Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 8, 1 August 1988 — Hawaiʻi, Japan in Goodwill Concert [ARTICLE]

Hawaiʻi, Japan in Goodwill Concert

The 60-member Japan Academy Chorus from Tokyo will combine with the Kawaiahao Choir in a Japan/Hawaii Goodwill Choral Concert at 7S0 p. m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, in the sanctuary at Kawaiahao Church. The Japan Academy chorus is part of the largest community choral organization in Japan and is comprised of men and women from a wide variety of professional careers. The 1988 tour to Hawaii is in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Chorus. Music for the evening will feature works by Bach, Mozart and Handel to be sung in Latin, English, Japanese and Hawaiian. Also, Japanese folk songs and sacred Hawaiian anthems will be included in the program. The program is free and open to the public. Call David Conrad, choir director at Kawaiahao Church, 522-1333, for more information.