Art, Music, Dance, Free Food, and Drama this week!

Today, December 10th, will be the kickoff of our end-of-semester Art and Music Expo in the One Stop Center. Festivities will begin at 12 noon with an hour-long concert by the Vocal Ensemble, a performance by KCC's Hula Club, Na Liko Aloha O Ka Hui Hula, and a reception catered by Mark's Place. A selection of choral music as well as solos by seven of the students will be featured. And students from the various art classes will be on hand to talk about their works which will be on display beginning Tuesday and continuing through the week.

Then on Wednesday at 1:30 pm will be a performance of scenes from plays by the THEA 221 Beginning Acting students in the Daniel K. Inouye Technology Center Multi-Purpose Room (amphitheater-like classroom). Five 12-minute scenes will be performed by students in costume using basic props. Please come and support their efforts! If you have any questions about any of the events this week, please contact Greg Shepherd at 245-8269 or any of the art instructors. Hope to see you!

Posted by:

Greg Shepherd

KCC Silver Anniversary Concert, Tonight (12/14), 7pm

Come join us for a night of wonderful music as we celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the KCC Instrument Music Program!  All three ensembles will perform (Jazz Band, Concert Band, and Orchestra) and there will be music for every taste.  The concert will conclude with a combined piece with all the musicians and KCC Chancellor Helen Cox will make her conducting debut on the finale with the Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson. It's December 14th at 7pm at the PAC.

Admission is free (donations are welcomed). info.kauai.hawaii.edu/training

Celebrate the Season With Music (12/2 & 12/14)

UPDATE (11/30) - KCC Hula Club to perform at Kauai Community College's Vocal Ensemble (chorus) concert this Sunday, December 2. The Christmas concert starts at 4 PM at St. Michael and All Angels' Church in Lihue (next to the Lihue Public Library on Hardy Street). The KCC Hula Club will be performing three chants in the middle of the program.

Admission is FREE, the acoustics in the church are great, and parking is plentiful. Come out and support a fine group of KCC student singers! Vocal Ensemble members are:

• Sopranos - Rose Cummings, Nicole Morris, and Daphne Sanchez
• Altos - Megan Lake, Sharnelle Renti Cruz, Jillian Takemoto, and Teeanna Tyler
• Tenors - Alex Balauro, Hiro Izumo, Jordan Parongao, and Herbert Semana
• Basses - Justin Sumida, Kyle Takemoto, and Bryson Today

For more information, please contact Greg Shepherd (808-245-8269)

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Kauai Community College's Instrumental Ensembles celebrate their 25th anniversary with A Silver Anniversary Concert featuring the Jazz Ensemble, the Symphony Orchestra, and the Wind Symphony on Friday, December 14, at 7 PM at the KCC Performing Arts Center.  Admission is free, though donations are appreciated and help with the continuation of these unique programs.

For more information, please contact:
Wind Symphony Conductor Sara Tochiki (tochikis@hawaii.edu),
Symphony Orchestra Conductor Nina Saraos (nsaraos@hawaii.edu), or
Jazz Ensemble Conductor Barry Toy (barrytoy@hawaii.edu)

Hope to see you there!
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Basic Ukulele at OCET

KCC-OCET is excited to offer Basic Ukulele in November. Mark Rossi will teach simple chords, strumming patterns and a few easy songs. It's 6-8pm on Thursdays, Nov 1, 8, 15 & 29th. It's only $45! Register now to get your spot. Call 245-8318. kauai.hawaii.edu/training

KCC Jazz Band Spring Concert! (5/12)

Come join us on Saturday, May 12th, at 7:00pm at the KCC-PAC for the Jazz Band Spring Concert! Kauai Voices (a new vocal ensemble) and the Duke Curlendo Quartet (Steve Dubey, Hank Curtis, Marty Leonard, & Mike Odo) will be starting off the concert. The concert is free. Donations to to the Larry MacIntosh Scholarship Fund are appreciated.

Saturday, May 12
7:00 P.M.
Free Admission

Hope to see you there! 

Posted by:

Peggy Lake

KCC Orchestra Performing on Mother's Day at the PAC

What an exciting weekend at the PAC! The KCC Orchestra will be featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Herold, & Haydn! Take your favorite 'Mother' to the Orchestra Spring Concert!

