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Acknowledgements HYS would like to thank our volunteers and community partners whose generous support and special talents are vital to us. We are especially grateful to the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the George Mason Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation, and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center for making our visit to Maui possible. Hawaiian Airlines Maui Beach Hotel Lylas and Ira Uradomo Maui Arts & Cultural Center Art Vento, President & CEO Candace Croteau, Executive Vice President Mark Astrella, Technical Director Maui Waena Intermediate School Julius Galanto, Band Director Scot Kiyonaga, Band Director
Kamehameha Schools Maui Mitchell Ota, Band Director Chaperones and Volunteers Lynn Dagli Joan Forester Neal Fujii Stacey Hatakenaka Michael Hee Carol Ikeda-Hong James Kam Derek Loui Jennifer Loui Angela Mejia
Michelle OkinakaKwong Lawrence So Carol Taniguchi Joyce Wong Wesley Yoshida
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2018–19 Board of Directors & Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS Richard K. Ing, Chair Patti Look, Vice Chair Sharon R. Himeno, Secretary Roy E. King, Jr., Treasurer Directors Alan Arizumi Liza Wo Davis Gladys Hirano Martin Hsia Malcolm Lau Tina Lau Erica Mau Orejel Daniel Momohara Michael Onofrietti Geoffrey Sewell, MD Jean Tsukamoto
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ADMINISTRATION Randy Wong, President Dr. John Devlin, Music Director Carol Tsang, Director of Finance Aris Doike, Operations Manager Ann Doike, Programs Manager Samantha Champoux, Administrative Assistant Rory Onishi, Music Librarian Parker Nakamura, Operations Assistant FACULTY Symphony Program Dr. John Devlin, Conductor, Youth Symphony I Elton Masaki, Co-Conductor, Youth Symphony II Susan Ochi-Onishi, Co-Conductor, Youth Symphony II Hannah Watanabe, Conductor, Concert Orchestra Wayne Fanning, Associate Conductor, Concert Orchestra
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Academy Program Joan Doike, Conductor, Beginning String Ensemble & String Orchestra Ensemble Chad Uyehara, Conductor, Intermediate String Ensemble & Concert String Orchestra Talia Turnbull, Academy Program Coordinator Tugce Bryant, Academy Program Assistant Music in the Clubhouse Joy Waikoloa, Instructor, Music4Kids Matt Momohara, Conductor, Clubhouse Band The Combo Dean Taba, Program Director Pacific Music Institute Dr. John Devlin, Artistic Director Ignace Jang, Solo & String Quartet Program Director Jason Chin, General Manager
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CONCERT PROGRAM Monday, February 18, 2019, 4:00 pm
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Dr. John Devlin, Music Director & Conductor Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland
Kealaikahiki Suite III. Raise Hawaiki
Michael-Thomas Foumai
With Special Guest Artist, Raiatea Helm Arrangements by Michael-Thomas Foumai
‘Ahulili Pua Mae’ole Sea of Love The One They’d Call Hawai‘i ‘Alika Intermission Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Scherzo: Allegro IV. Allegro – Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47 IV. Allegro non troppo
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Youth Symphony I JOHN DEVLIN
Music Director & Youth Symphony I, Conductor
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ohn Devlin is the newly-appointed Music Director of Hawaii Youth Symphony, and Artistic Director of the Pacific Music Institute. Devlin is a passionate educator and an active conductor of outstanding high school and collegiate ensembles. Previously, Devlin served as the Music Director of both the McLean Youth Orchestra and the Youth Orchestras of Prince William in Virginia, and on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Music as Assistant Director of Orchestral Studies. He has also been invited to conduct numerous honor ensembles, including the Pennsylvania, North Dakota, and Maine All-State Orchestras. From 2015–2018, John served as the Cover Conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. Of his debut concert with the NSO and soloist Joshua Bell, Anne Midgette of the Washington Post wrote that Devlin “led the evening with flair...and was visibly in his element.” During those same years, John was the Assistant Conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the Artistic Director and Conductor of Gourmet Symphony.Devlin has also contributed to his local musical community in a variety of ways. He volunteers annually as a grant panelist for the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Nationally, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Conductors Guild and is an active member of the College Orchestra Directors Association and the League of American Orchestras. He has also been the featured speaker at a TEDx Symposium, where he delivered the keynote TED talk on “Innovation in Crowded Marketplaces.” The talk, available on YouTube, details the thinking that led to Gourmet Symphony and provides methodologies that might serve as a model for other innovators. Devlin’s completed his master’s and doctoral degrees during seven years of work with master-teacher James Ross at the University of Maryland School of Music. His undergraduate degree is from Emory University where he graduated summa cum laude with a double major in Music and Latin. His early professional career has been shaped by his time as an assistant for Gianandrea Noseda, Christoph Eschenbach, Rossen Milanov, and Victoria Gau.
