{"id":66784,"date":"2017-10-03T13:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T23:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=66784"},"modified":"2020-01-13T14:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T00:04:55","slug":"students-sing-praises-of-music-depart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/03\/students-sing-praises-of-music-depart\/","title":{"rendered":"Students sing the praises of the music department"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Sn6YEERprE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A video by the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href= \"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/music\/\">Music Department<\/a> showcases the talented students, graduates and faculty of the vocal program.<\/p>\n<p>The students include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caitlin Cavarocchi<\/strong>, who earned her bachelor of music in vocal performance in 2016: &ldquo;I came from a musical theater background and so I wasn\u2019t involved with classical training at all. But, under the direction of this amazing faculty here, I have gained skills that I never would have imagined for myself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Falefia Brandon Fuamatu Jr.<\/strong>, who earned his bachelor of arts in voice in 2015: &ldquo;The professors here have really helped me achieve my goals and pushed me farther than I expected myself to go. And I think that is something that&#8217;s unique to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and to the culture&#8212;that we not only cultivate but expect from one another.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Also featured on the video are faculty members <strong>Maya Hoover<\/strong>, a mezzo-soprano, head of voice and a professor of music; <strong>Miguel &#193;ngel Felipe<\/strong>, director of choral activities and an associate professor of music; and tenor <strong>Laurence Paxton<\/strong>, department chair and professor of music.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The video highlights the vocal area in the department, of which we are very proud,&rdquo; said Paxton. &ldquo;We wanted to emphasize the various genres of vocal music that are taught to our majors and the countless opportunities that these singers have to perform their acquired skills.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The music department is the only music program in the state nationally accredited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nasm.arts-accredit.org\/\">National Association of Schools of Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-music-vocal-program.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Cavarrochi singing in front of an orchestra\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-music-vocal-program.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-music-vocal-program-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video features students, graduates and alumni showcases sharing why the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa vocal program is unique and enriching. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":67186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[113,133,9,56],"class_list":["post-66784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-music","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-music-vocal-program.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784","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=66784"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68331,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784\/revisions\/68331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}