{"id":174030,"date":"2023-03-14T13:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174030"},"modified":"2023-03-15T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:46:17","slug":"kani-kuola-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/14\/kani-kuola-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Renaissance music headliners at annual Kani K\u016bola Music Festival"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_174034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174034\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-1.jpg\" alt=\"10 headshots\" width=\"676\" height=\"270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-1-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-1-130x52.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right, Jerry Santos, Ledward Kaapana, Liko Martin, Jon Osorio and Kawaikapuokalani Hewett will perform at Mele <span aria-label=\"Hoomalamalama,\">Ho&#699;om&#257;lamalama,<\/span> a benefit concert for the <span aria-label=\"Kanilea\">Kanile&#699;a<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ukulele\">&#699;Ukulele<\/span> Hawaiian Music Scholarship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enjoy a day of free, &ldquo;life-giving&rdquo; music experiences&mdash;creation, performance and education&mdash;as <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> hosts the 2nd Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/kani-kuola\/\">Kani K\u016bola: Â鶹´«Ã½System Music Festival<\/a> on Saturday, April 1. The festival runs 10 a.m.&ndash;5 p.m. with a scholarship benefit concert at 6 p.m. in Palik\u016b Theatre. Workshops will be in-person in Hale &lsquo;\u0100koakoa with live streaming available.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include a panel discussion of the &ldquo;Music of the Hawaiian Renaissance&rdquo; with <strong>Jon Kamakawiwo\u02bbole Osorio<\/strong>, Liko Martin and Jerry Santos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kani Kuola event poster, with guitar and performers names\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-174035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/windward-kani-kuola-music-festival-2-101x130.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Workshops include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborative Composition and Music Making with <strong>Keola Donaghy<\/strong> and Ken Makuakane&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&lsquo;Ukulele Theory and Arranging with Benny Chong and <strong>Byron Yasui<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Haku Mele: Hawaiian Music Composition with <strong>Kawaikapuokalani Hewett<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From Mele to Motion: The relationship of words to movement in Hula with <strong>Kawaikapuokalani Hewett<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sustainable instrument making and Hawai&lsquo;i reforestation with Kanile&lsquo;a &lsquo;Ukulele<\/li>\n<li>Hawaiian Comping on Piano with <strong>Aaron Sala<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Historical Hawaiian instruments with <strong>Shawn Yacavone<\/strong> and Kilin Reece<\/li>\n<li>Music transcription tips with <strong>Jon Magnussen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>From hula to Hendrix: Hawaiian music impact on World Music with Kilin Reece<\/li>\n<li>Open Mic, with tomorrow&rsquo;s artists performing in public for the first time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guests are welcome to bring their instruments and voices. Faculty from Â鶹´«Ã½music programs statewide will host morning educational workshops, afternoon master classes and a panel with music industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Visit this year&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/kani-kuola\/\">Kani K\u016bola: Â鶹´«Ã½System Music Festival website<\/a> for up-to-date event information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/kani-kuola-2023-tickets-579480390447\">Register online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The goal for this year&rsquo;s festival is to allow our campuses to come together in one space and to share what we are doing on our campuses with our community,&rdquo; said <strong>Kamuela Kimokeo<\/strong>, Windward CC music instructor and Hawai&lsquo;i Music Institute director. &ldquo;This is a time to celebrate not only the talent of our instructors but of the music makers in our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Evening benefit concert honors Hawaiian Renaissance music<\/h2>\n<p>Kani K\u016bola culminates with Mele Ho&lsquo;om\u0101lamalama, an evening benefit concert from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Palik\u016b Theatre featuring music of the Hawaiian Renaissance by Santos, Osorio and son Duncan Kamakana, Ledward Ka&lsquo;apana, Martin and Kawaikapuokalani Hewett. All proceeds from the concert will go to the Kanile&lsquo;a Hawaiian Music Scholarship, making it possible for Windward CC students to learn and perpetuate Hawaiian music.<\/p>\n<p>Windward CC alums <strong>Lina Girl Langi<\/strong> and <strong>Davey D<\/strong> will emcee the concert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/mele-hoomalamalama-tickets-565827484237\">Tickets may be purchased online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>VIP tickets: $75 (includes premium seating, pre-show photo with the artists and signed poster)&nbsp;<br \/>\nGeneral admission: $30<br \/>\nStudent admission: $15<br \/>\nLivestream: $15<\/p>\n<p>Please consider a donation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.uhfoundation.org\/funds\/12941504\"><span aria-label=\"Kanilea\">Kanile&#699;a<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ukulele\">&#699;Ukulele<\/span> Hawaiian Music Scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Â鶹´«Ã½music festival is scheduled to rotate to a new campus every year. Future hosts include <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">Â鶹´«Ã½Maui College<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Festival supporters include the <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/campus-life\/arts-entertainment\/hawaii-music-institute\/\">Hawai&lsquo;i Music Institute<\/a> at Windward CC, Â鶹´«Ã½music faculty, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanileaukulele.com\/\">Kanile&lsquo;a &lsquo;Ukulele<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <strong>Bonnie Beatson<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:beatson@hawaii.edu\">beatson@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Windward CC event features an evening benefit concert and free music workshops.<\/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":[133,71,66],"class_list":["post-174030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-music","tag-uh-community-colleges","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\/174030","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=174030"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174033,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174030\/revisions\/174033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}