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MAY 17, 19, 21, 2019
La Traviata

Blaisdell Concert Hall

777 Ward Ave., Honolulu, HI
Friday & Tuesday @ 7:30pm

Sunday Matinee @ 4 pm
Appearing as a member of the ensemble cast, alongside Hawaii's own MET star, baritone Quinn Kelsey, the incredibly talented MET soprano Danielle Talmantes, and tenor Pene Pati of SOL3 Mio. 

* THANKS FOR MAKING 'A TIME FOR LOVE' A SOLD OUT SHOW~! *

A TIME FOR LOVE - WITH BARITONE BUZ TENNENT
& DON CONOVER ON PIANO
MEDICI'S JAZZ AND SUPPER CLUB

Manoa Marketplace
2754 Woodlawn Avenue, Unit 7-103
Honolulu, HI 96822

7:30 PM

Filled with the romantic spirit of Valentine's Day, soprano Kess O'Halloran and baritone Buz Tennent join pianist Don Conover for an entertaining evening of ballads and duets drawn from the canon of American musical theatre and popular song, all devoted to love.  Bring your sweetheart and prepare for a unique musical journey as this charming duo explore love's emotional highs and lows giving voice to one of the most humorously puzzling, profound, and sometimes profane facets of our co-existence - the enigmatic human heart!

January 5-6, 2019
Oahu Choral Society and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Concert
Beethovan Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")

Neil S. Blaisdell Concert Hall

777 Ward Avenue

Honolulu, HI 96813

Thrilled to be invited to sing with the O'ahu Choral Society and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Beethovan's 9th Symphony,("Choral").  JoAnn Falletta, conductor, Yenfim Bronfman, piano and  Esther Yoo, O'ahu Choral Society- artistic director. For More Information about this event, including where and how to purchase tickets, pleaseClick Here.

2018

December 25, 2018

Christmas Morning Mass @ 10:00 a.m.

Calvary By the Sea ELCA Lutheran Church

5339 Kalanianaole Highway

Honolulu, HI 96821

10:00 a.m.

Soloist for Christmas morning mass at Calvary by The Sea. Traditional and contemporary christmas carols. Don Conover on the Piano and Ernest Harada, vocalist. For More Information, Click Here.

December 24, 2018

Christmas Eve Mass @ 6:00 pm.
Kawaia'hao Church

957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 96813
6:00 p.m.

With the Kawaiaha'o Church Choir. For More Information, Click Here. 

​December 23, 2018

Private Holiday Party
Honolulu, HI

4-5 pm

Singing holiday classics and some funny Christmas parodies! Private in-home event. For more information on hiring Kess for for your private party, please see our contact page.

December 14, 2018

One Kalakau Senior Living Center

1314 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96826
10-11:30 am

Performing holiday classics for residents and families/guests of an assisted living senior center. With Broadway singer Ernest Harada and Don Conover on piano. Surprise appearance -Santa and his elves!

December 2,  2018
Don Conover's Vintage Piano Bar
Hawaii Yacht Club
1729 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI
6 - 9 pm

Annual Holiday Show! Appearing with Don Conover at the keyboard and Ernest Harada as Master of Ceremonies. Singers of all stripes and musical genres take a turn performing at the piano. Join the fun! Special Appearance by the Karolers an acapella group bringing holiday music to life!

November 18, 2018

Don Conover's Vintage Piano Bar
Hawaii Yacht Club
1729 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI
6 - 9 pm

Appearing with Don Conover at the keyboard. Ernest Harada is Master of Ceremonies. Singers of all stripes and musical genres take a turn at the piano. Join the fun!

November 17, 2018

Windward Choral Society's The Joy of Music Celebration

Ko'olau Ballrooms

Kaneohe, Oahu

5:30 Cocktails

7:30 Dinner and Performances

Excited to participate in this year's gala and honor the great Honolulu choral director Auntie Nola! The Joy of Music is the Windward Choral Society’s biennial event celebrating choral music and honoring a special member of the choral music community. This year’s theme is E Ho`okani Ē: Let’s Make Beautiful Music Together. The 2018 recipient of the John McCreary Na Ke Akua Mele Award is Nola A. Nāhulu. The evening begins with a silent auction and includes dinner and entertainment. For More Information, Click Here.

