Steady Beat 2008-2009 Annual Report Our Year-End Message to Our Friends

Roy E. King, Jr. Henry Miyamura Selena Ching President Music Director Executive Director

Steady Beat: It’s not the most exciting part of playing music but it’s crucial to a well performed piece; a fundamental building block of music. And it was our mantra through‐ out the 2008‐2009 year. With economic woes hitting every sector of support for our organiza‐ tion, our main goal was to hold the line and stay a steady course.

From the governance level to the front lines, everyone at HYS pulled together to keep the beat, avoiding layoffs and program cuts. Shifts were made in the way we approached our work and we focused on our business practices to ensure we would weather the financial storm. We took modest steps to maintain programmatic momentum, but we were cautious about pursuing overly aggressive goals that could throw off the beat.

The end result was a year of sound financial health, moderate program growth and sensible forward movement. In a healthier economy, we would have gone to greater lengths to expand programming and create more accessibility. However, given the climate in which we were op‐ erating, we believe HYS’s deliberate strategy of careful, reserved steps forward—avoiding the loss of any ground—to be a great success for fiscal year 2009.

Our music programs continued their boom, showing no decline in demand. We offered services to 505 students, ages 6‐18 years, from 108 schools on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. The numbers are fewer than last year because of a one‐year hiatus of our Pacific Music Institute, HYS’s summer intensive course, which usually serves 115 students statewide.

Our Symphony Program ran with our three, full, 90‐plus member orchestras. It also hosted our free Chamber Music Program for 35 students from 13 schools. The three symphonies performed 18 concerts during the season. The chamber groups added two recitals to programming and also performed eight community service concerts at the State Capitol, memorial services for the Hon. Duke Bainum and Charles Cooke Spalding (the founder of the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii), the Mayoral inauguration, and several retirement and recovery residences around town. Page 2 Hawaii Youth Symphony

HYS debuted its first percussion chamber ensemble in FY09 Our outreach Listen & Learn educational concerts offered by our Symphony Program helped 10,700 students from 76 schools on Oahu and Maui meet their school arts standard. Eight concerts were offered at Blaisdell Concert Hall, Pearl City Cultural Center and Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

Photo by Careen Arakaki We put a little more steam into the HYS Academy, our early‐ learning music institute at the Boys & Girls Club in McCully. We continued with our String Program serving absolute beginner to intermediate‐advanced players each Saturday morning during the regular season. Thanks to the receipt of TANF (Temporary Assis‐ tance for Needy Families) funds through the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, we were able to build out our Music in the Clubhouse program which includes a FREE Music4Kids general music class and a FREE beginning band class. These classes are our response to the growing need for accessible, basic music programs Music4Kids students perform on recorders. These free classes jeopardized by shrinking school budgets. meet two times per week at the Boys & Girls Club.

We continued to provide the greatest access that we could to our programs, with the continuation of our financial assistance program which dis‐ tributed more than $23,000 in aid. Financial assis‐ tance reinforces our commitment that we will never turn a child away from our programs based on financial need.

Jake Shimabukuro conducted a workshop for Music in the Our annual benefit, He Makana O Na Mele, Clubhouse students. welcomed one of our biggest blockbuster guests. We are proud to claim that the incredible and versatile Willie K made his true operatic debut with the Hawaii Youth Symphony. Seven hun‐ dred people witnessed an inspiring program of Willie K arias with our Youth Symphony I orchestra. More than $50,000 was raised that evening for our music programs. Where Hawaii’s Youth Make Exceptional Music Together Page 3

HYS took Willie and his talents on the road with us, performing three, free concerts at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Feb‐ ruary. The on‐going standing ovations from the 900 guests who attended Youth Symphony I and Willie’s community concert remind us of the extraordinary tal‐ ents of our islands, and what can be achieved when we work together. The orchestra and Willie also shared their music with 2,000 Maui children at two Listen & Learn educational concerts.

HYS closed our season by graduating 54 seniors at our Aloha Concert Luncheon featuring the vocal talents and wit of the legendary Karen Keawehawaii. Among her Hawaiian favor‐ ites, Karen sang a haunting rendition of Misora Hibari’s Kawano Nagare No Youni. The day included a tribute to Saburo Watanabe, one of Hawaii’s greatest music educators, whose tireless efforts raised the value of our state’s school music programs.