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Guest Artist Raiatea Helm
aiatea Mokihana Maile Helm set the Hawaiian music community on fire when she was just 18-yearsold, with the release of her debut album Far Away Heaven in 2002. Raiatea’s melodic voice made her a natural performer of leo ki‘eki‘e (Hawaiian falsetto), and earned her the reputation of being the successor to Hawaiian music legend, Aunty Genoa Keawe. Her debut album continued to propel her career into stardom as she received two prestigious Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Artist. The release of Raiatea’s second album, Sweet and Lovely, more than confirmed her early promise and earned her four additional Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards in 2006. The success of Sweet and Lovely further garnered her national fame as she became Hawaii’s first-ever solo female vocalist to be nominated for a Grammy©. The album was recognized in the top 10 of “The 25 Greatest Hawaii Albums of the New Century” and Raiatea would later receive her second Grammy nomination in 2008. In 2011, she became the first Hawaiian recipient of a prestigious Native Arts & Cultures Fellowship and was most recently named Female Vocalist of the Year in 2017 by her peers upon being awarded her eighth Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award. Raiatea is now recognized as one of Hawaii’s premier female vocalists and a keeper of the Hawaiian falsetto tradition of the early to mid-20th century. She has captivated the attention of audiences throughout the Hawaiian Islands and around the world, interpreting traditional Hawaiian song with the mastery and control of a jazz vocalist. 4 | February 18, 2019 e Youth Symphony I
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Youth Symphony I Roster Violin I Erin Nishi, Concertmaster* Darius Soo Hoo, Concertmaster** Angelina Pablo, Concertmaster*** Stephanie Yoshida, Concertmaster**** Mia Caliri Maya Camacho Alizah Chao Kenneth Chee Taylor DeCastro Micaela Diaz-Paez Valentina Diaz-Paez Marianne Garcia Stella Hung Leilani Ikeda Mika Ishii Jaron Kawamura Kurumi Kawata Brooke Kumasaka Lauren Kwee Allyson Kwong Yudai Leonzon Sabine Mejia Kristyn Miyamoto Bao Nguyen Ellie Ochiai Zoe Oda Megan Ogasawara Sunwoo Oh Ryan Park Kauai Paule Kylee Takanishi Lauryn Takanishi Alec Tam Nicolas Tanaka Jinny Wang Max Womack Brandon Yee Leon Yoshida Charles Yung Viola Andrew Hong, Co-Principal Preston Ku, Co-Principal Gabriel Agno Brandon Hong Yukiko Hughes Andrew Kim Kainoa Maruoka Dane Mizuno Michael Murakami Sewon Park Fiona Sievert Frank Sun Noah Taniguchi Nashya Yoshimoto
Cello Chloe McCreery, Co-Principal Joshua Vierra, Co-Principal Severino Bulagay Aubrey Danko Ryan Fielding Sofia Himeno-Price Mira Hu Christopher Kwock Julian Kwon Matthew Li Dylan Merkel Eugene Son Cara Tan Alexa Wong Christian Yamada Bass Matin Boulos, Co-Principal Maysa Segovia, Co-Principal Elliott Hee Flute Kiana Kawahara Sherry Tanaka Karen Watarida Erena Yamatsu Piccolo Sherry Tanaka Erena Yamatsu Oboe Emily Fujii Tabitha Hiyane Erin Matsushita Koko Tamai Clarinet Caitlyn Kadooka Maxwell Miyasato Natalie Narito Aaron Omon E-Flat Clarinet Caitlyn Kadooka
Bassoon Everett Amemiya Chanelle Junio Ryder Kaya Melissa Munemitsu Horn Kai Abergas Fuma Fujiki Grace Kim Kyle Maki Hinano Tsuchiya Brevely-Ann Wiemer Trumpet Kana’i Fu Mark Gorospe, Jr. David Kimura Vincent Ogasawara Davan Sagara Trombone Christopher Feeney Nicole Fontanilla Cuyler Murata Levin So Tuba Kenso Kume Ryoma Sears Percussion Jesse Cumpston Joel Himphayvanh Daniel Kam Tevin Takata Aiden Woodard Harp Marcy Tokunaga Keyboard Eugene Son * Shostakovich ** Foumai and Helm *** Beethoven 1 & 2 **** Beethoven 3 & 4
About Youth Symphony I