Mothers' Day, May 13, 2012
4:00 P.M.
Free Admission

We look forward to seeing you and your loved ones there!

Posted by:
Peggy Lake

Carmina Burana! A KCC Concert Band & Chorale Concert!

DON'T MISS THE EVENT OF THE SEASON!

The Kauai Chorale, KCC Concert Band, and Chiefess Kamakahele Middle School Chorus present:

Carmina Burana, one of the most popular works performed this century. 

Performed for the first time on Kauai!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT OUTLETS AND FROM MEMBERS

or call 337-1882 or 822-5633 for more information.

KCC Performing Arts Center

Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 6, 2012, at 4:00 p.m.

Adults: $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Students: $5

Ticket Outlets: Aloha 'n Paradise (Waimea), Talk Story Bookstore (Hanapepe), Kalaheo Cafe & Coffee Company (Kalaheo), Scotty's Music (Kalaheo), Pictures Plus (Kukui Grove Shopping Center), Zack's Frozen Yogurt (Coconut Marketplace), Lappert's Ice Cream (Princeville and Koloa), Kauai Music and Sound (Kapa`a), Pono Market (Kapa`a), North Short Pharmacy (Kilauea).

Posted by:

Peggy Lake

Winter Music

by Daniel & Taylor

Under the direction of Nina Saraos, a free concert will be performed by the KCC Orchestra on December 15, 2011, at 7:00 PM in the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center.  Pre-concert lobby music by Ali`i Strings.

The concert will consist of Rossini's The Barber of Seville Overture, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Mozart's Symphony No.40 in G minor, and many more!

Start Your Holidays at the KCC Bands Concert

Aloha all you music lovers,

KCC Jazz Band and Concert Band will be performing this Friday, Dec 9th at the Performing Arts Center beginning at 7:00pm. The concert is free with a calabash at the door to benefit the Larry Macintosh Scholarship Fund. We'd love to have you join us!

The Jazz Band will perform first with some Big Band Favorites. Your's truly will seranade you with a few great songs too. The Concert Band will then put you in the Holiday spirit with some excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite. There will even be ballet dancing to complete the mood!

Hope to see many of you there. Your support is much appreciated.

Posted by:

Peggy Lake
Training Coordinator
Kauai Community College, Office of Continuing Education and Training

Holiday Market & Craft Fair at KCC - Dec 18th

CELEBRATE THE SEASON KAUAI STYLE at this joint Holiday Fair featuring Kauai Made and Kauai Grown products. Join weekly Kauai Community Market vendors together with Kauai Made product producers together with expanded food choices, entertainment and demonstrations for this FIRST EVER celebration of local eating, merry making and gift giving all on the front lawn of Kauai Community College!

• Delicious Kauai Grown products fresh from the farm for your holiday feast
• A wide range of Kauai Made and Kauai Grown foods for gift giving and hospitality…. coffee, honey, cheeses, jams, pies, dips, spreads, spices, dressings…and more
• Carefully crafted and unique Kauai Made gifts…jewelry, home décor, photography, ornaments, leis, novelties, and more!
• Kauai Grown tropical flowers and plants for decorating, gifting and gardening
• Ono local foods, holiday specials and treats to enjoy throughout the day

PROGRAM of Holiday entertainment, culinary demos, product sampling and decorating tips
    9:00AM - Orchid Alley floral demos on how to package and care for floral gifts from Kauai
  10:00AM - KCC Culinary School students demo & sample their recent Gold award winning recipes!
  12:00 noon - KCC Voice students & Greg Shepard share holiday classics and showtune favorites
    1:00PM - ENJOY the mellow sounds and holiday spirit of Sashimi Sunday

Mahalo to our event sponsors: Auntie Lilikoi, Salty Wahine, Moloaa Bay Coffee, Kauai Shrimp and Kauai Community College. For more info please contact Kauai County Farm Bureau: Phone: 337-9944 Cell: 652-3217 Email: kcfb@hawaiiantel.net

Buy Kauai Grown WEEKLY at the Kauai Community Market! 10AM TO 1PM Saturdays at KCC! Market will close Dec 25 and Jan 1 in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day.


