With the holiday season in full swing, Kauai Community College is bursting at the seams with festive happenings. “We’ve got a lot of things planned,” said KCC Associate Professor of Music Greg Shepherd. The KCC Instrumental Music Ensembles have announced
With the holiday season in full swing, Kauai Community College is bursting at the seams with festive happenings.
“We’ve got a lot of things planned,” said KCC Associate Professor of Music Greg Shepherd.
The KCC Instrumental Music Ensembles have announced their Winter Concerts, which kick off 7 p.m. Saturday with free performances by the Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble at the KCC Performing Arts Center.
The Jazz Ensemble will perform tunes by Thad Jones and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, with KCC’s own Peggy Lake featured as the jazz vocalist for the evening. The Wind Symphony will tackle selections from Disney’s “The Lion King,” the classic march “Semper Fidelis” and a number of holiday favorites.
On Tuesday, KCC kicks off its weeklong Art and Music Expo, an exhibit featuring a variety of works by students in the digital media department, digital photography, painting and illustration, ceramics and film.
The opening reception will kick off with an hour-long performance of Christmas songs by Shepherd’s Vocal Ensemble.
“It’s a nice mix,” the director said. “Several of the kids have never had any kind of music or chorus before, and they’re really jumping into it enthusiastically. And the ones who have had music before, or singing experience, are really keen on doing solos. So we have a good variety.”
The expo begins at noon Tuesday in the KCC One Stop Center.
The second concert in the Winter Concert Series is Dec. 13 and features a free performance by the KCC Symphony Orchestra.
The orchestra will perform a medley from Tim Burton’s “A Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel, an “Overture” by Mozart, a charming and festive string piece by Albinoni and other holiday tunes.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
KCC is the only community college in the University of Hawaii system that has a full instrumental music program.
Late last month, the community college kicked off its Science and Technology Hoike, showcasing student internship projects on ocean debris, water quality, beach erosion and how to control weeds.
The poster and video exhibit continues daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Dec. 11.
A total of 13 science and technology internships were made possible with community partners, including The Edge of Kauai, the Surfrider Foundation, KCC’s Electronics Technology Program and Science and Mathematics Division.
Info: kauai.hawaii.org or 245-8311