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 Na Hoku Hanohano awards, and had the special honor of performing on From The Top, a nationally-broadcast radio show. For the 2018–2019 season, Youth Symphony I is composed of 110 students, grades 9–12, from 22 public, home, and independent schools across Oahu and Maui. They will rehearse more than 130 hours and perform 10 concerts on Oahu and Maui. A recent collaboration with the professional Hawaii Symphony Orchestra put Youth Symphony I side-by-side with many of their teachers and role models.
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Program Notes by Ruth Komatsu
Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland (1900–1990) was an American composer, composition teacher and conductor, whose music is considered by many to be the “sound of American music.” He was the son of immigrant shop owners and was born in Brooklyn, NY. His most famous works are ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo. During World War II, the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens, commissioned several American composers to write fanfares that were to open each of the Symphonyʻs concerts during that 1942-43 season. These fanfares were to honor the men who were fighting mightily in the U.S.’s war effort. Out of the 10 fanfares that were composed for the CSO, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man is the only one that is regularly performed today. The title paints every common person as a hero. The fanfare is scored for brass and percussion instruments. Copland later used this fanfare as the main theme in his Third Symphony’s finale. Listen for: • bass drum and tam-tam (gong) • decrescendo (decrease in volume) • heralding brass instruments: trumpets, horns, trombones and tuba • echoes by the timpani (kettle drums) • ”punctuation” by bass drum and tam-tam
Kealaikahiki Suite III. “Raise Hawaiki” Kealaikahiki is the “way to Tahiti.” Kealaikahiki Suite is an orchestral work by MichaelThomas Foumai (b. 1987) that explores the 1976 maiden voyage of Polynesian canoe Hōkūleʻa to Tahiti. The musical material and themes are borrowed from the composer's larger choral-orchestral work Raise Hawaiki. When Hōkūle‘a arrived at the beach in Pape‘ete Harbor, over half the island’s people were there, more than 17,000 strong, and there was a spontaneous affirmation of what a great heritage they shared and also a renewal of the spirit of whom they were today. Hawaiki is the name of the mythical homeland of the Polynesian people. This third and final movement “Raise Hawaiki” is a slightly expanded version from the fifth movement of Foumai’s larger choral-orchestral version. Among the multiple meanings of Hawaiki Rising include the dream of the legendary Hawaiian waterman, Eddie Aikau, of seeing Tahiti rise from the sea, just as his ancestors once did long ago. Foumai is an award-winning composer of contemporary concert music and is currently on the University of Hawai‘i Music Department’s faculty in the area of Theory and Composition. Listen for: • propulsive rhythms and soaring melodies
• the excitement of seeing land rising from the sea
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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) is one of the most recognized of and influential of all composers. He is best known for his nine symphonies and many works for piano and string quartets. Young Beethoven was a protégé who came from a musical family. His father pushed him to be a child performer like Mozart. He began composing at the age of 9 and continued even after becoming completely deaf later in life. Beethoven’s music bridges the Classical and Romantic eras when orchestras became larger, musical forms and harmonic structures became less rigid, instrumentation became more colorful and musical ideas became more expressive. