Live from the Atherton: Nola Nahulu

Ma o nā keiki, e mau ai ka 'ike ku'una o ka lāhui
Through Our Children We Perpetuate Our Knowledge and Heritage

Live from the Atherton Storytellers' Series:
An Afternoon with Nola Nahulu
Saturday, March 28 at 2 p.m.
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Join Hawaiʻi Public Radio for a mesmerizing afternoon of storytelling, music, and cultural connection celebrating 65 years of Hawaiʻi Youth Opera Chorus (HYOC).

Featuring storytelling with Nola Nahulu and the HYOC Hoʻokahi Ensemble and facilitated by Hawaiʻi Kulāiwi host DJ Mermaid (Paige Okamura), celebrate cultural leadership, language, and legacy — past, present and future.

Ms. Nola Nahulu, who has been an active community choral director & choral educator since the 1970’s, weaves together conversation, mele, and operatic expression in Hawai’i, youth voices, 'Ōlelo Hawai'i, and the knowledge passed from generation to generation through song and story.

Featuring reflections, storytelling and live performance, this program honors the guiding belief: “What we teach our children, they carry on.”

This Storytellers' Series event will be recorded for future broadcasts and online content.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Ms. Nola Nahulu has been an active community choral director & choral educator since the 1970’s. She received her education from Wai’anae Elementary School, Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama, Whitman College, University of Washington & University of Hawai’i at Manoa. The Community Choral Ensembles she has conducted include: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, Na Pua o Moloka’i, Hawai’i Children’s Chorus, Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club, ‘O’ahu Choral Society, and the Hawaiian a cappella vocal ensemble- Kawai’olaonapukanileo. Church Choirs have included: Bishop Memorial Choir, Unitarian Church Choir & the Honpa Hongwanji of Honolulu’s Choralfest. Educational Institutions include: Our Redeemer Lutheran School-Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama, University High School, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Ms. Nahulu is currently conducting with: Kawaiaha’o Church (since 1990), Hawai’i Opera Theatre (since 1990), Hawai’i Youth Opera Chorus (since 1986).

About Hawaiʻi Youth Opera Chorus (HYOC)
Founded in 1960, HYOC has spent 65 years nurturing young voices across Hawaiʻi, cultivating excellence in vocal performance while honoring cultural identity, community, and storytelling. HYOC continues to inspire generations through music education rooted in heritage, discipline, and aloha.

Phil Hidalgo – Pianist
Phil Hidalgo is a longtime collaborator with HYOC and an accomplished pianist and conductor. He performs with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa dance program, the Hawaiian Chorus, and Diamond Head Theatre musicals, and sings with Kawaiahaʻo Church and Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre Coro.

Sienna AhChong - Soprano Soloist
HYOC alum Sienna AhChong currently sings with St. Andrew’s Cathedral Choir and Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre Coro. Her featured aria in tribute to Queen ʻEmalani offers a deeply meaningful connection between operatic tradition and Hawaiian history.

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The Live from the Atherton Storytellers' Series takes place at the Atherton Performing Arts studio at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Doors open thirty minutes before the event starts.

This event will be filmed, recorded and photographed. Your presence constitutes your release of all rights to your recorded voice and image, which may be used in projects by Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis — advance ticket purchase is strongly suggested.

Ticket Policy: Ticket sales are final. Sorry, no refunds.

Parking: Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood (metered parking is free after 6 p.m.).

Mahalo to HMSA for their sponsorship of our HPR “Live from the Atherton” events.

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