Arcadia High Orchestra Students to Perform With Daniel Ho

Six-time Grammy winner Daniel Ho. – Photo by Terry Miller

Arcadia High School(AHS) Orchestra students will accompany six-time Grammy award winner Daniel Ho in concert at the Arcadia Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 4.

The evening will feature hula by Keali’I Ceballos and Hālau Keali’I O Nālani.

“This is a special performance that has been eight years in the making,” said Ho, “Original songs paired with hula and symphonic grandeur.”

Of the students, Ho said, “They are a very talented group and they will add so much to the evening.”

On a break during a May 29 rehearsal, students said they were excited to take part in the concert. They are learning how to play along with singers for the first time and they are adapting to performing without a conductor by really listening to the music and one another.

Arcadia High School Orchestra students performing with Ho under the direction of AHS Orchestra Director Tom Forbes are: Evan Chuu, Clarice Kwan, Jannell Lo, Samuel Cui, Vivan Chou, Cristie Huang, and Kevin Jou on violins; Simon Sam, Michelle Hu, and Brian Law on viola; Danna Xue, Annie Ro, and Christina Wang on cello; and Nancy Ye on string bass.

Ho wrote an accompaniment just for them and a solo cello part for Xue.

Ho and his band will bring the audience a feel-good concert of original, contemporary Hawaiian music, along with new choreographies by beloved kuma hula, Keali’i Ceballos. The evening will also feature a set by Ho’s jazz trio, reuniting them officially as the band Kilauea, for the first time since 1997.

Tickets, available online by visiting www.arcadiapaf.org, range from $29.50 to $69.50. The theatre is located at 188 Campus Drive.

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