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is one of the best-known compositions of all time. Its opening notes are instantly recognizable by many. It premiered in 1808 and remains as one of the most played symphony in concert halls today. Listen for: • the 1st movement’s famous, serious first four notes • changes in dynamics (volume/loudness) • changes in mood • the four-note motif throughout the movement • the 4th movement’s grand opening • three additional themes • crescendo (increase in volume) • a lengthy coda (ending section) Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 IV. Finale – Allegro non troppo Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was a Russian pianist and composer of the Soviet period, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union, but later had a difficult relationship with the Stalinist totalitarian bureaucracy. His music, considered to stir fear and terror under Stalin, was officially denounced twice, in 1936 and 1948, and even banned. But despite such action by the government, Shostakovich continued to express himself and compose. After his fourth symphony was completed, but not premiered, Shostakovich worked on his fifth symphony with a different mindset. Premiered in 1937, the symphony appeared to be more uplifting and triumphant, which the government accepted. Craftily, in the symphony’s final movement, Shostakovich conveyed feelings of forced jubilation and celebration that is felt when one is oppressed. The performance was met with tears of emotion and cheers of triumph. Listen for: • a violent march-like theme • accelerando (acceleration) • fragments of the march • repetition of a single note (representing forced rejoicing) • a grand ending, punctuated by the timpani
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Mahalo to Our Donors Hawaii Youth Symphony is grateful for these gifts, made between July 1, 2018 and February 7, 2019. CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000 & Up) ABC Stores Cades Foundation Department of Community Services McInerny Foundation PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($10,000–$24,999) Anonymous Altres, Inc. John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Hookele Award of the Hawaii Community Foundation George Mason Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Susan M. Kosasa Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Kosasa ANGEL ($5,000–$9,999) Aloha International Piano Festival Blacksand Capital, LLC Gov. & Mrs. Benjamin Cayetano First Hawaiian Bank Foundation Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation Ms. Sharon Himeno & Mr. Warren Price III Mrs. Gladys Hirano Island Insurance Foundation Johnson Ohana Foundation Kathleen Sullivan Wo Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Steven Katzman Mr. David Leong Mr. & Mrs. Alika Mau The Resort Group Ms. Ginny Tiu Top of Waikiki Revolving Restaurant Mr. & Mrs. Kent Tsukamoto Ward Village Foundation William K.H. Mau Foundation
BENEFACTOR ($2,500–$4,999) Action Realty Corporation Ms. Lorraine Araki Avalon Commercial, LLC Bank of Hawaii Becker Communications, Inc. The Ebbtide Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Gainsley Mr. Bob Hayashi Mr. & Mrs. Kendall N. H. Hee Mr. Martin Hsia Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm S. Koga Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kurisu Mr. Malcolm D. Lau Ms. Patti Look Mr. Gilbert Miyasato Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara Mr. & Mrs. Michael Onofrietti Pacific Property Group, Inc. Sullivan Family of Companies Mr. Lance Teruya Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Toyama Waikiki Shopping Plaza Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Williams Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Y. Wong Mr. Randall G. Wong & Dr. Helen Liu Wong
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Conley Foodland Super Market, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Owen Fukumoto Hazel H. Takumi Foundation HDG Inc. Ho‘ea - the Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay Ifshin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ing Island Insurance Companies Jonathan Y. C. Ching Revocable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kosasa Mr. Richard L. Kurth Mr. & Mrs. W. Peter Kwong Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Lau Masaki School of Music Mr. Randolph G. Moore & Ms. Lynne Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Derek Orejel Pikake Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Stapleton Ms. Jennifer Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Torrey Watumull Stores/Jhamandas Watumull Fund Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. Vernon K. W. Wong
