Punahou Sessions Archives - Punahou School

The Final Punahou Sessions: ‘In the Morning’

·July 7, 2020

A trio from the Class of 2013 – Casey Matsumoto, Andy Matson and Kiko Whiteley – perform the song by Jack Johnson. This is the finale performance for Punahou Sessions, a musical journey that spanned five seasons and featured more than 100 students and alumni

Punahou Sessions: ‘Aloha ʻOe’

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·July 2, 2020

Luanna Farden ’56 McKenney performs the love song written in 1878 by Queen Lili‘uokalani

Punahou Sessions: Jenny Yim ’20 Sings ‘Crozier’

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·May 5, 2020

The Punahou singer/songwriter performs a song she wrote at the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2 – 5

Punahou Sessions: ‘Casey at the Bat’

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·April 21, 2020

Longtime Punahou English teacher Ed Moore recites the baseball poem, written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer, with Ellie Ochiai ’22 and faculty member Lara Mui ’88 Cowell

Punahou Sessions: koʻu inoa (Based on ‘Hawaiʻi Aloha’)

Alumni Punahou Sessions

·April 14, 2020

Composer Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti ’02 wrote this piece for cello, based on "Hawaiʻi Aloha," and it's performed by her Punahou classmate, Chris Chorney ’02, who had worked with Kanye West

Punahou Sessions: St. Crispin’s Day from ‘Henry V’

Alumni Punahou Sessions

·April 7, 2020

Celia Kenney ’16, one of the first six women to be inducted in Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, performs in the role of Henry V, urging his men to war in the classic Shakespeare play

Punahou Sessions: ‘Hanohano Ha’ikū’

Alumni Punahou Sessions

·March 31, 2020

Nick La’a ’19 on guitar and singing leo ki’eki’e (Hawaiian falsetto singing), with Monita Moepono ’66 Brown, Haunani Dalton ’70 Abdul and Susie Abe ’70 Oi dancing