A creative way to keep our students thinking about music with minimal capital outlay was the establishment of our “Musicians must also unearth first essay contest. We know our HYS students are passion‐ their courage and find the ate about music and we want to hear what they are think‐ ing outside of our rehearsal halls. The contest invited all audacity to put themselves in students, no matter where they are seated or how long they front of an audience, not just have been playing an instrument, to express themselves on physically, but emotionally as paper. Winning entries are published in HYS’s newsletters with possibility for future publication. well. Performing can be likened to laying one’s soul bare to fellow human beings, open to scrutiny. Although playing an rn instrument is an unnatural, Lea man-made action, the music form reflects the performer’s genuine Per emotions and evokes in the audience an array of emotions. ” —Teresa Ou, YSI violin 2008 essay winner Grow Div I (grades 10‐12) Page 4 Hawaii Youth Symphony

Finally, one of the strongest initiatives that surfaced from operating in a lean environment was the implementation of our PlayOut campaign. PlayOut, a concerted effort to reach out and play together, demonstrates HYS’s commitment to making ourselves better and more impactful to benefit our students and ensure the organization’s long‐term sustainability. PlayOut, adopted by our board and management team, encourages new ideas and think‐ ing beyond our individual organization. It calls for collaborative thinking and partnerships to reap greater rewards than what we can achieve alone, creating improved programming and cost benefits. It changes the way we look at ourselves, and we are incorporating it into our way of doing business.

Thank you for being a part of our HYS family. Our 2008‐2009 year was an important one for us to assess what we do, and adjust to internal and external drivers to continue meeting our mis‐ sion. It is the silver lining in an era of difficult times. We look forward to keeping the beat in our communities, and even strengthening them through excellent music and the inspiration of our youth. These qualities do not dim during periods of economic difficulties but rather lead us to a beat that keeps us all together. Mahalo for your support.

Roy E. King, Jr. Henry Miyamura Selena Ching President Music Director Executive Director

Youth Symphony I performed with the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus at HYS’s Spring Concert. The two ensembles performed Paliuli, “The Romance of La‘ieikawai,” an original opera by Dr. Neil McKay Photo by Gary Arakaki Where Hawaii’s Youth Make Exceptional Music Together Page 5

2008-2009 Board of Directors & Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MUSIC STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Roy E. King, Jr. Henry Miyamura, Selena Ching President Music Director Executive Director

Conductor Ann Doike Chris Yuen Youth Symphony I President‐Elect Programs Manager Founder & Artistic Director

Pacific Music Institute Janet Morita Jill Shimokawa Higa Programs Associate Tina Lau Michael Nakasone Leslie Murata Conductor Meredith Prescott Vice Presidents Youth Symphony II Administration and Finance Manager Richard Ing Susan Ochi‐Onishi Secretary Conductor Kelly Shigeta Hannah Watanabe Special Projects Jean Tsukamoto Associate Conductor Treasurer Concert Orchestra

Thomas Bingham Charlotte Fukumoto Krislyn Hashimoto String Program Coordinator Conductor Gladys Hirano Beginning String Ensemble Martin Hsia Daniel Momohara Chad Uyehara Alan Okami Conductor String Orchestra Ensemble Michael Onofrietti Concert String Orchestra Keith Sakamoto Summer String Program Marjorie Tanoue Helen Nguyen

Conductor Intermediate String Ensemble

Wayne Fanning Director Beginning Band

Ruth Komatsu Instructor Music4Kids

Board members Keith Sakamoto, Jean Tsukamoto, Roy King and Gladys Hirano help organize HYS’s food drive for the Hawaii Foodbank. HYS participated in the League of American Orchestras’s Orchestras Feeding America initiative. Page 6 Hawaii Youth Symphony

Finance Beat for fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 Financial records have been independently audited by Gerald Y. Ushijima, CPA. A copy of the auditor’s report is available for viewing at the Hawaii Youth Symphony office: 1110 University Avenue, Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96826-1508. Special Event REVENUES Sum m er (net) Other Income Programs 8% 1% Contributions $209,258 7% Registration Fees 145,705 Box Office & Contracts 209,477 Sales 9% Box Office & Sales 61,345 Contributions 31% Special Event (net) 39,213 Summer Programs 9,864 Contracts Other Income 10,181 31% TOTAL $685,043 Registration 21%