November 10, 2018

Hawaii Opera Theatre's 2018 Opera Ball
Sheraton Waikiki

Honolulu, HI

Thrilled to reprise experts from Romeo & Juliet with the Hawaii Opera Theatre Chorus. A night not to be missed! For more information on the HOT's annual ball, click Here.

November 4, 2018
Don Conover's Vintage Piano Bar
Hawaii Yacht Club
1729 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI
6 - 9 pm

Appearing with Don Conover at the keyboard. Ernest Harada is Master of Ceremonies. Singers of all stripes and musical genres take a turn at the piano. Join the fun!

October 12, 14 & 16, 2018

Hawaii Opera Theatre

Romeo and Juliet

Blaisdell Concert Hall

Honolulu, HI

7:30 pm; 4 pm matinee Sunday

Thrilled to perform as a member of the ensemble for  this HOT production, starring the fabulously talented Amanda Woodbury, reprising her Metropolitan Opera role as Juliet!

September 1, 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Private Memorial Service

Guest soloist

"Amazing Grace"

June 18, 2018

Hartford, Connecticut

Private Memorial Service

Guest soloist
"On Eagle's Wings"

May 20, 2018
Don Conover's Vintage Piano Bar

Hawaii Yacht Club

1729 Ala Moana Blvd

Honolulu, HI

6 - 9 pm

Appearing with Don Conover as he celebrates 6 years at the Hawaii Yacht Club. Ernest Harada as Master of Ceremonies and Chartra Leong on bass. Singers of all stripes and genres take a turn at the piano. Join the fun!

May 20, 2018

Kawaiaha'o Church Choir
957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

Sunday Service

9-10:30 am

May 19, 2018

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka Funeral/ Memorial Service
with the Kawaiaha'o Church Choir
Kawaiaha'o Church
957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

2 - 4 pm

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of one of Hawai'i's iconic leaders, United States Senator and statesman.

April 28, 2018

Herb Mahelona's "KINOHI"

with the Oahu Choral Society, Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus and members of the Kawaiaha'o Church Choir

Kawaiaha'o Church
957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

7 pm

The debut of Herb Mahelona's masterful oratorio, KINOHI, presenting all twenty four movements entirely in Hawaiian language, in a tapestry of music that reflects the Creation myth based on the book of Genesis.

April 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm
April 22, 2018 at 4 pm
April 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Debut in Hawaii Opera Theatre's Eugene Onegin
Blaisdell Concert Hall

777 Ward Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96814

Conducted by David Charles Abell, and Directed by Tomer Zvulun. Featuring  Ryan McKinney (Onegin), Melody Moore (Tatyana), Viktor Antipenko (Lensky), Tara Venditti (Olga), Katharine Goeldner (Larina), Suzanne Hendrix (Fillipyevna), Sava Vemic (Prince Gremin), Timur (Triquet). For further information and for tickets, go to hawaiiopera.org

April 1, 2018

Son-rise Easter Service

Soloist

Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Punchbown Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

6 am

March 17, 2018
St. Patrick's Day Celebration

Waikiki Elk's Lodge, Lodge 616
2933 Kalakaua Avenue

Honolulu, HI

2-4 pm

Special appearance at Don Conover''s Annual St. Patrick's Day celebration, with Ernest Harada and Bill Wiley on percussion.

February 13, 2018

"The Loveliest Songs of Love"
Valentine's Day Concert with Don Conover, Ernest Harada

and Buz Tennent

Presented by the Ka Hui a Pohai Nani Entertainment Committee

The Good Samaritan Society at Pohai Nani

45-090 Namoku Street

Kaneohe, HI 96744

7:30 pm

2017

December 25, 2017

Soloist, Christmas Eve Service

Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

6 pm

November 11, 2017
Queen Liliuokalani Centennial Memorial
Queen Liliuokalani Statue
Located between Iolani Palace/Hawaii State Legislature
8:00 am

Members of Kawaiaha'o Church choir sing "The Queen's Prayer" at the centennial commemoration  honoring the memory of Hawaii's beloved queen and the date of her passing in 1917.

