Nagao Joe Stepec Jonathan Garrett Jonn Saruwatari Joyce Sakata
Justin V. Redona Kenneth Fink
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin K. Wong
Meredith and Norma Maeda
Dr. & Mrs. Milton Liu Miyeko S. Hashimoto Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Momohara
Ms. Patti Look R. Dougal Crowe The Hon. & Mrs. Richard Perkins
Mr. Richard Scerbo
Stephanie Laws Susan Cleveland Vernon and Joyce Wong Dr. & Mrs. Wade Nobuhara Wayne Higuchi Wedemeyer R. Au William E. Seehafer
CONTRIBUTOR
($100 to $249)
Anonymous Alfred E. Makino Amy H. Mitsuda Amy Okinishi Andrew Akemoto Anna Lim Annabelle Okada Anne Lee Arcadia Retirement Residence
Barbara Hudman
Barbara J. Cargill
Benjamin Marx Big Island Candies
Brian Dote
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Luxton Mr. Burr McCutcheon & Ms. Claire Arakaki Mr. Burt Yoshimi Dr. & Mrs. Carl Yee Carol Aki
Dr. Carol Ou Ms. Carolann Biedermann & Mr. Seth Markow
Carolyn Ing
Carolyn Inoue Cheryl Kojima
Chester J. Malins
Christina Hines
Mr. Don Hazzard & Ms. Claire Sakai-Hazzard Clayton Takemoto
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara
Mr. & Mrs. David Schulmeister
Debbie Mori
Dennis W. Randall
Derek Tenn
Douglas Teraoka
Edward Masunaga Ernest Hanaumi Ethel C. Iwasaki
Evone Wong
Frances E. Oshita
Gary Batungbacal
George Masaki
Gladys H. Young
Glenn Fernandez Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation
Helen Fong
Henry A. Aurio
Henry Sakata
Janice Trubitt Janie Sakoda Janna R. Wong
Jean Toma
Joan Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kim Ms. Kathleen (Kay) Mattos Kats Tateishi
Kevin Taira
Lance Oba
Laurence B. Goldstein Lawrence So
Leslie Baxter Eaton
Mrs. Louise Y. Wong
Lucky Tree Fund Dr. Lynn Tanoue
Martha Child Mary Ann Kobayashi Masayuki Nogi
Merwyn Lee Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hee Mike Kobayashi
Minori Brown Nancy D. White
Nancy Hirahara Nancy K. Sonoda
Nancy Lee Network For Good Dr. Ralph S. Carungi Rene Ochiai
Richard Byron Richard Gilsdorf Robert Strand
Robin Chun Hunter Saburo Yoshioka
Sandra Lui
Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Gomes Seth Markow Shinnyo-En Hawaii Shizuko Hanaumi
Suellen Barton Tamae Shiraishi Tammi Okamura
Terrence George Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Y. Wong
Thomas & Maria Stepec Van M. Goto
Veronica Prado Walter Loo Yuko Harada Yutaka Niihara
Up to $99
Anonymous Aileen Gushiken Alexis Lam Alisa Yee Ana Vong
Anonymous Ann Doike Arlena Tran Bradley T. Hamada Carol S. Heape
Carole H. Toguchi
Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka
Craig Watanabe
Dan Miyamoto Doris S. Oshiro
Dr. George Chu & Ms. Diane Wong Elizabeth Hale Ellen Nakata
Ernest Kobayashi
Evan Dobelle
Frederick Harris Give Lively Foundation
Gordon Rapozo
Mr. & Mrs. Grant S. Yee James K. Michishima
Janeth Taniguchi
Jason Poplin
Jean Fujimoto
Jerry Ono Jessika & Neil Ross JoAnn Maruoka
Juanita C. Rafal Judith A. Mick
Julia Fujioka
Karen Mukai
Kenneth H. Burtness
Kenneth Hashi Kevin K. Tsunoda
Laurie Kawasaki Lavaina A. Ferreria
Lawrence Lau Leslie G. Crandall
Lloyd Lim
Lynn Hokama Madeleine Powell
Mary Schornstheimer Matthew Carr
Michelle N. Ige
Myron Monte Nalani Flinn
Nelson Lau Philip Brown
Pierre Pang Rod Aveiro Rosanna Lucero Ruby Arii Ruby Shimabukuro Rudiger (Rudy) Ruckmann
Mr. Nicholas Yee & Ms. Sarah Bauer Sonya Yara
Stanley Wong Steven Azuma
Susan McGovern Sylvia C. Perreira Teri Wong
Thomas A. Duckworth Tisbest Philanthropy Velma Lee
Wendy Kikuno William T. Oshima
In Honor of Tiffany Mukai and Kelsey Mukai Fujinaka by Karen Mukai
Cody Nakagawa and Lee Ann LaFortune by Daniel & Jane Katayama
Michael Nakasone by Jean Toma Pieter and Sofia Nauwelaerts by Joan Carlson
Jean Tsukamoto by Jadine Nielsen
Michael J. Y. Wong by Phyllis Wong
Jason Yee by Alisa Yee
In Memory of Geoffrey Au by Randy Wong
Alan Doike by Dr. Ralph S. Carungi
Lilia Wahinemaikai Hale by Elizabeth Hale Michiko Noguchi by Carl Yee
Marjorie Tanoue by Lynn Tanoue
Gin D. Wong by Randy Wong & Helen Liu
Mun Charn & Mew Choy Wong by Randy Wong & Helen Liu
Anonymous
‘Alohilani Resort Bishop Museum City Mill Company Ltd. Consolidated Theatres Dancing Cat Productions Dave & Busters Duke’s Waikiki Edwards Enterprises Germaine's Luau Grant Okamura Halekulani Corporation Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Jean & Kent Tsukamoto Kamaka Hawai‘i Ko Olina Golf Club Market City, Ltd. Martha Hanson Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club Maui Divers Jewelry Mutual Publishing Paul Prussing Park Shore Waikiki Michael & Terrina Wong Randy Wong & Helen Liu Taj Clubhouse
The FundDevelopment Group The Twin Fin Vibe Creative Marketing