Financial Aid Depreciation 2% 4% EXPENSES

General Education and Program $374,263 Admin Concert Production 101,490 16% General Administration 96,027 Concert Education Financial Aid 23,302 Production and Program 17% 61% Depreciation 11,984 TOTAL $607,066

Schools that Keep the Beat During 2008-2009, students represented 108 schools on four islands Aiea High School Iolani School Manoa Elementary Sacred Hearts Academy Aina Haina Elementary Island Pacific Academy Maryknoll School Salt Lake Elementary Ala Wai Elementary Kaelepulu Elementary McKinley High School Seton Home Study Assets School Kailua High School Mid Pacific Institute Soto Academy August Ahrens Elementary Kailua Intermediate School Mililani High School St. Andrews Priory Baldwin High School Kaimuki High School Mililani Ike Elementary St. Francis School Calvary Chapel Christian School Kaimuki Middle School Mililani Waena Elementary St. Louis School Campbell High School Kaiser High School Moanalua Elementary St. Theresa School Castle High School Kalani High School Moanalua High School Star of the Sea School Christian Academy Kamehameha Schools Moanalua Middle School Stevenson Middle School Dole Middle School Kapalama Elementary Mokulele Elementary Thomas Jefferson Elementary Farrington High School Kapolei High School Myron B. Thompson Academy University Laboratory School Ft. Shafter Elementary Kauai High School Niu Valley Middle School Voyager School Hahaione Elementary Kawananakoa Middle School Noelani Elementary Wahiawa Middle School Hawaii Baptist Academy King Kekaulike High School Nuuanu Elementary Waialae Elementary Hawaiian Mission Elementary Kuhio Elementary School Our Redeemer Lutheran School Waialua Elementary Hickam Elementary La Pietra‐HSG Pearl City High School Waikiki Elementary Hilo High School Le Jardin Academy Punahou School Waipahu High School Holomua Elementary Leilehua High School Queen Kaahumanu Elementary Waolani Judd N. School Homeschools Lunalilo Elementary Radford High School Washington Middle School Hongwanji Mission School Lutheran High School Roosevelt High School Webling Elementary Honolulu Waldorf School Maemae Elementary Royal Elementary Wilson Elementary Where Hawaii’s Youth Make Exceptional Music Together Page 7

Keepers of the Beat We thank our friends who made contributions between July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009.