Posted by:
Cammie Matsumoto
Director of Community Relations & Special Projects

Orchestra Concert this Friday!

Please come to the Kauai Community College Orchestra Concert this Friday, December 10th, at the Performing Arts Center. Lobby music (string quartet) begins at 6:30 p.m., and the concert (symphony orchestra) begins on stage at 7 p.m.

Admission is free, and donations are gladly accepted.

Hope to see you there!

Posted by:

Laura Haack

Acting Class Final Performance

The THEA 221 Acting class's final performance is on Wednesday, December 8, at 12:15pm in room 105 of OSC Phase II.

Come hear these talented students perform scenes from the plays of Neil Simon and others. As an added bonus attraction, several students from the MUS 121B Voice Class will also be performing as a taste of their own final performance the next day, Thursday December 9.

Come support these dedicated individuals and feel free to bring your lunch! I'll send out a reminder notice early next week. I'm including the program  below. Hope you can make it!

KCC Faculty and Students in "Peter Pan" - Opening November 12!

KCC faculty and students have partnered with Hawaii Children's Theatre in presenting "Peter Pan" at the War Memorial Convention Hall for three weekends, starting November 12. With a full orchestra, elaborate sets and costumes, and technical wizardry (including characters "flying"), it is sure to be entertaining.

Tickets are available at the door for $15. (There's a $6 special matinee on 11/14 with a food bank donation.)

KCC's own Nina Saraos is the musical director--and she is amazing! Psychology instructor and MUS 203-G student Laura Haack is in the orchestra, along with KCC MUS 203-G students Loren Kayfetz, Edward Bittner, Terumi Nakagawa, Joan Yamaguchi, Dennis Haack, Larry McCreery, Thelma Chun, and Bob Merkel. (Judy Toy's husband, Barry, director of the KCC Stage Band, is also playing in the show.)

Liberal Arts student Dexter Oliver is in the cast, along with Chris Tennberg's daughter Paris, Liberal Arts student Michael Buencosejo's daugther Karmela, and my daughter Athena.

Mary Alexander, member of our Language Art & Humanities division said, "The production of a musical is a culmination and celebration of some of the finest things that our division is about: literature and its interpretation; music and its performance; speech and its articulation, delivery, and projection. I hope you can come out and celebrate the arts! Hope to see you at the show!"

Posted by:
Cammie Matsumoto
Director of Community Relations & Special Projects

Voice Class Performance Next Monday

If you have the time and interest, please come by to the Music Classroom next Monday (May 3) at 1:30pm. My beginning voice class will be performing in public for the first time and everyone is invited to hear them sing. They've worked very hard and have made great strides thanks to that hard work; now they're very proud to be able to share the fruit of their labors. So please come and support them, if you're able. Feel free to bring a late lunch. It's informal, and you can come and go as you please (in between singers). I'll send a reminder out later in the week. Hope to see you there!

Addendum (5/3): There are 12 songs lasting about 3-4 minutes each, so it's best to attend earlier than later.
Posted by:
Greg Shepherd

FREE concert by Galliard String Quartet - 3/15/2010

The Galliard String Quartet will hold a FREE concert next Monday, March 15, 2010, at 12:00 pm in the Elections Building at the OCET complex. The performance will be an informal, bring-your-lunch, mini-concert that is an educational outreach on the part of the ensemble.

Founded by Chamber Music Hawaii in 1982, the Galliard String Quartet is

End-of-Semester Mini-Concert Seeking Singers

The students in MUS 201 and 121B courses (chorus and voice class) will be presenting a mini-concert (about 40 minutes) at the end of the semester.

The tentative date is Thursday, December 10 (the last day of classes) at 12:15pm in the One-Stop Center. It will consist of mostly, but not exclusively, Christmas music. If anyone would like to join the singers, we are rehearsing on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 pm to 1:30 in the Music Classroom. All are welcome and music will be provided. You don't need to come to all the rehearsals. Please let me know if you are interested in singing along with us so that I can have enough sheet music ready for those who come.

Hope to see you!


--Posted by Greg Shepherd, 245-8269, shep@hawaii.edu