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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra will present Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring a screening of the complete film with the musical score performed live to the film. The Muppets perform the classic Charles Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Gonzo, as Dickens, narrates the story with the help of Rizzo the Rat. The film also features Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, Gonzo as the narrator Charles Dickens, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, and Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim. Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra will present Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring a screening of the complete film with the musical score performed live to the film. The Muppets perform the classic Charles Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Gonzo, as Dickens, narrates the story with the help of Rizzo the Rat. The film also features Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, Gonzo as the narrator Charles Dickens, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, and Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim. Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.

Films in Concert Series Sponsor

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra will present Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring a screening of the complete film with the musical score performed live to the film. The Muppets perform the classic Charles Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Gonzo, as Dickens, narrates the story with the help of Rizzo the Rat. The film also features Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, Gonzo as the narrator Charles Dickens, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, and Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim. Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.

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Your favorite holiday tradition is back! Join the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra forʻOhana Holiday at Leeward Theatre. Bring the whole ʻOhana for a performance of carols, soundtracks to our favorite holiday movies, and even excerpts from The Nutcracker. Conductor Jeff Boeckman leads your HSO with special guest soprano Martina Bingham for this family-friendly performance you won't want to miss.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold through the Leeward Theatre Box Office. For additional information, please call the Leeward Theatre Box Office at (808) 455-0380, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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Piano prodigy Harmony Zhu – the youngest ever winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition - performs the virtuosic Piano Concerto of Clara Schumann.  Also on the program, Earl Lee – the most recent recipient of the prestigious Sir George Solti Conducting Award - leads the HSO in the Fourth Symphony of Johannes Brahms.

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Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra kicks off the holiday season with GRAMMY-nominated Producer, Singer-Songwriter, and Recording Artist, KIMIÉ MINER. Co-Founder of Haku Collective and Haku Records, Kimié is celebrated for her acclaimed catalogue of diverse and original music, reflective of her native Hawaiian and Portuguese roots; with sounds that range from traditional and folk, pop to contemporary and yes, jawaiian favorites. Featuring music from her 2022 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winning album for EP of the Year, "Christmas in Hawai’i," gather your ‘ohana for this season's beloved mele that is sure to spark joy, hope, comfort and peace in ways that are unique to our island home. And be sure to enjoy a Deluxe Vinyl Edition of Miner's "Christmas In Hawai'i" set to release in November 2022! For more information follow @playkimie

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Beyond the Music returns with a profound story of love and friendship spanning four symphonies. Conductor Earl Lee joins your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra, performing excerpts from Brahms's beloved Symphony No.4 in E minor. Curated and hosted by HSO Director of Artistic Engagement and Composer in Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai, uncover the endearing story of Brahms and composer/pianist Clara Schumann, through their letters and the Fourth's breathtaking finale.

$5 student tickets are available for purchase by calling the HSO Box Office at 808-380-7720 (open M-F 10am-2pm) or by purchasing in-person beginning 1 hour prior to the performance. Must provide valid student ID or current class schedule. Subject to availability.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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In August 2018, Yo-Yo Ma began a two-year journey to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for solo cello in 36 locations around the world, music that is among the first Yo-Yo ever learned when he began playing the cello at age four. The project is motivated not only by his six-decade relationship with the music, but also by Bach’s ability to speak to our shared humanity at a time when our civic conversation is so often focused on division.

For Yo-Yo, Bach’s 300-hundred-year-old music is one extraordinary example of how culture connects us and can help us to imagine and build a better future, but he believes there are many, many more. And for Yo-Yo, culture includes not just the arts, but everything that helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves, from music and literature to science and food. The Bach Project explores and celebrates all the ways that culture makes us stronger as individuals, as communities, as a society, and as a planet.

“The shared understanding that culture generates in these divisive times can bind us together as one world, and guide us to political and economic decisions that benefit the entire species. We are all cultural beings — let’s explore how culture connects us and can help to shape a better future.”
– YO-YO MA

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The Kosasa Family

The Conley Family Foundation

Underwriters

Gov. Ben & Vicky Cayetano

Jason & Beverly Kravitt

Jenkins Eye Care and Padosi Foundation

Kenneth Robbins

Ginny Tiu

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*Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Primitive…passionate…powerful…Carmina Burana is a concert experience not to be missed! Dynamic conductor Akiko Fujimoto leads the combined forces of your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra and O'ahu Choral Society in Carl Orff’s epic masterpiece. You'll also hear Mason Bates’ Alternative Energy; an electrifying experience of sound spanning four movements, hundreds of years, and featuring everything from junkyard percussion to techno electronics.

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*Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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One of the most versatile and cosmopolitan saxophonists in pop, soul, and contemporary jazz, Michael Paulo, joins American superstar jazz pianist, composer, and producer David Benoit, for one magical night with your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. You'll hear some of your favorite charts including Swingin' Waikiki, Watermelon Man, Kei's Song, and many more.

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Legendary Japanese conductor, Naoto Otomo, makes his much-anticipated return to Honolulu for a program featuring Mozart’s majestic “Haffner” Symphony and Mendelssohn’s sunny “Italian” Symphony.

