Hawaii Public Radio (HPR) - Sandy Tsukiyama and Friends Salute Women Songwriters - Kaimuki

Community website by MBC/Ernest Abrams. Call 808-739-9797 for advertising/sponsorship#KaimukiHawaii Community website by MBC/Ernest Abrams. Call 808-739-9797 for advertising/sponsorship#KaimukiHawaii

Kaimuki, Hawaii
Event Calendar Item
Hawaii Public Radio (HPR) - Sandy Tsukiyama and Friends Salute Women Songwriters
Tweet
Type: Special Event
Date: Saturday - 8/23/2014
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location:
Hawaii Public Radio (HPR)
Atherton Performing Arts Studio
738 Kaheka Street
Honolulu, HI 96814

View Map
Cost:

HPR-2 Host Sandy Tsukiyama and Friends Salute Women Songwriters in Atherton Concert August 23

Local song stylist and host of Hawai‘i Public Radio's Brazilian Experience, Sandy Tsukiyama is joined by vocalists Riya Davis, Rachel Gonzales, and Alison Maldonado in "A Tribute to Lady Songwriters." The performers have selected works of personal significance covering Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Laura Nyro, Carly Simon, Ida Cox, and Cindy Lauper, and others. This showcase of women artists is scheduled for Saturday, August 23rd, at 7:30 p.m. in the Atherton Studio. Backing up the singers are guitarist Dave Yamasaki, pianist Jeanette Trevias, bassist Mark Tanouye, and drummer Peter Factora.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.hprtickets.org or by calling the station (955-8821) during regular business hours. Prices are $30 general, $25 for HPR members, and $15 for students with IDs. The Atherton Studio is located at the Hawai‘i Public Radio Plaza, 738 Kaheka Street. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; the music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Tsukiyama grew up studying classical piano and listening to Dixieland jazz and Calypso in a musically oriented family. After receiving a BA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, she spent three years in Brazil at Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Centro Para Pesquisas Folclóricas (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro School of Music Center for Folkloric Research), where she studied folk music traditions on a Rotary Post-Graduate Fellowship for International Understanding.

Her first singing jobs after college were as a backup singer for Hawai‘i artists such as Nohelani Cypriano and Ohta-San. She also sang lead vocals in various salsa, Latin jazz, and big bands, as well as performed in several local musical productions including Jim Nabors' A Merry Christmas With Friends and Nabors.

Currently, Tsukiyama leads her own Brazilian jazz band, Mistura; is one-third of the female trio, SER, which performs at Duc's Bistro in Chinatown; and occasionally sings background for her Roosevelt High School classmate Yvonne Elliman. She is learning choral directing through an internship with the Hawai‘i Youth Opera Chorus.

Tsukiyama has taught music at the preschool and middle school levels and Brazilian Portuguese language adult education classes. She is a Special Education teacher in the Community-Based Instruction program at Roosevelt High School and freelances as an English, Portuguese, and Spanish interpreter/translator.

About HPR's Atherton Performing Arts Studio

The Atherton Studio seats 75 people and is home to a magnificent Bösendorfer concert grand piano. The Studio is available for rent for musical performances, community group meetings, and lectures. It is located in the HPR office and studio complex at 738 Kaheka Street, across from the Honolulu Don Quijote. Metered street parking is available, as are paid lots at the First Hawaiian Bank (Kapi‘olani branch) and in the Pan Am building.

About Hawaii Public Radio

HPR is a private, non-profit organization which broadcasts classical, jazz, and international music; and in-depth news and informational programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio International, and other local, national, and international program sources, as well as programs produced by Hawaii Public Radio. In October 2013, Charity Navigator, the premier charity evaluator, awarded HPR its second consecutive four-star rating for exceptional fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency.

HPR's mission is to serve the entire population of the state of Hawai‘i with two excellent program streams. HPR-1, the news magazine and fine arts stream, can currently be heard on O‘ahu and Kaua‘i (KHPR 88.1 FM and 88.5 FM); Maui, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i, and West Hawai‘i (KKUA 90.7 FM); and East Hawai‘i (KANO 91.1 FM (Hilo) and 94.7 FM (Waimea)). HPR-2, the news, local talk, and music stream, is found on Maui, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i (KIPM 89.7 FM and KIPH 88.3 FM (Hana)); West Hawai‘i (KIPM 89.7 FM and KHPH 88.7 FM); O‘ahu and Kaua‘i (KIPO 89.3 FM; KIPL 89.9 FM)

Questions? Ready for an appointment?

Like Our Facebook

Kaimuki, Hawaii Event Calendar Item

Hawaii Public Radio (HPR) - Sandy Tsukiyama and Friends Salute Women Songwriters

Kaimuki, Hawaii
Event Calendar Item