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Performing Choirsorming Choirs

University of Hawai‘i
trum of languages, styles, and time periods with particu-
Chamber Singers lar attention to the repertoire and traditions of Hawaiʻi’s
host culture. The UH Chamber Singers have performed

as an invited choir to the Musica Pasifika Festival in Ta-
hiti in 2020 and to the Pasifika Choral Symposium in

Guam in 2019.

Jace Kaholokula Saplan serves as the di-
rector of choral activities and assistant
professor of music at the University of Ha-
wai’i, where he teaches courses in graduate
choral conducting and choral literature,
conducts the University of Hawai‘i, Chamber Singers,
and oversees the graduate choral conducting program.
Known for his work in celebrating Pasifika choral tra-

The UH Chamber Singers is the premiere choral en- ditions, he is the artistic director of Nā Wai Chamber
semble for the University of Hawaiʻi System. Compris- Choir and Nā Mamo Vocal Ensemble.
ing the most advanced choral artists on campus, the UH
Chamber Singers performs literature from a vast spec-

2021 Sing Up Membership Drive

We have closed the book on another year's membership drive, and it
was a good one! Membership grew by 7 percent from start to end of the
drive thanks to incredible state leadership and member collaboration.

Congratulations to the following states who achieved at least 10 percent
growth in Active membership during the membership drive:

New Mexico (100.0% growth) Nebraska (20.9%)
Alaska (55.6%) Utah (19.0%)
West Virginia (47.1%) Florida (18.4%)
Wyoming (45.0%) New Jersey (14.1%)
Nevada (36.1%) Hawai'i (13.6%)
North Carolina (34.4%) Iowa (12.4%)
Idaho (34.0%) Oklahoma (11.4%)
South Dakota (29.3%) Kentucky (10.4%)
New Hampshire (25.0%) Arkansas (10.0%)

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