The Soldier’s Tale

• $40 General Admission $5 Student Tickets Part theater, part myth, and part musical fever dream, The Soldier’s Tale reimagines Stravinsky’s classic work through a contemporary Hawaiian lens with newly created narration by former Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall. Alongside Michael-Thomas Foumai’s Olmsted Gardens and Daugherty’s Dead Elvis, inspired by the surreal image of an Elvis impersonator wandering through the desert, this program closes the season with bold color, theatrical energy, and imagination. Program: FOUMAI: Olmsted Gardens DAUGHERTY: Dead Elvis STRAVINSKY: The Soldier’s Tale Get Tickets Here Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live Brandy Nālani McDougall Brandy Nālani McDougall is a Kānaka Maoli author, poet, educator, literary activist, and associate professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She was the Hawai’i State Poet Laureate for 2023–2025. McDougall was born and raised on the island of Maui in the upcountry region of Kula. She is Kānaka Maoli with ancestral lineages to Hawaiʻi, Maui, and Kauaʻi and also has ancestry from China and Scotland. Having grown up around storytellers, McDougall has long since been exposed to moʻolelo, which comprises stories, genealogy, legend, myths, and history. Additionally, her father was a musician and a writer, which molded her understanding of poetry as a platform for her own telling of genealogy, culture, and memory. McDougall began reading when she was four years old as reading was important for the family. McDougall graduated in Kamehameha Schools in 1994 and later attended Whittier College where she earned a BA in English. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon, where she also spent time teaching poetry and Ethnic Studies. In 2002, she was awarded a Fulbright grant and went to Aotearoa to interview Indigenous Pacific Creative writers and studied Indigenous Pacific literature. McDougall attained a PhD in English with a specialization in Contemporary Kānaka Maoli literature in 2011 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She later received the Mellon-Hawaiʻi Postdoctoral Fellowship and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship awards in 2013, which supported her work to revise her dissertation into her first book Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature. Tresemble Chamber Music Hawai‘i coined the term “Tresemble” to describe its unique ensemble that combines instruments from all three resident ensembles. Tresemble concerts feature diverse chamber music pieces that don’t fit into typical categories, often including guest musicians like pianists, harpists, and vocalists to perform rarely heard repertoire. Sometimes, Tresemble concerts utilize a larger group of musicians to perform works such as Mozart’s “Gran Partita” for winds, Dvorak’s “Serenade,” or Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat.” Learn More Here