Institute for Hawaiian Music students to perform with Hawaiian music icons

Posted: Aug 28, 2012

Students in the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Institute of Hawaiian Music will join forces with local Hawaiian music icons for a free, end-of summer outdoor concert on Friday, August 31, at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, at 5 p.m.

 

The concert will include slack-key guitar, ukulele, keyboard, vocals and hula and will offer both traditional and contemporary pieces. The talented students will perform alongside their musical mentors, including four-time Grammy award-winner George Kahumoku, Jr., Kevin and Sheldon Brown, and Richard Ho’opi’i. Refreshments from The Fairmont Kea Lani’s signature restaurant, Kō will be available for purchase.

 

“The students are really coming along—we had to turn people away at the door when they played at the MACC for their first showcase in May,” said George Kahumoku, Jr. “The free concerts over the summer at the Fairmont are giving them even more experience playing live, and this show August 31 is going to be the best yet.”

 

The college’s Institute of Hawaiian Music, which is dedicated to the perpetuation and preservation of Hawaiian music, offers students the unique opportunity to form a musical mentorship with professional Hawaiian musicians. The curriculum takes students from the beginning of their musical training to their career debut, offering classes in guitar, ukulele, singing, keyboard, composition, music theory, repertoire development, dance, music industry business and marketing, and recording. Students are also required to complete courses in Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian language to understand the cultural roots of their art.

 

For more information about the UH Maui College Institute of Hawaiian Music, visit the program's website at www.maui.hawaii.edu/ihm or email ihm@hawaii.edu.