{"id":98995,"date":"2019-06-26T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=98995"},"modified":"2019-06-26T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T00:50:10","slug":"ihm-apo-leo-learning-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/26\/ihm-apo-leo-learning-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u0101 H\u014dk\u016b win for UH<\/abbr> Maui College, students urged to apply"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, IHM<\/abbr> project specialist Leihuanani Kealiʻinohomoku,<\/span> IHM<\/abbr> faculty coordinator Keola Donaghy and students Kyoko Meinen, Marie Donaghy, Elaine Olson and Max Angel. (Not pictured: Koakāne Mattos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College\u2019s Institute of Hawaiian Music<\/a> (IHM<\/abbr>) held a blessing for its recently renovated ʻApo<\/span> Leo Learning Studio last month, just in time to honor its faculty and students whose final recording project was selected as the Hawaiian EP<\/abbr> (extended play) of the Year at the 2019 Nā Hōkū Hanohano music awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

IHM<\/abbr> faculty coordinator Keola Donaghy<\/strong> was proud of the team\u2019s recognition, noting the limitations they had prior to the studio\u2019s renovation, which necessitated renting time at commercial studios to ensure acoustic quality. “The Nā Hōkū win was a great measure of our success, so imagine what our future students can do with the newly improved facility,” said Donaghy.<\/p>\n

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The new ʻApo<\/span> Leo Learning Studio at UH<\/abbr> Maui College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ʻApo<\/span> Leo Learning Studio renovation began last year as part of a U.S.<\/abbr> Department of Education grant intended to strengthen music and Hawaiian performing arts at UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a>. It includes a combination classroom and control room that houses the facility\u2019s state-of-the-art recording system and space for student learning. There is also an isolated talent room, with sound lock, where performances are recorded.<\/p>\n

The IHM<\/abbr> program has won two Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards so far—the first for the compilation CD<\/abbr> “Aloha ʻIa<\/span> Nō ʻO<\/span> Maui” in 2016, and “ʻHe<\/span> Lani Ko Luna, He Honua Ko Lalo,” which was this year\u2019s Hawaiian EP<\/abbr> of the Year.<\/p>\n

Interested Institute of Hawaiian Music students<\/h2>\n
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IHM<\/abbr> faculty Joel Katz, who was also instrumental in the award-winning album, showcases the new studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UH<\/abbr> Maui College\u2019s IHM<\/abbr> is a one-of-a-kind mentorship program dedicated to the perpetuation and preservation of Hawaiian music. Formal university classes are supplemented with mentorship sessions led by professional Hawaiian musicians. Students selected for the IHM<\/abbr> program will receive exclusive opportunities to receive personal training, guidance and knowledge through mentor-mentee relationships with performers, composers and industry professionals including Kealiʻi<\/span> Reichel, Raiatea Helm, Jake Shimabukuro, Kenneth Makuakāneand former IHM<\/abbr> director and Grammy Award-winning slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr.<\/p>\n

Interested students may audition by contacting ihm@hawaii.edu or (808) 984-3570. The application deadline for fall 2019 is August 1. <\/p>\n

Maui College\u2019s new program preserves future of Hawaiian music<\/h2>\n