HONOLULU — Christopher Yick is determined to bring a music program to his home state of Hawaii.
Yick, who is in his second year at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, started working on the process while home for winter break.
The 19-year-old bassist started by playing a small concert at the Palolo Chinese Home. Then he started working on plans for a free concert and master classes for young musicians. He filed papers to establish a nonprofit, Hawaii Chamber Music Festival.
Yick wants to establish a summer program for strings taught by musicians from the Honolulu Symphony and visiting musicians from other symphonies.
Yick arranged for his mentor, violinist Robert McDuffie, to perform a free recital at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Orvis Auditorium on Jan. 31.