PATRON ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Aloha United Way Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Yong Ho Choe
SPONSOR ($500 - $999) Anonymous Ms. Lynn Aki-Steele Mr. & Mrs. Russell Arakaki Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Y.H. Au Mrs. Esther Cartoon Dr. Yongli Chen
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Mr. Kenin Coloma Elite Pacific Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Randall Hee HEI Charitable Foundation HMSA Mr. Bill Holowecki Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Hung Mr. & Mrs. Micah Kane Mr. & Mrs. Randy Kawamura Mr. Sukhan Kim Marcus & Associates, Inc. Mrs. Marion McKay Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Mejia Dr. Karen Miyamoto & Mr. Dan Miyamoto Mr. & Mrs. David Monk Network For Good Dr. Dung Nguyen & Dr. Nguyet Le Dr. Ruth Ono & Mr. Alfred Ono Punahou - Music Club Mr. & Mrs. Gavan Sagara Mr. & Mrs. Alves Shiu Mr. & Mrs. Tom Soo Hoo Mr. & Mrs. Dean Tanaka Ms. Juli Kimura Walters Mr. & Mrs. Steve Yamane Ms. Valerie Yee Mr. Xiang Yee & Ms. Jiangyan Zhu Dr. Edward K. Yi & Mrs. Susan Moriyama-Yi Dr. Mark M. Yoshida PARTNER ($250–$499) Anonymous Mr. Guy Akasaki Ms. Carol Aki Arcadia Retirement Residence Mr. Alan Arizumi Ms. Barbara Campbell Dr. John Chen & Dr. Lillian Chen Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Dreher Mr. & Mrs. Dexter J. Ejercito Mr. Ed Elms & Ms. Elizabeth Wong Ms. Christina Farala Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii Mr. & Mrs. Randal Furomoto Hawaii State Federal Credit Union Mr. & Mrs. Garry Higa Mrs. Ann M. Ho
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Hong Ms. Fujiko (Donna) D. Hughes Dr. & Mrs. Toshihiko Kawasugi Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Kim Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Dr. Sandi Kwee & Dr. Leilani Ka‘anehe Dr. Jay Kwon & Dr. Natalie Woo Dr. Cherilyn Lai-Kadooka & Mr. Chris Kadooka Ms. Mollie M. Y. Lee Ms. Chelsea Maeda Mr. & Mrs. Keith Matsumoto Mrs. Jean McIntosh Ms. Mariko Miho Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Momohara Mr. & Mrs. Chris Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. James Nishi The Honorable Dean Ochiai & Mrs. Ochiai Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Oda Mrs. Doris Ogawa Ms. Sandi Okamoto Mr. & Mrs. Randal Omon Mr. & Mrs. Angel G. Pablo Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Peters Mr. Steven Premo Ms. Corynn Sakamura Ms. Faith Sato Mrs. Patricia Sekiya Ms. SaraLyn Smith Mr. Larry Takumi & Ms. JoAnn Komori Mr. & Mrs. Herman Tam Ms. Brenda Tang Ms. Amy A. Taniguchi Ms. Linda Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Barry Toshi Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Winner Wong's Drapery Shoppe
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Contributor (Continued) Dr. Matthew Ikeda & Dr. Masako Ikeda Mrs. Maryellen Ing Ms. Lori Isara Dr. & Mrs. David Iwasaki Mr. Ignace Jang Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kelleher Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Kohara Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Y. Kwong Dr. & Mrs. Salvatore Lanzilotti Dr. Bradford W. Lee Drs. Worldster Lee Julian Leigh Mr. Shichao Li & Ms. Haiying Wang Mr. Lloyd Lim Mr. & Mrs. Meheula Dr. Jeffrey Lim & Dr. Marcia Nagao Dr. Milton Liu Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Lum Ms. Ann Mahi Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Martin Ms. Naomi Masuda Mr. David Masunaga Mr. Edward Masunaga Mr. & Mrs. Carl Matsuura Mr. Burr McCutcheon & Ms. Claire Arakaki Ms. Amy H. Mitsuda Mr. & Mrs. David Monk Mr. & Mrs. Keith Muraoka Dr. & Mrs. George I. Nagao Dr. Linda Nahulu & Ms. Nola Nahulu Mr. & Mrs. David Nako Mr. Erwin Nell & Ms. Theres Gruter Mr. & Mrs. Travis Niimi Mr. & Mrs. Melvin S. Nishina Mr. Glenn Nohara Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Okada Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Okino Orchid Isle Orchestra Dr. & Mrs. Tilden Osako