November 5, 2017
Hawaii Yacht Club
1729 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI
6:30-9:30 pm

Pianist Don Conover and Master of Ceremonies Ernest Harada bring their floor show to the Hawaii Yacht Club - keeping the Halloween celebration going past October!

* Hey - So happy to be voted the Grand Prize Winner in this year's costume contest!*

October 13, 2017
"Raise the Roof" Benefit Concert for
Church of the Crossroads
1212 University Avenue
Honolulu

6-8 pm
With Shari Lynn, Buzz Tennent, Annie Renick, Neal Yamamura, and Charles Mukaida. Don Conover, piano. Ernest Harada, Master of Ceremonies.

September 17, 2017
Hawaii Yacht Club
1729 Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI

6:30-9:30 pm

Pianist Don Conover and Master of Ceremonies Ernest Harada return to the Hawaii Yacht Club to entertain, cabaret style, celebrating with singers and friends, old and new, from throughout the isles.Featuring the 19th Avenue Barbershop Quartet (Tom Hutton, Bryce Irvine, Mark Conching, Rob Hartley).

August 18, 2017
The Plaza at Waikiki
1812 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu

2-3:30 pm
Selections from Phantom of the Opera, Cole Porter, and other Broadway showtunes. With Don Conover, Ernest Harada, and Kip Wilborn.

July 14, 2017
Soloist, Kawaiaha'o Church
957  Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI
9:00 am

July 4, 2017
Good Samaritan Society - Pohai Nani
45-090 Namoku Street
Kaneohe, HI 96744
7:00 pm
A Fourth of July celebration featuring songs of the American heartland. With Don Conover, Ernest Harada and Lorna Keck.

March 17, 2017
Waikiki Elks Club, Lodge 616
2933 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI
12-4 p.m.

St. Patrick's Day musical celebration with pianist Don O'Conover, drummer Bill O'Wiley, and Broadway singer/actor Ernest Harada.

2016

December 10, 2016

Calvary Episcopal Church

Annual Holiday Concert

Kaneohe, HI

7:30 pm.

With members of the Hawaii Festival Orchestra, Ballet de Corps of Hawaii, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and young proteges of piano and violin. Selections from Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, and classic Christmas Carols. Concert is free and open to the public. Aaron Mahi, conducting.

November 27, 2016

Soloist, Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI

9:00 a.m.

July 24, 2016

Soloist, Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI 

9:00 a.m.

​July 3, 2016

Hawaii Yacht Club

1739 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI

6:30-9:30 p..m

Don Conover and Friends

June 11, 2016

LIma Kokua's 20th Annual Chili Cook-Off

Church of the Crossroads-Courtyard

1212 University Avenue, Honolulu

3:00-8:00 p.m.

May 15, 2016
Hawaii Yacht Club
1739 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Don Conover and Friends

"Nights in Vienna"

April 30, 2016
Calvary Episcopal Church
45-435 Aumoku Street

Kaneohe, HI
7:30 p.m.

Program opens with Shumann and Schubert. Hawaii Opera Theater members sing excerpts from Die Fledermaus and the Merry Widow, accompanied by select members of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. Jazz to follow with Ian O'Sullivan on guitar, Chuck James, percussion and John Kolivas, bass.

March 20, 2016
Hawaii Yacht Club
1739 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Don Conover and Friends; St.Patrick's Day party and Open Mic.

March 17, 2016
Waikiki Elks Club, Lodge 616

2933 Kalakaua Avenue

Honolulu, HI

12-4 p.m.

St. Patrick's Day musical celebration with pianist Don O'Conover, drummer Bill O'Wiley, and Broadway singer/actor Ernest Harada

March 12, 2016

Ke Ahe Lau Makani

Festival of Hawaiian Choral Music

Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Puncbowl Street

Honolulu, HI

2:00 p.m. Festival Music Rehearsal
6:00 p.m. Festival concert- Free and Open to the Public

Hosted by Kawaiolaonapukanileo

Sponsored by the Kawaiaha'o Church Ministry of Music

Special guest: The Royal Hawaiian Band

March 6, 2016

Soloist, Kawaiaha'o Church

957 Punchbowl Street

Honolulu, HI

with the Kawaiaha'o Church Choir
under the direction of Nola A. Nahulu , organist Buddy Nalua'i
"Panis Angelicus,"  Cesar Franck (1872)