Sit,Enjoy,&Relax...

Student Recital

with Melemai Kapu’uwaimaia vocal ensemble

MLK Music Studio LLCP R E S E N T S

Marilyn Liu KimInstructor and Director

08.06.20175:00 PM

94-834 Leomana WayWaipahu, HI 96797

Marilyn Kim at work with an 8 year old!---a rare moment.

Allow the music in your heart to sing! God Bless You!, MLK

Tidbits about Marilyn Liu KimRetired Professor of Music & owner of the MLK Music Studio LLC………Studio Phone 808.680-9544/cell. 808.294-1184

Brand New Website: Up and running July 15, 2015. http://www.mlkmusic808.comWeb Master: Peter Togawa, ITT Professional

Formal Education: • Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance, 1971. UHM (Studied with Marion Kerr) • Masters of Music Degree in voice performance, 1976. UHM (Studied with Wm Pfeiffer & Char-

lene Chadwick Cullen.)• Post graduated work: Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New York, Peabody Conservatory, Balti-

more, Maryland, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

Honors: • The Metropolitan Opera Pan-Pacific Regional Winner, 1977• Performed as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony (piano & voice) and the Chautauqua Sym-

phony.• Developed the outstanding vocal programs at Leeward Community College including the vocal

ensemble,”Kanikapila Singers“ • Among her credits are many vocal students who have won Hawaii state competitions and schol-

arships. • Many former voice students are teaching voice andor are working musicians; locally, nationally,

and internationally.

Past & Present Work:• Director of Music & pianist for The Fort DeRussy Army Chapel, Waikiki.• 6th Year building a semi-professional vocal ensemble “Melemai Kapu‘uwaimai” • More than 30 years of service for Leeward Community College. (S1979-S2011)• Studio Teaching: private voice and piano lessons

Daughter Gwyneth and her mother Nicolette Blount (a for-mer voice student) and fami-ly returned to Honolulu for a brief holiday from their home in Massachusetts last year, sum-mer 2014. At the request of her mother, Ms. Marilyn is at work with Gwyneth Blount, explor-ing how to sing with more pro-jection. Gwyneth loves to sing. At such a young age, Gwyneth has a natural coordination and a strong listening ear. She sang with vibrato and good pitch.

Let MUSIC,

take you away...

Program

Glenn Grande, tenorTwo selections from the Broadway Musical, Nine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maury Yeston Arias: “Simple” & “The Unusual Way”

Adele Murakami, soprano. . In Christ Alone/Cornerstone Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Townend & Keith Getty

Evelyn Kawahara, lyric sopranoHamabe No Uta (Old Japanese Folk Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AnonymousWhen I Fall In Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victor Young Lynette Oh, lyric soprano . . . . .O Mighty Cross (Traditional Hymn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Baroni & John Chisum

Bonnie White, baritoneToo-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. R. Shannon

Lillian Shaw, lyric mezzo-sopranoItalian Art Song: “Date abbiento al mio dolore” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefano Donaudy

Ann Sybl Freed, lyric coloratura soprano. . . . .The Land Is Your Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Woody GuthrieYou’re A Grand Old Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George M. CohanAmerica, The Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Bates & Music Samuel A. Ward

Selections from Beauty and the Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan MenkenDuet: “Something There” Desmarie Carranza & Jason Midro Aria: “Evermore” Peter Tokawa, lyric baritone

Jordan Bilan, pianoThe Chase, Op. 100, No. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Friedrich .Burgmuller

Rica Bayani-Dahilig, pianoSonatina, Op. 36, No. 4 in F Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Muzio Clementi

Alika Gorospe, lyric baritone Italian Art Song: “Vittoria, Vittoria Mio Core” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giacomo Carrissimi“Lei Ho’oheno” (assisted by brother Aaron Gorospe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weldon Kekauoha

Lorna Takagi, sopranoHis Eye Is On The Sparrow (A Gospel Hymn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles H. GabrielMedley of two Hawaiian Hymns: ‘Ekolu Mea Nui & The Queen’s Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Nawahine/ Queen Liliuokalani

Rodrigo Almosara Jr., Desmarie Carranza, & Jason Midro, trioHe Ain’t Heavy . . .He’s My Brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Bobby Scott, adapted arr. Buck Buchholz

Irmina Trullinger, alto“Dream a Little Dream of Me” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt

Margaret Liang, lyric coloratura sopranoOlympia’s Aria: “Les Oiseaux dans la charmille” (from LesContes D’Hoffmann, Act II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jacques OffenbachItalian Art Song: “O bei nidi d’amore” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefano Donaudy

“TJ” Emelio, 10 yrsSenza L’amabile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicola Vaccai

Anton Schultz, 14 yrs. Italian Art Song: “Come Raggio Di Sol” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antonio Caldara

Lauren Unay, 15 yrs. Someday (from Walt Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Menken

Annika Erickson, 16 yrs.Once Upon A Dream (from Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sammy Fain & Jack Lawrence

Charly Emelio, 12 yrs.Italian Art Song: “Per La Gloria D’adorarvi“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Giovanni Battista Bononcini

Rica Bayani-Dahilig, 16yrs. Aria: “Think of Me” (from the Broadway Musical, Phantom of the Opera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Lloyd Webber

Judah Emelio, 14 yrs.Italian Art Song: “Danza, Danza Fanciulla Gentile” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesco Durante

Jason Midro, lyric baritone.Italian Art Song, “O del mio amato bene” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefano Donaudy

Selections from Broadway Musical The Secret Garden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marsh Norman & Lucy Simon Aria: “How Could I Know” Desmarie Carranza, sopranoDuet: “Lily’s Eye’s” Jason Midro, lyric baritone & Rodrigo Almosara Jr., tenor

Finale: The Melemai Kapu’uwaimai ( a vocal ensemble)God Bless The USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee GreenwoodThis Is My Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al JacobsGod Bless America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irving Berlin

Kudos for regular soloists performing at Ft. DeRussy Army Chapel 2016-2017:Rodrigo Almosara Jr. Jordan Bilan, Hope Corpuz,, & Ryan Souza

Kudos for Melemai Kapu’uwaimai, o Easter Sunday Service, April 5th, 2015 at the Fort DeRussy Army Chapelo Spring Benefit Concert, Maui Spring Concert Tour to Mau’i, May 26-29, 2017o July 4th Concerts for the Arizona Memorial National Park, Pearl City, Hawaii 10:00 am. WWII Valor National Park Educational Pavilion. 11: 00 am. USS Bowfin Submarine Lanai 12:00 noon, Pacific Aviation Museum, Ford Island

Congratulations to all who performed this afternoon! We acknowledge our family and friends who have come to support the performers this evening. We also thank

those who brought food to share in a light supper after the recital program.