On Sunday, June 12 at 5PM, I will present a solo flute recital at Orvis auditorium at UH Manoa.
I have been working on a duet arrangement of the Reinecke flute concerto, a piece that I fell deeply in love with. Never having had the opportunity to perform this piece before, I decided not to wait until the NY Phil invites me to solo with them… haha!
I also really wanted to perform a couple of Hawaiian songs that I love and have performed a number of times with my husband and our Hawaiian band.
In order to tie those two very different styles together, I googled “Hawaii flute music” -and every variation of those search terms. I came up with two pieces inspired by Hawai’i- the Windweaver Trio (Barbara Eberhart) and Ali’i Suite (Eric Ewazen).
The songs will be sung by the multi-talented Emily Tsuhako, with myself on harmony vocals and piano, and my husband Robert Hokamp on guitar.
There’s something about the intimacy of singing that really makes audiences feel connected to performers, more so than with instruments. I also think people really respond to the unexpected element of switching instruments in a classical music setting.
Alyse Hokamp 