The lights are dimmed, the audience hushed, the musicians of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra at-the-ready. Executive Director Jonathan Parrish emerges on stage, soon joined by affable sidekick, Honolulu businessman Paul Kosasa. The familiar spiel begins: “Please thank tonight’s sponsors …” Classical music is all about the money. Composers Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, even Elgar, Sibelius and […]
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