Christopher Molina

2021-2022 Christopher Molina received his Masters of Music in composition from the University of Michigan, and is currently a doctoral composer and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hawaii. His music combines world music instruments with classical, celebrating acoustic music, jazz and folk influences, as well as soundscapes in the natural world. He performs internationally with the Japanese shakuhachi flute, and his residency at UH Manoa has allowed him to collaborate both locally and with musicians in Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai. With support from the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship, he will complete his dissertation on the late concertos of Tōru Takemitsu, as well as an original work for orchestra with shakuhachi soloist, in Tokyo in conjunction with Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and Meiji University.