A donation of $3.5 million to the University of Hawaii Music Department by the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation is the largest ever to that department and will fund its first-ever endowed chair.
UH Bands.
Kaley Ann Dang and
Lucas Toor each received $1,000 for the 2021–22 academic year, and were presented the award at the
Kaley Ann Dang
Dang has been part of the marching band, concert band and symphonic band for the past three years, and was recently selected as the head drum major for the upcoming marching band season. She is a senior majoring in biology and aspires to become a physician’s assistant.
“The Richard
S. Lum Endowed Scholarship will relieve so much tension about my finances, thus allowing me to focus more on my studies,” Dang said. “Winning this award actually made me want to contribute more to the band and fulfill dreams that