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Come to expect the unexpected from your Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra in a magical evening of love, joy, and inclusion that IS Hawai’i. From a Mozart Piano Concerto to I’ve Got Rhythm, Ahe Lau Makani to Quando m’en vo, and featuring new music by Roslyn Catracchia, don’t miss an unforgettable night with your HSO, Lea Almanza, Starr Kalahiki, Lady Laritza La Bouche, special guest Brandy Lee, and hosted by the wonderous Miss Candi Shell.

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The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Blaisdell Concert Hall with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert, the fifth film in the Harry Potter series. Shih-Hung Young will conduct your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra in performing the magical score live from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s22)

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*Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Blaisdell Concert Hall with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert, the fifth film in the Harry Potter series. Shih-Hung Young will conduct your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra in performing the magical score live from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s22)

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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HSO Principal Timpanist Brad Davis takes center stage in a thrilling concerto by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty.  Dane Lam, who holds conducting posts in Australia and China, leads the HSO in the First Symphony of Honolulu born Dai-Keong Lee and Dvorak’s enduring love letter to America.

A special thanks to Hawaiʻi Youth Powered Education Designers for donating the timpani featured in tonight’s performance.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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HSO Principal Timpanist Brad Davis takes center stage in a thrilling concerto by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty.  Dane Lam, who holds conducting posts in Australia and China, leads the HSO in the First Symphony of Honolulu born Dai-Keong Lee and Dvořák’s enduring love letter to America.

A special thanks to Hawaiʻi Youth Powered Education Designers for donating the timpani featured in tonight’s performance.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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Beyond the Music previews the Masterworks concerts, helping to encourage curiosity in the minds of keiki and kupuna alike as a standalone performance, or before attending Masterworks concerts. Programs are carefully curated by guest conductors and local humanities leaders to create an evening of music and knowledge sharing that is unique to Hawai'i.

Conductor Dane Lam returns to lead the HSO in excerpts from Dvořák’s New World Symphony. HSO Director of Artistic Engagement and Composer in Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai takes center stage to highlight musical and historical context that is specific to our island home.

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Tickets for this concert are sold through the HSO Box Office. For additional information, please call the HSO Box Office at (808) 380-7720, or you may purchase tickets in person at the concert one hour before start time.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

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Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with local performers narrating in Hawaiian.

Special thanks to the Steven & Marilyn Katzman Philanthropic Fund for sponsoring this performance.

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Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

Presented in Collaboration with

Season Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec will be conducting your HSO for this Keiki Concert with local performers narrating in English.

Special thanks to the Steven & Marilyn Katzman Philanthropic Fund for sponsoring this performance.

Presented in Collaboration with

Season Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

Presented in Collaboration With

SEason Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

Presented in Collaboration with

SEason Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

Presented in Collaboration with

SEason Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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Your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is excited to bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life again, this time at Manoa Valley Theatre. Joseph Stepec conducts your HSO in this classic work with a local twist, with local performers narrating in Pidgin.

Presented in Collaboration with

SEason Sponsors

Tickets for this concert are purchased through the Manoa Valley Theatre Box Office. Call (808) 988-6131 or visit manoavalleytheatre.com to purchase online.

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This is a free event, no tickets are required.

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The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra returns to Kailua District Park for Symphony in the Park. Joseph Stepec will conduct this family-friendly performance featuring music by John Williams, Tchaikovsky, Broadway classics, and more. Patrons in attendance will even have a chance to enter a drawing to win tickets to the HSO’s regular season at Hawaii Theatre Center. This free event is brought to you in part by the generosity of Alexander & Baldwin.

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This is a free event, no tickets are required.

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In the Hawaiian language, Ke'alohi, means “brightest star.” It is said that this brightest star can only be seen during a certain time of the year. With the Ke'alohi International Piano Competition, we will discover a bright star who will share their artistry and shine at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

The Ke'alohi International Piano Competition culminates with this rousing performance with three finalists and your HSO. Each finalist will play a full piano concerto with the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra.

For more information on the Ke'alohi International Piano Competition, click here.

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

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Your HSO presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back IN CONCERT featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ music performed live to screenings of the complete film.

Star Wars fans will be able to experience this beloved film and unique symphonic event June 17-19, 2022.

This exciting concert will be conducted by acclaimed conductor and Punahou alumni Sarah Hicks.

Purchase tickets online or call the Blaisdell Center Box Office at (808) 768-5252.

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Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center

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Your HSO presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back IN CONCERT featuring Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ music performed live to screenings of the complete film.

Star Wars fans will be able to experience this beloved film and unique symphonic event June 17-19, 2022.

This exciting concert will be conducted by acclaimed conductor and Punahou alumni Sarah Hicks.

Purchase tickets online or call the Blaisdell Center Box Office at (808) 768-5252.

Films in Concert Series Sponsor

Season sponsors

Tickets for this concert are sold at the Blaisdell Box Office through Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call the Blaisdell Box Office at (808) 768-5252, or visit the box office at 777 Ward Avenue.

Box Office – Blaisdell Center