Paka’a Lanakila Comes to Molokai
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By Jack Kiyonaga, Reporter
Molokai residents were treated to a multisensory art experience last week that blended classical music with Hawaiian legend.
Composed by Dr. Jon Magnussen, this performance of the Paka’a Lanakila story featured chamber music by the Spring Wind Quintet, part of Chamber Music Hawaii, as well as storytelling by Kalama Cabigon. The performance combined chamber music with Hawaiian language storytelling and visual art effects to create an experiential form of storytelling.
“It’s meant to be a theater piece that envelopes everybody,” explained Magnussen. “Multiple elements are telling the story. They all work together in a way that makes it much greater than it ever could be with just one of them.”…