Join us to experience the joy of music-making as part of the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge theme of MELE! Featuring works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Queen Lili‘uokalani, and more!

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Gershwin Lullaby

Womack Blue Ridge Seasons

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Walker Lyric for Strings

Ives String Quartet No. 1

Program

Gershwin Lullaby

Womack Blue Ridge Seasons

INTERMISSION

Walker Lyric for Strings

Ives String Quartet No. 1

Program

Villa-Lobos Quatuor for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon

Revueltas Ocho Por Radio

INTERMISSION

Ginastera Duo for Flute & Oboe

Chávez La Hija de Cólquide

Program

Villa-Lobos Quatuor for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon

Revueltas Ocho Por Radio

INTERMISSION

Ginastera Duo for Flute & Oboe

Chávez La Hija de Cólquide

This program is about musical storytelling through one’s own life and perspective. From Taiwanese folksongs to a running rhythmic groove to a sign of tragedy, music has the power to express the unknown.

Lin: Five Taiwanese Folksongs

Washington: Middleground

Schubert: String Quartet No.14 “Death and the Maiden”

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This program is about musical storytelling through one’s own life and perspective. From Taiwanese folksongs to a running rhythmic groove to a sign of tragedy, music has the power to express the unknown.

Lin: Five Taiwanese Folksongs

Washington: Middleground

Schubert: String Quartet No.14 “Death and the Maiden”

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Join us as we explore the sounds of the vast European landscapes of Dvorak, Bartok and Grieg.

Dvorak: String Quartet in F major, Op.96 “American” - Lento

Bartok: String Quartet No.4

Grieg: String Quartet in G minor, Op.27

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Join us as we explore the sounds of the vast European landscapes of Dvorak, Bartok and Grieg.

Dvorak: String Quartet in F major, Op.96 “American” - Lento

Bartok: String Quartet No.4

Grieg: String Quartet in G minor, Op.27

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We are delighted to present the premiere of Michael-Thomas Foumai’s piano concerto “Hard-Boiled Wonderland” along with fellow CMH musicians and guest artist Tommy Yee on piano.

Takuma Itoh: Adaptation Variations

M-T Foumai: Hard-Boiled Wonderland

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet

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We are delighted to present the premiere of Michael-Thomas Foumai’s piano concerto “Hard-Boiled Wonderland” along with fellow CMH musicians and guest artist Tommy Yee on piano.

Takuma Itoh: Adaptation Variations

M-T Foumai: Hard-Boiled Wonderland

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet

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This season overview event will be hosted by composer Michael-Thomas Foumai about the program highlights and a featured performance of the Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat by CMH musicians Anna Lenhart, Helen Liu and guest pianist Jonathan Korth.

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ONE NIGHT ONLY!! Join us and experience the magic of the silent movie during the 1920’s. “Mark of Zorro” comes to life with the original Spanish-colored orchestral score as reconstructed and conducted by Rick Benjamin and performed by Chamber Music Hawai‘i performers.

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[SOLD OUT] The Galliard String Quartet is excited to perform music from the notable 1995 album "Songs of Lili‘uokalani" along with special guest Raiatea Helm, an internationally renowned, award-winning Hawaiian vocalist.

Join us for an evening of iconic and artful songs by HRH Queen Lili‘uokalani, whose songwriting and love for her people include poignant and powerful works composed during her imprisonment in Iolani Palace after the unlawful overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The Queen’s beautiful blend of the deep Hawaiian tradition of haku mele and her western influence of composition are evident in more than 150 songs she wrote during her life. The select songs for this show were beautifully arranged for the Galliard String Quartet by Angel Matias Peña, Robert Cazimero, Byron Yasui, Larry Spivack and John McCreary.

Songs to include Ku‘u Pua I Paoakalani ("My Flower at Paoakalani"), Nani Nā Pua Ko'olau ("Beautiful Flowers of the Ko‘olau") and Ke Aloha O Ka Haku (“The Queen’s Prayer”).

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Hawaii Concert Society presents dazzling pianist Joyce Yang and the Galliard String Quartet.

José Elizondo: Danzas Latinoamericanas

José Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas

Rachmaninoff: 13 Preludes

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

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Featuring a mix of lively, exotic and mystical dances from countries south of the border. Come enjoy the innovative modern sounds of José Elizondo and Gabriela Lena Frank along side Hugo Wolf and Puccini.

Wolf: Italian Serenade

Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas

Puccini: Crisantemi

Frank: Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout

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Featuring a mix of lively, exotic and mystical dances from countries south of the border. Come enjoy the innovative modern sounds of José Elizondo and Gabriela Lena Frank along side Hugo Wolf and Puccini.

Wolf: Italian Serenade

Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas

Puccini: Crisantemi

Frank: Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout

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Featuring a mix of lively, exotic and mystical dances from countries south of the border. Come enjoy the innovative modern sounds of José Elizondo and Gabriela Lena Frank along side Hugo Wolf and Puccini.

Wolf: Italian Serenade

Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas

Puccini: Crisantemi

Frank: Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout

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Lanzilotti: Sky Gate (Hawaii premiere)

Reed: Double Quintet for winds and brass

Rota: Nonet for strings and winds

Lanzilotti: Sky Gate (Hawai‘i premiere)

Reed: Double Quintet for winds and brass

Rota: Nonet for strings and winds

Ka-KAAAAA! This concert is part of the Tiki in Waikiki event. GSQ is proud to provide sultry string sounds to the exotica band The WAITKI 7 at the Hawaii Theatre. Come and hear classics by Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Gene Rains, and more!

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Lanzilotti’s Sky Gate for ten musicians honors Isamu Noguchi’s Sky Gate, one of the most prominent works of art on the City and County of Honolulu’s Civic Center. The work will be performed outdoors at Lāhainā Noon, a time when the sun is directly overhead and Sky Gate’s shadow projects a perfect ring. Co-commissioned by Leilehua (Anne) Lanzilotti and the Honolulu Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts along with Chamber Music Hawai‘i.