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE KoAloha Ukulele PARTNER CONTRIBUTOR ($25,000+) Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc. ($250 ‐ $499) ($100 ‐ $249) Cades Foundation Tina & Dennis Lau Anonymous Anonymous Robert Emens Black Fund of the Mr. Benjamin Marx & Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Akinaka Mrs. Betsy Akinaka Hawai‘i Community Foundation Dr. Kelley Woodruff Mr. & Mrs. Marc M. Aoyama Mr. & Mrs. Michael Amore The Hot Topic Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred Miyahira Vladimir G. Bernstein Ms. Stella Anderson National Endowment for the Arts Mr. Henry Miyamura Carolann Biederman & Seth Markow Ms. Ilima Aylett State Foundation on Culture Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Momohara Dr. and Mrs. Beei‐Huan Chao Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bear and the Arts Ohata Chun Yuen LLP Dr. Todd China Captain & Mrs. Stephen S. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Onofrietti Mr. Andrew Ching Big Island Candies PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Mrs. Ruth Oshiro Dr. & Mrs. Yi‐Chuan Ching Mr. Joel Bradshaw ($10,000 ‐ $24,999) Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Sakamoto Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Choy Dr. & Mrs. Vincent C. Brown ABC Stores Stryker Weiner & Yokota Mr. & Mrs. Eben W. Chun Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Buell The Thomas J. Long Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Danny M. Takanishi, Jr. Mr. Geneson Coloma & Mr. & Mrs. Steven Cegler Toyota Hawaii Mrs. Marjorie Tanoue Ms. Theresa Kiehm Mr. John Stephen Chang Dr. Lawrence Tseu Mr. & Mrs. Alan Doike Mr. & Mrs. Ki Jun Chang ANGEL Gen. & Mrs. Fred Weyand Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Doles Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Char ($5,000 ‐ $9,999) Y. Fukunaga Products, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Isami Enomoto Betty & Richard Char Bank of Hawaii Mr. & Mrs. George F. Freitas, Jr. Ms. Esther Chen First Hawaiian Bank Foundation BENEFACTOR Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Hanaumi Mr. & Mrs. Justin Chen John R. Halligan Charitable Fund ($750 ‐ $999) Mr. & Mrs. John Hayashi Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Chinen Mrs. Edith Leong Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Tevita Hifo Dr. George Chu & Ms. Diane Wong Macyʹs Foundation Chris & Selena Ching Mr. & Mrs. Lance Hoopai Mr. Sean‐Nelson Chun Mayorʹs Office of Culture and the Arts Mr. & Mrs. Judd Finkelstein Mr. Seogcheon Hwang & Mr. & Mrs. Roland Cortes McInerny Foundation Ms. Yma Hasegawa Ms. Hwaseon Jeong The Hon. Lea Crandall & Mr. Se Hyun Kim & Mr. & Mrs. David Y. Ige Mr. David Schulmeister PATRON Ms. Mi Young Park Mr. & Mrs. Selby W. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Dan Devaney ($1,000 ‐ $4,999) Mr. Richard Lakes & Ms. Etsumi Hida Mr. Terry W. T. Lau & The Fentriss Family Anonymous Lance Uchida Mechanical Engineers Ms. Noe Tanigawa Ms. Suzanne Foumai Accuity LLP Mr. & Mrs. Merwyn Lee Mr. Michael S. Lawnsby Mr. & Mrs. Tom Foye ACMP Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Carl Matsuura Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Randal Furomoto Ms. Cindy Neeley/AlohaCare Ms. Debbie Miyagi Mahomet‐Seymour High School Mr. & Mrs. Roman Gaoiran Mr. John Y. C. Chang Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Sherman Kazuhiko & Hiroko Matsubara Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garner City Mill Company, Ltd. / Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Spence Maui Tribe Productions LLC Mr. & Mrs. Dan Giovanni C. K. Ai Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Chad Takara Dr. & Mrs. Clarence Y. Murata Mr. & Mrs. Brian Gomes Commercial Data Systems Mr. & Mrs. Barry Toshi Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Ogata Mr. & Mrs. Van Goto Herbert & Nancy Conley Mr. & Mrs. William T. Oshima Grand Cafe & Bakery Environmental Planning Solutions, SPONSOR Ms. Kiyomi Oyama Mr. Ken Griffin Mr. Wayne Fanning ($500 ‐ $749) Mr. & Mrs. Gerald M. K. Pang Carlton & Elsie Gushiken Foodland Super Market, Ltd. Anonymous Mr. Christopher J. Petersen Dr. & Mrs. Chung‐Eun Ha Mr. & Mrs. Owen Fukumoto Ms. Judith A. Arrigo Randal S. Furomoto & Associates, Inc. Ms. Mendy Rae Hansen Stephen & Gloria Gainsley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Bingham Ms. Faye Saito‐Fukuhara Ms. Pat Harrell‐Lakatos June Olson Fund at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Mr. & Mrs. Neil Sananikone Mr. & Mrs. Earl Hasegawa Hawai‘i Community Foundation Carole Sheridan Memorial Fund at the Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. C. Seu Mr. & Mrs. Lester Hashimoto Mr. Bob Hayashi/Rainbow Holidays Hawai‘i Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bill J. Shaver Mr. & Mrs. Randall Hee Hazel H. Takumi Foundation Dean Y. Horie, D.D.S. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Shimokawa Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hirokane Ms. Jill Shimokawa Higa Mr. Allen I. Emura Mr. & Mrs. Dayne T. Shinbo Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Hosaka Mrs. Gladys Hirano Ms. Stephanie Fitzpatrick Ms. Pearl A. Simonson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Iwai Mr. Lorrin Hirano Honolulu 100 Mr. & Mrs. David Sneed Kadomatsu Plumbing Mr. Martin Hsia HTH Corporation/Pacific Beach Hotel Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sorensen Bob & Jan Kagihara Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ing Iolani Band 2 Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Sung Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Kajiwara Island Insurance Companies Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Nakamaejo Mr. & Mrs. Jon Uchiyama Ms. Halene Kamoto Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Ito Mr. & Mrs. Alan Okami Ms. Angela Uyeda Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kaneko Mr. & Mrs. Edward Iwanaga Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Takemoto Mr. Larry H. Uyeda Alan & Elsie Kawahara Jonathan Y. C. Ching Revocable Trust Mr. Donald Tarleton & Mr. Dailin Wang & Ms. June Tang Wayne & Jeri Kawakami Julia Temple Davis Brown Foundation Ms. Robyn Chun Mr. Ka‘upena Wong Dr. & Mrs. Toshihiko Kawasugi Chester & Jeanean Kaneshiro Kent & Jean Tsukamoto Dr. & Mrs. Sonny Wong Mr. & Mrs. Francis Keala Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. King, Jr. Ms. Ipolani M. Yee‐Kaneshiro Mr. Daniel Yang & Ms. Tracey Noh Ms. Helen M. Kefford Mr. & Mrs. James Kinoshita Mr. & Mrs. David Yee Mr. & Mrs. Mike Kobayashi Page 8 Hawaii Youth Symphony

