MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI
COMPOSER
Photo: Kaipo Kiaha
JULY 2,3,4, 2021
OVERTURE ON THEMES FROM THE SONGBOOK
OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN LILIʻUOKALANI (World Premiere)
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Makana Cameron
Sarah Hicks, conductor
JULY 9,10,11, 2021
RAT RACE! (Hawaiʻi Premiere)
NĀ MOLOKAMA [MAKANA, Arranged By Michael-Thomas Foumai] (World Premiere)
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Makana Cameron, voice
Jeff Peterson, guitar
Sarah Hicks, conductor
AUGUST 13,14,15, 2021
THE TELLING ROOMS (Hawaiʻi Premiere)
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Naoto Otomo, conductor
AUGUST 15-17, 2021
STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY
SummerFest Takeover Series
La Jolla Music Society
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JUNE 11,12,13, 2021
MUSIC FROM THE CASTLE OF HEAVEN (Hawaiʻi Premiere)
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
JUNE 17, 2021
FULLMETAL
HAWAIʻI ALOHA (Lyons/Foumai)
ALOHA ʻOE (Queen Liliʻuokalani/Foumai)
League of American Orchestras National Web Conference
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
JUNE 10, 2021
BUDDHA ROCK from RELICS
Nancy Wu, violin
The MET Orchestra Musicians
High Line Nine Gallery
New York, NY
JUNE 4,5,6, 2021
FULLMETAL (Hawaiʻi Premiere)
ALOHA ʻOE (Queen Liliʻuokalani/Foumai) [World Premiere]
HAWAIʻI ALOHA (Lyons/Foumai) [World Premiere]
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
MAY 21,22,23, 2021
RAISE HAWAIKI: KEALAIKAHIKI
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Rei Hotoda, conductor
MAY 14,15,16, 2021
BECOMING BEETHOVEN (Hawaiʻi Premiere)
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
Rei Hotoda, conductor
MAY 8, 2021 [ON DEMAND]
LADY DARK (CHAMBER ORCHESTRA)
Oberlin Conservatory Chamber Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor
APRIL 29-MAY 6, 2021 [DIGITAL STAGE ON DEMAND]
CONCERTO GROSSO
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
JANUARY 29, 2021 [YOUTUBE]
PRINTING KAPA (WORLD PREMIERE)
Lucia Lin, violin
Charles Overton, harp
DECEMBER 12, 2020 [LIVE STREAM/ON DEMAND]
MELE KALIKIMAKA (Anderson/Arr. Foumai)
WHITE CHRISTMAS (Berlin/Arr. Foumai)
Pōmaikaʻi Lyman
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
DECEMBER 8 and 10, 2020 [TV BROADCAST]
HAWAI'I ALOHA (WORLD PREMIERE)
Raiatea Helm
Jake Shimabukuro
Hawaii Youth Symphony
Joe Stepec, conductor
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 [LIVE STREAM/ON DEMAND]
GOIN' HOME (WORLD PREMIERE)
Leon Williams, Baritone
Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 (LIVE STREAM, 8 PM EST)
KAUNĀNĀ
Christopher Newport University Strings
Jacob Tews, director
LIVE STREAM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85173653829
NOVEMBER 5-29, 2020 [ON DEMAND]
PUA WARRIORS [FILM] (WORLD PREMIERE)
Directed By Sophia Whalen
Music By Michael-Thomas Foumai
HIFF: Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
Section: ACM UHM Showcase
OCTOBER 28, 2020 (LIVE STREAM, 7:30 Central)
KAUNĀNĀ
Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Erik Rohde, director