Biography
Born and raised in Honolulu, Daniel Shane Kawaiʻaeʻa Shaver recently received his Master of Arts degree in Music Education from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he was advised by Dr. Jennifer Blackwell and studied Orchestral Conducting with Professor Joseph Stepec. Mr. Shaver previously studied at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, where he studied violin and advanced violin pedagogy with Kathryn Lucktenberg and Kevin Lefohn, and Suzuki pedagogy with Lillie Manis. Mr. Shaver is currently employed as the Orchestra Director at Mililani Middle School. Previously, Mr. Shaver was the Orchestra and Band Director at Radford High School in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, where under his direction Radford High School students were prizewinners in the 2020 Chamber Music Olympics and received gold and silver ratings in the 2021 and 2022 Niu Valley Music Olympics. Before Radford, Mr. Shaver was the Assistant Orchestra Teacher at the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus, where he taught private violin and viola lessons and ran an after school orchestra program. Mr. Shaver also runs a private violin and viola studio, where his students have won prizes at competitions and regularly participate in recitals, festivals, and masterclasses. Mr. Shaver's students have appeared in masterclasses with Robert McDuffie, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Eric Silberger, Victor Yampolsky, Joel Link, Zoë Martin-Doike, and Andrew Gonzalez. In 2019, two of Mr. Shaver's students collaborated with local music artists and were featured in the "Hawaiʻi 78: Song Across Hawaiʻi" music video produced by Mana Maoli.
Mr. Shaver's music education started at the age of eight when he started taking private violin lessons. He continued his studies at the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus, where he was the concertmaster of the Kamehameha Schools Sinfonietta and Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Robert Hamilton.
As concertmaster, Mr. Shaver led the orchestra during their tour of Vienna, Salzburg, and Graz as part of the 2009 International Haydn Festival. In high school, Mr. Shaver was also a member of the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony I under the direction of Maestro Henry Miyamura, where he served as the Associate Principal Second Violin.
Mr. Shaver's solo appearances include with the Kamehameha Sinfonietta, the Emerald Chamber Orchestra, and the Hawaiʻi Performing Arts Festival Orchestra, and has performed on stage with the University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the University of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, and Hawaiʻi Festival Orchestra as a member of the orchestra. Mr. Shaver has experience performing in other genres and has appeared on stage with Cecilio & Kapono, Kealiʻi Reichel, Willie K, Hoʻokena, Jimmy Borges, and Jake Shimabukuro.
An active researcher in musician health and injury prevention, Mr. Shaver's undergraduate thesis Brahms, Schumann, and Focal Dystonia presents cases of famous musicians who suffer from Focal Dystonia and gives strengthening and retraining exercises that may help violinists who suffer from the condition. A committee of University of Oregon School of Music and Dance and Robert D. Clark Honors College professors awarded Mr. Shaver's thesis with a "Pass with Distinction" when he defended his thesis and graduated from the university in June 2014. Mr. Shaver's master's thesis Music Performance Anxiety Coping Strategies in Adolescent Musicians explores the high levels of MPA students reported in the 2021 Hawaiʻi State Music Competition, the coping strategies they used, and gives teachers research-supported advice on how to help their students cope with MPA.
Mr. Shaver's music education started at the age of eight when he started taking private violin lessons. He continued his studies at the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus, where he was the concertmaster of the Kamehameha Schools Sinfonietta and Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Robert Hamilton.
As concertmaster, Mr. Shaver led the orchestra during their tour of Vienna, Salzburg, and Graz as part of the 2009 International Haydn Festival. In high school, Mr. Shaver was also a member of the Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony I under the direction of Maestro Henry Miyamura, where he served as the Associate Principal Second Violin.
Mr. Shaver's solo appearances include with the Kamehameha Sinfonietta, the Emerald Chamber Orchestra, and the Hawaiʻi Performing Arts Festival Orchestra, and has performed on stage with the University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the University of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra, and Hawaiʻi Festival Orchestra as a member of the orchestra. Mr. Shaver has experience performing in other genres and has appeared on stage with Cecilio & Kapono, Kealiʻi Reichel, Willie K, Hoʻokena, Jimmy Borges, and Jake Shimabukuro.
An active researcher in musician health and injury prevention, Mr. Shaver's undergraduate thesis Brahms, Schumann, and Focal Dystonia presents cases of famous musicians who suffer from Focal Dystonia and gives strengthening and retraining exercises that may help violinists who suffer from the condition. A committee of University of Oregon School of Music and Dance and Robert D. Clark Honors College professors awarded Mr. Shaver's thesis with a "Pass with Distinction" when he defended his thesis and graduated from the university in June 2014. Mr. Shaver's master's thesis Music Performance Anxiety Coping Strategies in Adolescent Musicians explores the high levels of MPA students reported in the 2021 Hawaiʻi State Music Competition, the coping strategies they used, and gives teachers research-supported advice on how to help their students cope with MPA.
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