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HapaSymphony Featuring Jake Shimabukuro
Intro
For over two decades, Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro has taken the ‘ukulele to points previously thought impossible and amazed the world with his high-energy ukulele interpretations of everything from Hawaiian instrumentals to the Beatles to Bach. Shimabukuro reunites with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra to present a truly unique night of contemporary symphonic music.
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Dane Lam, conductor
Jake Shimabukuro
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To be announced from the stage.
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For the safety of our audiences, masks are encouraged and contact points will be minimized.
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hapasymphony series sponsor
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*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.
HapaSymphony Featuring Robert Cazimero
Intro
“Come and be a child again!”
A new beginning comes from the voice that takes us home in the islands, where forever starts today. Back by popular demand, Grammy-nominated and 25 Nā Hōkū Hanohano winner Robert Cazimero reunites with your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for a once-in-a-life-time concert experience.
Performed for the first time with a rainbow of orchestral colors, become a part of Hawaiian music history-making as Cazimero presents his newly composed songs, a serenade of lush future classics spanning a deep passion for hula, show tunes, and Hawaiʻi Nei.
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Dane Lam, conductor
Robert Cazimero
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To be announced from the stage.
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For the safety of our audiences, masks are encouraged and contact points will be minimized.
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Please visit here for information.
hapasymphony series sponsor
Conductor’s Circle Sponsor
Season Sponsors
*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.
HapaSymphony Featuring Paula Fuga
Intro
“Sweet and sour like a lilikoi, oh my joy!”
There’s No Place Like Home when Hawaiʻi’s queen of soul, Paula Fuga, joins your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only evening of Sweet Reverie!
Paula’s embracing songs of life’s sweet and sour moments heal, empower, and celebrate Mana Wāhine. Enchanting the world stage from the Sydney Opera House to the White House, her spellbound vocals return to the symphonic stage like never before with selections from Lilikoi, Too Hot Mama, and Misery’s End.
Featuring Mana Up’s 2023 Artists to Watch People’s Choice Award winner, Hezekiah Lagestee, come with arms raised for an unforgettable powerhouse of heart and soul.
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Dane Lam, conductor
Paula Fuga
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Fuga, Paula - Earth to Moon
Fuga, Paula - Beautiful Face
Fuga, Paula - Hoapili
Fuga, Paula - Just a Little Bit Longer
Fuga, Paula - No Place Like Home
Fuga, Paula - Lilikoi
Fuga, Paula - Sweet Reverie
Fuga, Paula - You Got This Girl
Fuga, Paula - Misery’s End
Fuga, Paula - Sweetness
Fuga, Paula - Too Hot Mama
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For the safety of our audiences, masks are encouraged and contact points will be minimized.
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Please visit here for information.
hapasymphony series sponsor
Season Sponsors
*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.
HapaSymphony Featuring Na Leo Pilimehana
Intro
23x Nā Hōkū Hanohano winner Na Leo Pilimehana has been sharing their gift of music with Hawai'i for over three decades with hits like “Local Boys”, “I Miss You My Hawaii” and their popular 2007 album “Hawaiian Holidays: Christmas with Na Leo”. Kick off the holiday festivities with your HSO and merry melody makers, Nalani Jenkins, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales for a Christmas concert unlike any other.
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Dane Lam, conductor
Na Leo Pilimehana
Nalani Jenkins
Lehua Kalima
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Anderson, Leroy - A Christmas Festival
Kalima, Lehua - Flying with Angels
Schubert, Franz - Ave Maria
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr - "Pas de deux"
Cazimero, Robert - Christmas Wish
Keale, Moses - Hosana (Ua Mau)
Ginai, Johnston - Sugar Cane Shack
Marks, Johnny - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Tiomkin, Dimitri - It’s a Wonderful Life Suite
Kalima, Lehua - Christmas in Your Eyes
Kalima, Lehua - Rest of Your Life
Anderson, Leroy - Sleigh Ride
Handel, G.F. - La Réjouissance
Choy, Nalani - North Shore Serenade
Adam, Adolphe - O Holy Night
Makuakāne, Kenneth - I Miss You Hawaiʻi
Anderson, R. Alex - Mele Kalikimaka
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For the safety of our audiences, masks are encouraged and contact points will be minimized.
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Please visit here for information.
hapasymphony series sponsor
Season Sponsors
*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.
HapaSymphony: Beyond Hapa
Intro
Your HSO launches the 23/24 HapaSymphony Series with a night of love, inclusion, and DRAG. Beyond Hapa features an abundance of Hawai’i-born divas performing everything from operatic favorites to mele to Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto.
Mesmerizing songstress Lea Almanza, jazzy Starr Kalahiki, incomparable pianist Lady Laritza La Bouche, and the legendary Brandy Lee will join your favorite orchestra to bring you a spine-tingling symphonic experience. Renowned Hawai’i performer Cocoa Chandelier will be our host for the evening and we’ll even have a special appearance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu.
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Dane Lam, conductor
Lea Almanza
Starr Kalihiki
Brandy Lee
Lady Laritza La Bouche, piano
Cocoa Chandelier, host
Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu
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Verdi, Giuseppe - Libiama ne’ lift calici (La Traviata)
Piaf, Edith - La Vie en Rose
Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Piano Concerto No. 2
Gounod, Charles - Je Veux Vivre (Romeo & Juliette)
Carmichael, Hoagy - Stardust
Betti, Henri - Cʻest Si Bon
Porter, Cole - So in Love (Kiss Me, Kate)
Almeida, John - Ā ʻoia
King, Charles - Mi Nei
Springer, Nara Malia – Lāhainā
Arlen, Harold - Over the Rainbow
Catracchia, Roz - Welcome to Our World
Program subject to change
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For the safety of our audiences, masks are encouraged and contact points will be minimized.
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Please visit here for information.
Conductor’s Circle
Season Sponsors
*Tickets for this concert are sold online or through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, T-F between 10 am - 2 pm.