We are grateful to, and humbled by, our fellow nonprofits who collaborate with us to help advance our vision of a Hawaiʻi where Music Is A Right. The videos below illustrate some of these collaborations, but we encourage you to also read our HYS Blog which chronicles other alliances that are also meaningful to us.
Side-by-Sides with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
What happens when youth and professional musicians join together to rehearse and perform a concert side-by-side? Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, its Pacific Music Institute summer intensive, and the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra collaborate semiannually to create lasting memories and lifelong learning.
Produced by Romeo Lapitan, Becker Communications, and Randy Wong
Orchestral Learning Alliance: Teaching Fellows
Our collaboration with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival expanded in 2024/25 to bring the OLA Teaching Fellows to the islands during the school year! Thanks to the support of NOI+F, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others, the Fellows worked both with HYS students and shared the joy of music through outreach performances to schools & communities across Oʻahu and Maui.
Produced by Romeo Lapitan, Becker Communications, and Randy Wong
Making Music Accessible for Children in Hawaii
We are grateful to collaborations and alliances with organizations who mutually support our vision to Make Music A Right for all youth in Hawaiʻi. This 2022/23 video highlights entry-level programs at Pālolo Elementary School, the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi, Carnegie Hallʻs PlayUSA, Molokaʻi Instrumental Music Ensemble, and Le Jardin Academy. We mahalo these colleagues for inviting HYS to develop entry-level programs that meet the needs of their communities and build a future in music for youth!
Produced by Romeo Lapitan, Becker Communications, and Randy Wong
Introducing the Orchestral Learning Alliance to PMI
Each July, HYS operates a 10-day summer intensive, the Pacific Music Institute. In 2018/19, we launched a new initiative, the Orchestral Learning Alliance, with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival, a collegiate/pre-professional training program for aspiring musicians. Learn more about OLA and its integration into PMI in this video!
Produced by Romeo Lapitan, Becker Communications, and Randy Wong
Celebrating Ten Years of Music in the Clubhouse
Our 2017/18 video honoring our strategic alliance with the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi, which makes possible our Music In The Clubhouse (after school) and Academy String (weekend) programs.
Produced by Gerard Elmore, Becker Communications, and Randy Wong