HYS Jazz Winter Concert 2021
Livestream performances by HYS Jazz’s Beginning Improvisation Group (BIG), Intermediate Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and Advanced Contemporary Ensemble (ACE).
Led by Dean Taba (HYS Jazz Director), Noel Okimoto (instructor), and Ryan Howe (instructor).
December 2021
PMI 2021—Virtual Ensemble
“Overture On Themes From The Songbook Of Her Majesty Queen Lili`uokalani,” arranged by Michael Foumai
May 2021
Summer Strings 2021—Beginning & Intermediate Classes
Our newest young musicians in their first performance.
May 2021
HYS Class of 2021—”Celebration”
Wish the Class of 2021 the best by attending this virtual concert by graduating seniors.
May 2021
HYS Jazz Combo I — Spring Concert
2021 virtual concert by the Hawaii Youth Symphony’s Jazz Combo I; presented by UH Statewide Cultural Extension Program, with support from the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, UH Manoa Music Department, and City & County of Honolulu.
May 2021
HYS Jazz Combo II — Spring Concert
2021 virtual concert by the Hawaii Youth Symphony’s Jazz Combo II; presented by UH Statewide Cultural Extension Program, with support from the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, UH Manoa Music Department, and City & County of Honolulu.
May 2021
“Na Mele: The Gift of Music”
2020 virtual concert by the Hawaii Youth Symphony, with special guests Jake Shimabukuro, Raiatea Helm, and Junior Orchestras from Hawaii’s Sister Cities in Japan
December 2020
“Let It Snow”
2020 virtual concert by the HYS Academy’s Concert String Orchestra
Chad Uyehara, Director
Video assembled by Duane Padilla
December 2020
“Mele Kalikimaka”
2020 virtual concert by HYS Symphony+
Students rehearsed by our conductors
Video assembled by Duane Padilla
Music arranged by Michael-Thomas Foumai
December 2020
Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”
2020 virtual concert by the HYS Academy’s Concert String Orchestra
Chad Uyehara, Director
Video assembled by Duane Padilla
November 2020
“We Never Stopped Making Music”
2020 virtual concert by the U.S. Youth Orchestra E-Festival
Featuring Hawaii Youth Symphony
HYS portion assembled by Becker Communications, Inc.
September 2020
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain”
2020 virtual concert by the Class of 2020
Musicians directed by Joseph Stepec and Dean Taba
Video assembled by Becker Communications, Inc.
April-May 2020