(Donors: continued from page 7) Ms. Ashley Muraoka Mr. & Mrs. Robin Yoshimura Lorna & Albert Hu Ms. Jenna Nakagawa Ms. Grace K. S. Young Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Hu Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kodama Ms. Caren Nelson Mrs. Pamela Young Mr. Michael Hutchison Mr. Roy M. Kodani Dr. and Mrs. Howard Neudorf Mr. William Young Ms. Dorothy S. Igawa Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Kohar Ms. Helen Nguyen Dr. Lori Ho Ikeda Mr. & Mrs. Orrin Kohon Mr. & Mrs. David S. Nishimura FRIEND (Up to $100) Ms. Louise Ing & Mr. Michael Sitch Pierson & Betsy Koike Ms. Karen Nishimura Anonymous Ms. Eva Ingasalo Ms. Ruth Komatsu Mr. & Mrs. Melvin S. Nishina Ms. Dorothea Aganos Ms. Sara Iwai Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Kosansky Ms. Carol Nishita Mr. Hunter Akamine Ms. Ruth Joy Mr. Stephen Kow & Ms. Iris Lin Mr. Calvin Nomiyama Mr. Russell S. Akamine Mrs. Christine Kaakua Mr. Hong‐Ji Kuo & Ms. Yng Juang Lin Mrs. Susan Ochi‐Onishi Ms. Liane Akana Mr. & Mrs. Akira Kadomatsu Mr. & Mrs. Rick Kuroda Albert & Doris Ogawa Mr. Wesley Anderson & Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Kamaka, Jr. Professor & Mrs. Daniel W. Y. Kwok Mr. & Mrs. Yung Ho On Ms. Debra Merle Mr. & Mrs. Guy Kamitaki Mr. Malcolm D. Lau Mr. Alfred Ono & Dr. Ruth Ono Ms. Claire Arakaki Mrs. Lily U. Kaneshiro Ms. Ellen LeClaire Dr. Tilden Osako Mr. & Mrs. Brian Awakuni Shaun Kaneshiro Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lee Mr. & Mrs. Kirk N. Oshiro Mr. & Mrs. Cass Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Richard Y. Katsura Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lee Mr. & Mrs. Hitoshi Otsuka Mrs. Duke Bainum Ms. Coleen Kauhane Mr. Shichao Li & Ms. Haiying Wang Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Peters Mr. & Mrs. John Bak Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keenan Mr. & Mrs. Haosheng Lin Mr. Steven Premo Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bandack Mr. Paul Kim Mr. & Mrs. Walter Loo Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Radcliffe Ms. Carol S. Baptist Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kinoshita J. E. Lovell Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Redona Ms. Suellen Barton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kishimoto Ms. Jan Lubin Mr. & Mrs. Bartolome Reyes, Jr. Ms. Josie Bidgood & Mr. & Mrs. Brent Hiro Kiyan Mr. & Mrs. Paul Luersen Dr. Kelvin Richards & Dr. Yanli Jia Mr. Chuck Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Kramp Ms. Mikaela Lum Ms. Donna Rolens Ms. Evelyn E. Bradberg Ms. Mari C. Kumura Mr. & Mrs. Pete Madrigal Bill & Faye Seehafer Mr. Danny Brown Dr. Nancy Lamport‐Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Meredith Maeda Mr. & Mrs. William Shepard Mr. Philip Brown Mr. Bradford Lee Mr. & Mrs. Mike Maekawa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Shigeta Mr. Kenneth H. Burtness Mr. Thomas Lee Mr. & Mrs. Chester J. Malins Ms. Junko Shimana Mr. & Mrs. Allen Bush Dr. Tom Leland & Chelsea & Lee Manfredi Mr. & Mrs. Kent T. Shiozaki Mr. Philip Butay & Ms. Kenda Ishida Dr. Jean Adair‐Leland Ms. Nancy Masaki Hathaway Ms. Penny Shiroma Mr. & Mrs. Frank Castro Dr. Jeffrey Lim & Dr. Marcia Nagao Mr. Edward Masunaga Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus Snow Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Cathcart Ms. Sara Lin Mr. & Mrs. Dean T. Matsunaga Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert