{"id":189519,"date":"2023-12-28T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T21:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=189519"},"modified":"2023-12-28T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:23:46","slug":"manoa-music-record-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/28\/manoa-music-record-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Record donation of $3.5<abbr>M<\/abbr> made to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa music department"},"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_189525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189525\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-donation-smith-1.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Smith\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-donation-smith-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-donation-smith-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-donation-smith-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Smith (Credit: Â鶹´«Ã½ Arts Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A record $3.5-million gift to the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa from the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation will fund the music department\u2019s first-ever endowed chair. The newly established Professor Barbara Barnard Smith Endowed Chair supports the university\u2019s desire and commitment to revitalize its ethnomusicology program and honors the legacy of the late revered <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa professor who died in 2021.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em>Â鶹´«Ã½News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/03\/in-memoriam-barbara-smith\/\">In memoriam: Barbara Smith, ethnomusicology program founder<\/a>, July 3, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189523\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-main-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-main-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-main-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-main-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kalihi Kai Elementary Ukulele Club perform for Smith at the 2019 Alfred Preis celebration. (Credit: <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Arts Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the first major grant from the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation and the board is very pleased that it will recognize Professor Smith\u2019s legacy at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> while supporting the University\u2019s commitment to enhancing the ethnomusicology program,&rdquo; said Gregory Smith, the foundation\u2019s president and nephew of the beloved professor.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s ethnomusicology program educates students in world music with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific. In addition to the newly created Professor Barbara Barnard Smith Endowed Chair, the grant also provides for two additional faculty positions, and will bolster a range of enhancements to the ethnomusicology program, including student support.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189524\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-second-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Smith demonstrating the koto with music students\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-second-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-second-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-second-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Smith demonstrating the koto with music students, 1951.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation grant is a truly transformative one,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Provost Michael Bruno. &ldquo;It will build on the amazing legacy of Professor Smith and the internationally recognized ethnomusicology program she pioneered, as well as secure <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s future significance in the field. I am deeply grateful for this grant and the profound impact it will have on students, faculty, performance, and scholarship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Impactful legacy<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189520\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-third-1.jpg\" alt=\"Smith performing the koto.\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-third-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/manoa-music-record-donation-third-1-108x130.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performing the Japanese koto, 1956.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith was a trailblazer in the ethnomusicology field, which focuses on the study of musical traditions from around the world in their social and cultural contexts. Arriving at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa as a young faculty member in 1949, Professor Smith found herself immersed in a tapestry of cultures that she had previously not known. She set out on a path to educate herself in numerous musical traditions of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the Pacific and Asia that led to the founding and development of one of the nation\u2019s earliest programs in ethnomusicology, which is internationally recognized today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em>Â鶹´«Ã½News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/03\/in-memoriam-barbara-smith\/\">The legacy of a long life in music<\/a>, June 8, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The impact of Professor Smith\u2019s work can be seen in her students, among the earliest of whom were legendary <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> musicians Herb Ohta and Eddie Kamae. Graduates of the program Smith founded continue to hold influential positions throughout <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the greater <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S<\/abbr>., Canada, Europe, Asia and the Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/record-donation-35m-made-uh-manoa-music-department\">For more go to the Â鶹´«Ã½Foundation website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The donation will fund the music department\u2019s first-ever endowed chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1471,1440,1466,133,9],"class_list":["post-189519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-ethnomusicology","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-music","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189519","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=189519"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189548,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189519\/revisions\/189548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}