The feature piece in our program will be the musical story of Pāka’a Lanakila, a little boy living in Hawaii, the music of Pāka’a is composed by Jon Magnussen. The quintet will demonstrate the different musical themes of Pāka’a and also teach the audience American Sign Language (ASL) for each theme. Participants will use these signs to interact with the music throughout the piece as they listen for and identify each theme with the appropriate signs in context.

Artwork representing the story by Caren Loebel-Fried © 2015