The University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu's University Band co-director Michael Nakasone was honored with the National Band Association 2022 Al & Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award, given for lifetime achievement. Some of Nakasone's accomplishments include dedicating 36 extraordinary years to Hawaiʻi's public schools, receiving the Hawaiʻi Music Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005, and serving as bandmaster of the famed Royal Hawaiian Band from 2005 to 2010. 'I was really surprised and very humbled,' said Nakasone, who was also inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Conductors in 2020.

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