F. Sofio Mr. Lynn Chang & Dr. Lisa Wong Mr. Evan K. H. Liu Mr. & Mrs. Gary McFarlane Ms. Birgit R. Soma Dr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Cherry Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Marten Mr. & Mrs. James P. McGuire Robert & Leinani Springer Mr. & Mrs. Godofredo Chico Mr. & Mrs. Paul Marx Neil & Marion McKay Mr. & Mrs. James Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Chinn Ms. Christina Marzo Mr. & Mrs. Stan Miyamoto Mr. & Mrs. Lester Stiefel Mrs. Margaret C. W. Choy Mr. Elton Masaki Ms. Susan Y. Miyao Mr. & Mrs. John Strong Isa Cocallas Mr. & Mrs. George Masaki Mr. & Mrs. Wayne T. Miyashiro Dr. Alex Suenaga & Ms. Kay Mattos Mr. & Mrs. Leslie G. Crandall Mr. David Matsumoto & Mr. & Mrs. Eric T. Miyazaki Ms. Lysette D. Tagawa Mr. Thomas Croly & Ms. Keiko Asao Mr. & Mrs. Craig Mizota Mr. & Mrs. Alan Tahata Ms. Denise McKinnon Mr. Joseph McAlister Mid‐Pacific Institute’s Otaku Club Ms. Fawn Takemoto Chris & Jesper Damgaard Ms. Amy H. Mitsuda Mr. & Mrs. Kiyoshi Takemoto Ms. Jackie Davis Mr. & Mrs. Dan T. Miyamoto Mr. & Mrs. George Tanner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Deibler Ms. Fusako Miyamoto “Truly, orchestral Mrs. Ethel Teruya Mr. Harry Dobelle Mr. & Mrs. Keith Miyashiro music is emotional Dr. John Timtim & Dr. Cynthia Soneda Ms. Asia Doike Mr. & Mrs. Kapunahele Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Kazuto Toguchi Dr. & Mrs. John C. Donkervoet Ms. Michelle Morihara and touches my soul. Dr. & Mrs. Noel Torigoe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Duckworth Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Y. Motoshige The instruments create Glenn & Garleen Umetsu Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Murai Mr. & Mrs. Ira Uradomo Mr. & Mrs. Alden Fischer, Jr. Ms. Eunice Murasaki beautiful music as Mr. Sherburne Valli Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. I. Foltz Ms. Marla Musick they play together. Ms. Vina Violante Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fujimoto Dr. & Mrs. George I. Nagao Ms. Ann N. Wakamatsu Rev. and Mrs. Yoshitaka Fujinami Mr. Roy M. Nakamaejo How lucky I am to Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wei Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Fukuda Mr. & Mrs. Alan Nakamoto Bob & Linda Weiner Ms. Charlotte Fukumoto Ms. Elizabeth Nakasone experience it!” Mr. James R. Williams Ms. Sandra Goya Ms. Shelley Nakasone

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Y. Wu Mr. & Mrs. Howard Hanzawa Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Ng ‐Evan Liu, ISE violin Mr. & Mrs. James Yamamoto Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hashi Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Nishimura 2008 essay winner Mr. & Mrs. Keith Yasui Ms. Jessie S. Hashimoto Richard & Cora Nitta Div. III (grades 3‐6). Ms. Dale H. Yatsushiro Mr. & Mrs. Norman Hashisaka Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Nowicki Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Yee Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Heape Mr. & Mrs. Gary Okamura Evan donated his cash prize Mr. & Mrs. James Yi Mr. & Mrs. Kenn Higa Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Okazaki back to HYS! Mr. and Mrs. J. Tek Yoon Darryl & Gayle Hiraki Mr. & Mrs. George Okuhara Mr. & Mrs. Doane M. York Mr. & Mrs. William Holowecki Ms. Aimee Ono Where Hawaii’s Youth Make Exceptional Music Together Page 9

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