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Moonlight Serenade is an annual musical event organized by students, providing HPU students with a platform to showcase their instrumental and vocal talents. This event highlights the university\u2019s vibrant artistic community, offering performers the opportunity to share their music with peers in a supportive and creative environment.




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Moonlight Serenade allows for students to showcase both their skills in event planning and also their musical abilities. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This year, we are taking a different approach to Moonlight Serenade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s the difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, my partner and I are focusing on a more personalized\/unique musical showcase. The first intermission of the show will act as previous Moonlight Serenades, however, the second intermission will contain a showcase of HPU students original music. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What can you expect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can expect to see a mix of both instrumental performances, vocal\/ choir compositions, and also unique performances of students performing original music, providing for a more personalized experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Digital Scope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moonlight Serenade has never had a website before- this year we are upgrading things to a digital scheme so that we can provide you guys with information from past serenades, current, and hopefully future shows too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet our Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our comprehensive suite of professionals caters to a diverse team, ranging from seasoned architects to renowned engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yusuf Najjar<\/strong> (Show Lead)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuf Najjar <\/strong>is a Palestinian-Persian musician and educator, concurrently completing his B.A. in Arts & Markets with a Music Concentration and his M.Ed. in Social Studies & Secondary Education at Hawai\u2018i Pacific University. Originally from Manama, Bahrain, and raised in Ottawa, Canada, he is a graduate of Canterbury High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned a Certificate of Fine Arts in Dramatic Arts and completed the Business Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is honored to share a selection of his unreleased original compositions and lyrics tonight, performed by a variety of talented singers from our HPU \u2018Ohana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find him on all social media platforms at @Mr.YusufNajjar<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Amelia Domer<\/strong> (Media Lead)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi everyone! My name is Amelia Domer and I am a senior at Hawaii Pacific University studying Strategic Communications. I have long been intertwined in the music realm and love to sing\/write music. Through this project I have been able to combine both my passion for marketing and music into one. I am lucky enough to also be able to perform my own music, I look forward to the show and hope you guys do too! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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