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IHM To Audition Prospective Students To Start In Fall 2015

Are you interested in learning the art and craft of Hawaiian Music from industry professionals? Need to develop your instrumental, vocal, and technical skills, and learn from award winning recording artists and composers? You can do all of this and much more as a student in the Institute of Hawaiian Music, which is accepting new students starting in Fall 2015.

An informational session will be held on Friday, March 13, 2015 from 4PM to 6PM for prospective students, parents and other interested parties at Ka‘a‘ike Building, Room 105 CD.

Auditions will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2013 from 9AM to 5PM at […]

By donaghy|February 2nd, 2015|Categories: Announcements||0 Comments

Moonlight Mele on Saturday, February 7, 2015

The second Moonlight Mele performance of 2015 will be held at the Bailey House Museum on Saturday, February 7, 2015. Join our Institute of Hawaiian Music students and Uncle George Kahumoku, Jr. at the Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. The event opens at 5PM, General admission is $20, kama‘āina admission is $10, children are free. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

We hope to see you there!

By donaghy|January 27th, 2015|Categories: Performances||0 Comments

Moonlight Mele on Saturday, January 3, 2015

The first Moonlight Mele performance of 2015 will be held at the Bailey House Museum on Saturday, January 3, 2015. Join our Institute of Hawaiian Music students and Uncle George Kahumoku Jr at the Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. The event opens at 5PM, General admission is $20, kama‘āina admission is $10, children are free. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

We hope to see you there!

By donaghy|January 2nd, 2015|Categories: Performances|Tags: bailey house, george kahumoku, hawaiian music, institute of Hawaiian music, maui, maui historical society, moonlight mele, wailuku|0 Comments

Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! Peformances! Recording! Auditions! Oh, My!

The students and staff of the Institute of Hawaiian Music wish to extend our best wishes to all for a happy and prosperous 2015! We have many performances planned for this semester, a big concert event in April, will be producing a new compilation CD, and many students will be graduating in May!

We also wanted to let you know that IHM will be holding informational sessions and auditions for new students wishing to start classes in fall 2015. If you are interested in auditioning for the program, or know […]

By donaghy|January 2nd, 2015|Categories: Announcements||0 Comments

Busy Week For IHM Students

It was an incredibly busy and productive week for IHM students.

On Wednesday, students Leihuanani Keali‘inohomoku, Destiny Mahaulu, and Kalani Librando-Souza performed for a private function at the Kea Lani Resort in Wailea. That evening, ten of us attended George Kahumoku’s Slack Key Show in Nāpili with the evening’s guest performer Nathan Aweau. On Thursday during our Applied Music Class, students were joined by IHM graduate and George Kahumoku Outstanding Student Award Winner Brad Bordessa. That evening, students performed and learned how to run live sound at the UH-MC open mic night. Finally, Brad returned on Friday morning […]

By donaghy|November 22nd, 2014|Categories: Miscellaneous||1 Comment

Busy First Week of November for IHM Students

Our IHM students have three gigs this week, all are open-to-thepublic events:

Wed, Nov 5, 2014. Students will be playing before a community meeting sponsored by Hui O Nā Wai ‘Ehā, a group that has been fighting to return the flow to the four famous waters (Waihe‘e, Wai‘ehu, Wailuku and Waikapū). We will perform from 5:30 until 6PM, before the community meeting starts at the Wailuku Community Center.
Fri, Nov 7, 2014. Students will perform at the Made In Maui Festival at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center from 5:20-6PM.
Sat, Nov 8, 2014.Students will perform at the monthly Moonlight Mele […]

By donaghy|November 1st, 2014|Categories: Announcements, Performances||0 Comments

Keola Beamer Visits IHM

We’re grateful to the legendary Keola Beamer for sharing his wisdom with our students today. Mahalo nui e Keola!

By donaghy|October 30th, 2014|Categories: Miscellaneous||0 Comments

UHMC Music Club To Host Next Monthly Open Mic On Thursday, October 23 For The Community Of Maui

Love to sing, play an instrument, slam poetry, do magic tricks, stand-up comedy, karaoke, act, dance – hula? Come perform (or just watch) at The Music Club of University of Hawaii – Maui College Open Mic on Thursday October 23, 6 – 9 pm at the Student Lounge. UHMC students, staff and faculty invited along with the whole community of Maui. All talents, All ages. Free admission and free food. This is a family event with food and all kinds of talent found in Maui.

“So many open mics are just for music, held late at night and is not […]

By donaghy|October 14th, 2014|Categories: Announcements, Performances||0 Comments

IHM at Kaho‘olawe Exhibit at Bailey House Museum

On Friday, October 10th from 6 – 9 PM, students of the Institute of Hawaiian music will be performing at an opening reception for the new exhibition “He Moku Poina ‘Ole, An Island Not Forgotten” at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. The exhibition will be on view through November 3, 2014. Featuring pieces from the Bishop Museum’s Kaho’olawe: Rebirth of a Sacred Hawaiian Island (1996, Honolulu, HI) and Smithsonian Institution’s Ke Aloha Kupaa I Ka Aina — Steadfast Love for the Land (2002, Washington, D.C.) collections, our exhibition was curated under the guidance of Hokulani Holt, will be installed […]

By donaghy|September 24th, 2014|Categories: Announcements, Performances||0 Comments

IHM Students and George Kahumoku at Moonlight Mele This Saturday

Our Institute of Hawaiian Music students will be joining George Kahumoku Jr again at this Saturday’s Moonlight Mele concert at the Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. The event opens at 6PM, music begins at 7. General admission is $20, kama‘āina admission is $10, children are free. We hope to see you there!

By donaghy|September 3rd, 2014|Categories: Performances||0 Comments

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