Evening String Concert

Galliard String Quartet

St. Damien Parish News Release

Please join us for a free concert presented by the Galliard String Quartet Monday, May 5 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the St. Damien Church located at 115 Ala Malama Ave., Kaunakakai. The concert will include pieces by Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Gershwin, a lullaby composed by Brandon Jones, a Molokai artist and resident, songs by HRH Lili‘uokalani and more. The program will conclude with a community sing along to “Damien the Blessed,” written by Patrick Downes.
Fueled by passion—and sometimes coffee and tea—the Galliard String Quartet’s romance with the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Shostakovich, and many others is unparalleled. Founded in 1982, the Galliard is renowned throughout the islands for its uncompromising commitment to performing classical and modern music of the highest caliber. All four current members of the Galliard Quartet are also members of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and are experienced teachers and music educators in the community. The Galliard’s 1995 album “Songs of Lili’uokalani” pays respectful homage to Hawaiian musical history through modern arrangements of the Queen’s compositions by Robert Cazimero, Angel Pena, Byron Yasui, and other local composers. Recent highlights include collaborations with acclaimed pianists Joyce Yang, Wu Han, and Billy Childs, Hawaiian vocal artist Raiatea Helm, local composers Michael Thomas Foumai, Takuma Itoh, Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Jon Magnussen, and silent film historian Rick Benjamin.

This concert is sponsored by the St. Damien Parish of Molokai and the Molokai Arts Center and is made possible by the Community Outreach Program of Chamber Music Hawaii.