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Mr. & Mrs. Loren M. Taguchi Mr. Thomas Takara Ms. Karen Thompson Mr. Gary T. Todoki Ms. Allison Tomisato Ms. Kelli Trammell University of Hawaii Music Dept. Mr. & Mrs. Brent Watanabe Mr. Mike Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Corey Yama Mr. & Mrs. Gary Yamamoto Ms. Beryl Yanagi-Fujita Ms. Dale H. Yatsushiro Ms. Mildred Yee Mr. Will Yeh Mr. & Mrs. Todd Yoshikawa Jing Zhao IN HONOR OF Dr. Benson H. Araki by Ms. Lorraine Araki Mr. Jason C. Ban by Mrs. L. Christine Ban Ms. June Choi by Mr. Robert Hsia Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gainsley by Mr. & Mrs. Keith Matsumoto by Mr. & Mrs. Warren Nishimoto Dr. Yujen E. Hsia by Mr. Martin Hsia Cyrus Kelawala by Jing Zhao Ashley Muraoka by Mr. & Mrs. Keith Muraoka Mr. Henry Miyamura by Ms. Juli Kimura Walters by Dr. Mark M. Yoshida Ellie Ochiai by The Honorable Dean Ochiai & Mrs. Ochiai Naomi Suto by Debbe Lau Michael Titterton by Ms. Bonnie Lee Pestana Mr. Derrick Yamane by Mr. Lance Teruya
IN MEMORY OF Geoff Au by Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Y. H. Au Richard D. Bauman, Professor UH Civil Engineering Department by Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon G. W. Lum Alan Doike by Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara by Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Stapleton The late Will J. Henderson by Ms. Mariko Miho Dr. Neil McKay by Nancy & Randall Hee Mrs. Ellen R. Miyasato by Mr. Gilbert Miyasato Mr. Joseph Rothstein by Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ihori
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! 2019 Community Concert Series
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HYS offers scholarships and travel assistance to neighbor island students! Auditions are held in May for the next school year. Or come to O‘ahu for the Pacific Music Institute, to be held in July!
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HYS: Our Passion for Our Work Music is an extraordinary discipline with the incredible power to challenge the mind, nurture the soul and open doorways to a whole new world of opportunities. Although music education supports all learning, not all children have the resources to obtain instruments, receive lessons or have access to inspiring mentors to further develop their interests. Despite music programs being the first to be cut from school budgets, research has consistently demonstrated that music education positively impacts children; their learning in other subjects, and enhances skills that will inevitably be used throughout their life. Established as a non-profit organization in 1964, Hawaii Youth Symphony (HYS) inspires hundreds of young musicians across the Hawaiian Islands to pursue their goals and continues to share the universal joy of music with nearly 20,000 concertgoers statewide. More than 700 students ages 7–18 currently participate in HYS music-making programs spanning general music, string & band classes, symphony orchestras, summer intensives, and neighbor island initiatives. As the universal language of the heart, music is a form of human connection that has the ability to create lasting bonds between people of all ages, all cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. HYS is dedicated to making the gift of music accessible to all young people so they may experience the timeless value of learning a new skill and embracing a lifelong appreciation of the arts. Music is a right, not a privilege, and HYS is committed to continuing to empower children everywhere with the joy, skills and character building that come from learning music for generations to come.