{"id":169498,"date":"2022-11-22T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=169498"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:32:35","slug":"kapono-hawaiian-music-icons-fundraise-for-music-scholarships-windward-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/22\/kapono-hawaiian-music-icons-fundraise-for-music-scholarships-windward-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapono, Hawaiian music icons fundraise for music scholarships at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_20883\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykd7AkSuxN0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Makana Mele\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Henry Kapono, <strong>Jeff Peterson, Raiatea Helm<\/strong> and <strong>Kamuela Kimokeo<\/strong> will share the gift of music&#8212;and music education&#8212;in a concert at Windward Community College\u2019s Palik\u016b Theatre on December 5, 6&#8211;8:30 p.m. The concert will be hosted by Davey D and Mele Apana.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the concert will support the Henry Kapono Foundation Hawaiian Music Scholarship at Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169496\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/windward-paliku-kapono-makana-mele-poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"Makana Mele poster\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-169496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/windward-paliku-kapono-makana-mele-poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/windward-paliku-kapono-makana-mele-poster-84x130.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/windward-paliku-kapono-makana-mele-poster.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster for Makana Mele on December 5 at Palik\u016b Theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The Henry Kapono Foundation is committed to making music education accessible, whether it is for teachers who want to use music in their classrooms, parents who want to teach their families music, or those who are seeking a career in music performance,&rdquo; said Kimokeo, <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/campus-life\/arts-entertainment\/hawaii-music-institute\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Music Institute<\/a> director. &ldquo;What better way to demonstrate this commitment than with music!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kapono and Kimokeo would often discuss the idea of holding a fundraiser concert for scholarships while backstage at various performances. Kapono finally said, &ldquo;Enough talking, let\u2019s get to work and make it happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the concert are $15 (students), $30 (general) $75 (<abbr>VIP<\/abbr>&#8212;special seating, pre-show meet and greet, and photo opportunity with the artist). Tickets for live streaming are also available ($15). A portion of general and <abbr>VIP<\/abbr> tickets are tax-deductible.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are limited and available at <a href=\"http:\/\/palikutheatre.com\">palikutheatre.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaiian music studies at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Helm and Peterson are among the lineup of professional musicians teaching Hawaiian music at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>. The groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/21\/raiatea-helm-hawaiian-music-instructors-windward-cc\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kaohekani\">Ka&#699;ohekani<\/span> Hawaiian music<\/a> one-year certificate is taught in a series of eight-week online classes by Kimokeo (Hawaiian music), <strong>Kawaikapuokalani Frank Hewett<\/strong> (Hawaiian language, hula\/composition), Helm (Hawaiian singing) and <strong>Kapena DeLima<\/strong> (digital music production). The academic offering from <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a> is immersive, accelerated and cohort based.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Kaohekani\">Ka&#699;ohekani<\/span> Hawaiian music online certificate can be applied to an associate of arts degree in liberal arts. For information about <span aria-label=\"Kaohekani\">Ka&#699;ohekani<\/span>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/kaohekani\/\">https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/kaohekani\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kimokeo teaches <span aria-label=\"ukulele\">&#699;ukulele<\/span> and slack key guitar. He also performs with Jerry Santos and his own N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b Hanohano award-winning group <span aria-label=\"Hiikua\">Hi&#699;ikua<\/span>. Hewett is a legendary kumu hula, songwriter and recent judge in the Merrie Monarch hula competition. Peterson is a grammy award-winning slack key guitar master. N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b Hanohano award-winning and grammy nominated Helm is known for her powerful vocals. DeLima is part of the group Kapena and is an award-winning sound engineer and producer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This scholarship from the Henry Kapono Foundation will really help students have access to a formal music education while connecting them to our own excellent local talent, many who are legendary Hawaiian music artists,&rdquo; said Kimokeo.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about music programs at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, contact Kimokeo at kamuelam@hawaii.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Kapono, Jeff Peterson, Raiatea Helm and Kamuela Kimokeo will perform in a concert at Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Palik\u016b Theatre on December 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[299,1041,133,334,572,71,56,66],"class_list":["post-169498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-music-institute","tag-hula","tag-music","tag-paliku-theatre","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169498"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169524,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169498\/revisions\/169524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}