The Mana Music Quartet was formed in March 2020 in Honolulu Hawaii with cellist Joshua Nakazawa, violinists Eric Silberger and Dr. Mann-Wen Lo and violist Duane Padilla. Their debut album “Queen Liliʻuokalani” won a Nā Hōkū Hanohano award in 2021 for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was featured in many publications including ones from the Star Advertiser, Honolulu Magazine, ...
Join us as we welcome home Hawaii’s own trumpet master in a benefit performance for the UH Bands. 7:30pm: Jazz Combo Performance With Tommy James, Abe Lagrimas Jr., Dean Taba and Allen Won 8:15pm: Trumpet Masterclass Admission: $10 All seating general admission (no assigned seats). Purchase tickets online.
Headlining: Jae Tioseco and Farid Guinomla Admission: Free (Donations Welcome) Get tickets here.
February 12 & 13, 2026 Korean New Music Collaboration Seoul National University College of Music and University of Hawaii Composition Program New and Traditional Music for Korean Instruments 2 Concerts Thursday February 12 - 7:30PM Traditional music and new works by UH faculty composers, performed by Seoul National University faculty. Friday February 13 - 7:30PM World premieres of new works ...
February 24, 2026 Lecture by Dr. Robert Garfias 3:00 PM The Ethnomusicology Association (EMA), the student organization of the UHM Ethnomusicology Program, is hosting Dr. Robert Garfias, a pioneering ethnomusicologist whose work spans seven decades and five continents, notably, in East Asia (Japan, Korea, and Okinawa) and Southeast Asia (Philippines, Myanmar). He was the past president of the Society for ...
March 29th, 2026 A Song Bird Dreams of Singing 4:00 pm A Songbird Dreams of Singing, an evening of lullabies and nocturnal reverie. Featuring Grammy Award-winning soprano Audrey Luna and pianist Jonathan Korth, the program includes songs by Schubert, Strauss, Debussy, and a world premiere of a song cycle by composer Thomas Osborne and children's author Kate Hosford. Miss Luna ...
A Conversation with Jason Cressey Performance – Masterclass with Jon Hill, Tuba April 14, 2026 12:30PM Listen to and chat with celebrated studio trombonist Jason Cressey in performance and conversation. Trombonist with Odesza, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kesha, Bob Weir, Anderson.Paak, and Thundercat. UHM Music, Room 108 Admission: Free
Friday, August 28, 2026 6:00 - 8:00pm An open clinic/talk story session with SŌ Percussion - Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting. For 25 years and counting, Grammy-winning percussion quartet Sō Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). They are celebrated ...
***Time Change from 4PM to 6PM*** No Sousa in sight. In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, American Independence looks beyond the usual patriotic soundtrack to offer a broader, more colorful portrait of American classical music. Spring Wind Quintet is joined by pianist Jonathan Korth for a program full of motion, shimmer, impulse, and song, from Barber’s beloved Summer Music to ...