UH Mānoa Ethnomusicology graduate student, Lorelei Harrel, traveled to London for the Fifth International Women’s Work in Music Conference. She presented her paper, “No One Likes a Mad Woman: An Examination of the Online Hate of Taylor Swift,” an experience that allowed her to network with other scholars and represent the UH Department of Music in an international setting. The …
“My Name” by Dr. Schumacker wins NCCO Call for Scores
UH Music professor, Dr. Alec Schumacker, was named a winner of the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s (NCCO) 2025 Call for Scores contest. His composition, “My Name,” includes a compilation of words spoken by his daughter on her fourth birthday. “My Name” will be performed at the NCCO national conference in California this November, and will be published by E.C. Schirmer …
Afro-ballet: a collaboration by graduate students Jonathan Clarke Sypert and Marcus Moore
Click here for more information on the production and to purchase tickets: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/liveonstage/dc2025/ The following has been reposted from UH News. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is bringing a powerful exploration of Black heritage and identity to the stage with Beige: An Afro Ballet, an interdisciplinary collaboration by graduate students Jonathan Clarke Sypert and Marcus Moore. The performance, which features an …
Hula icon Vicky Holt Takamine honored with prestigious Gish Prize
Reposted from UH News: Victoria “Vicky” Holt Takamine, a retired University of Hawaiʻi dance lecturer and revered kumu hula (master hula teacher) was awarded the 31st annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most highly regarded arts honors in the world. Valued at more than $450,000, the award recognizes individuals who have significantly advanced the arts and created meaningful social …
Generosity strikes a chord: UH Mānoa celebrates new contrabassoon with concert
Taken from UH News A contrabassoon is a double-reed woodwind instrument that has a unique presence in a band and orchestra. It plays an octave lower than a bassoon and has a distinctive deep and resonant sound. While it provides a rich and powerful bass line to the woodwind section, the availability of the instrument had been absent at the …
Dr. Byong Won Lee, Pioneer of Korean Ethnomusicology
Dr. Byong Won Lee, Professor of Ethnomusicology, is enjoying an exciting year with the National Gugak Center—a South Korean government organization of traditional performing arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. From May 24-26 of this summer, he acted as an advisor to the Advisory Committee for the production of audio CDs and DVDs featuring the Korean music …
Paintings Come to Life on Kennedy’s Mainstage
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present Stephen Sondheim’s artistic masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George, directed by department chair and professor of theatre Paul T. Mitri, on the Mainstage at Kennedy Theatre. The musical follows Georges-Pierre Seurat, called George (played by Timothy Callais), as he creates his most famous work, …