{"id":167825,"date":"2022-10-23T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T18:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=167825"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T19:54:58","slug":"uh-wind-ensemble-performance-wccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/23\/uh-wind-ensemble-performance-wccc\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison inmates find joy in gift of music by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> band students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_27324\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nXl202Qwarc?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Prison inmates find joy in gift of music by Â鶹´«Ã½band students\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>You probably don\u2019t think of the Women\u2019s Community Correctional Center in Kailua as a likely venue for a symphonic band concert. But for one night in October, the space behind bars was filled with the sounds of trumpets, drums, clarinets and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-wide-shot-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people sitting under a tent\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-167827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-wide-shot-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-wide-shot-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-wide-shot.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa band program shared their gift of music with people incarcerated at the Women\u2019s Community Correctional Center in Kailua. More than 50 students in the wind ensemble, the program\u2019s premier band, performed a variety of selections from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the continental U.S. and Europe. Each piece in the hour-long program ended with rousing applause from the nearly 200 in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was Tsofit Ohayon, who shared that she previously played in the band growing up.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it\u2019s extremely soothing,&rdquo; Ohayon said. &ldquo;That type of music is very good intellectually. It\u2019s very good for the soul. It\u2019s very good for the energy, especially in a place like this. Energy can be rough so it was very soothing and peaceful. It created a camaraderie amongst the people. They were very happy and excited about it. And more than anything, music is a universal language, and I think that was the key factor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people with instruments standing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-167828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Director of Bands <strong>Jeffrey Boeckman<\/strong> said while these students probably never considered playing for an audience like this, the experience can change lives of all involved for the better.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For our students, this is a really unique opportunity to perform for an audience that they might not think of in their ordinary life, a part of our community that we all too easily ignore,&rdquo; Boeckman said. &ldquo;For this audience, we can offer them some entertainment, and hopefully the gift of music, of dignity and of humanity. And what a fun audience. They were easily the most enthusiastic crowd we&#8217;ve had in years!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student and clarinet player <strong>Michael Han<\/strong> added, &ldquo;We were just so honored to play for communities who might not otherwise hear the wind ensemble and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> bands, and to share our talents with such an enthusiastic audience. I felt like not only the band connected amongst the members, but we also connected with the audience in a way that was unique and special to us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-pagdilao-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person with a microphone and another person with a baton\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-167829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-pagdilao-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-pagdilao-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-pagdilao.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadia Pagdilao<\/strong>, a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student and singer, received perhaps the largest ovation of the evening as she sang alongside the band for several pieces, including Kaulana N\u0101 Pua, Kamehameha Waltz, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Aloha and Aloha <span aria-label=\"Oe\">&#699;Oe<\/span>. The band concluded its performance with a popular favorite, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Five-0.<\/p>\n<p>This performance at the Women\u2019s Community Correctional Center followed an earlier performance in October at the Waiawa Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <em>Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167826\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-performance.jpg\" alt=\"people sitting with instruments and playing\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-performance.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-performance-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/manoa-band-wind-ensemble-wccc-performance-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Wind Ensemble performed at the Women&#8217;s Community Correctional Center in October.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The students performed a variety of selections from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the continental U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[1471,133,9,56],"class_list":["post-167825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-music","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167938,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825\/revisions\/167938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}