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I began producing free live events and special youth art education programs
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This series is produced by UH Manoa Outreach College and funded by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, along with the National Endowment for the Arts, and made possible by our partnership with Four Seasons Resorts and Hotels. Be sure to click on the sponsor logos above to visit their respective web sites.
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This popular free series of concerts will resume in 2012, despite 30% budget cuts which prevented the series from beginning in its usual fall slot, and cutting back from six to four events. The program's mission is to bring Hawaii-based performing artists to the underserved and rural communities in the state in a series of free admission events. Thanks to our partnership with Four Seasons, all events will once again be presented at the Lodge at Koele, in the Great Hall with its natural light and great acoustics. |
UH Manoa/Four Seasons 2012 Event Schedule: |
The series kicks off with a wonderful Asian string instrument known as a Pipa, in the virutoso hands of composer and instrumentalist Yang Jing. Next up will be a new addition to our lineup - Classical Music - in the form of the Spring Wind Ensemble, followed by the return of one of our most popular performers from the first year, jazz pianist Bailey Matsuda and his Quartet, The series will wrap un in late spring with an amazing Okinawan Dance troupe. |
Jin Yang - Pipa Virtuoso - Saturday, February 25, 3 p.m. |
 A co-sponsorship of the East-West Center Arts Program and the University of Hawaii at Manoa Outreach College |
Spring Wind Ensemble - Saturday, March 10, 3 p.m. |
Bailey Matsuda Jazz Quartet - April ____, 7 p.m. |
Okinawan dance - date and time TBA |
For more information, please call UH Manoa Lana'i Coordinator Greg Cohen directly at 565-7073 or the Four Season's Koele Concierge at 565-4555. |
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Lanai Public Library - Thursday, November 10 , 2011 - Slam Poetry performance featuring Kealoha
Kealoha is the first poet in Hawaii's history to perform at a governor's inauguration, and in 2010 he was selected as a master artist for a National Endowment for the Arts program. Impressively, Kealoha graduated with honors from MIT with a degree in Nuclear Physics (and a minor in writing), and served as a business consultant in San Francisco prior to becoming a professional poet in 2002. He has also collaborated with such notable artists as Henry Kapono, Hapa, Makana, Willie K, and even Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - Badenyaa - Badenyaa introduces audiences to the songs, dances and percussion music of Cuba and Haiti and their relationship to the music of the Central African region of Congo and to the West African region of Guinea. This music is ancestral to blues, jazz and rock and roll and to many of the genres of music that are popular today. The group integrates the audience from the beginning and throughout the performance in order to create a collaborative and interactive experience. They focus on highlighting the diversity within Africa and the African Diaspora as well as the interrelations between various cultures.
Saturday, March 5, 2011 - Monkey Waterfall - A Honolulu-based dance theatre company that always serves up the brilliantly unexpected, and dear to many hearts here on Lanai. If you visit their web site, you’ll immediately recognize the two dancers who entertained us in the Great Hall in the final year of the Art & Story project; they performed a dance based on a traditional Chinese fable that featured a little red monkey and 10-foot tall man who danced the entire performance on stilts, both in stunning masks. The tiny, graceful dancer in the red velvet monkey suit was Monkey Waterfall's principal, Yukie Shiroma, who was the dance movement coach for all 5 years of Art & Story. Yukie inspired over 100 young Lanai students and our capacity audience of 200+ saw why and were inspired themselves.
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 - Huliau - a contemporary Hawaiian dance company showcasing hula at its highest art form. HULIAU is noted for their innovative presentations. Artistic Director and Kumu Hula (Dance Master) Michael Pili Pang brings to the stage Hawaiian rituals, myths, and legends with a contemporary flair, to the tell the stories of Hawaii'i and its rich culture. HULIAU performers have been trained through the dance school Halau Hula Ka No'eau in the style called hula ku'i- a descriptive dance style which blends traditional hula with western idioms. Mr. Pang and his company have been a leader in Hawaiian dance theatre presentations throughout the United States, Canada, Taiwan, and Korea for the past decade.
Saturday, December 4, 2010 - Hawaii Opera Theatre
This fine quartet shared a warm, brilliant evening of opera and Broadway favorites with a full house, a real treat for the Lanai community, who showed their appreciation with a standing ovation. A memorable night for all.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 - Wayne Mendoza's Magsayawan Filipino Dance
Wayne Mendoza’s Magsayawan Filipino Dance Troupe brought cultural insights, great authentic music and incredible, artful dancing to the Lanai community.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - In keeping with our goal of diversity, we presented live jazz, a rarity on Lanai with a stellar performance by Bailey Matsuda's 16th Avenue Quartet
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - The Tau Dance Theatre
The series kicked off on April 10, 2010 with the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble. Click on the link for great photos from both their events.
Other Lanai Live Event History
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Contact me at 808-565-7073 or click the email link for more information or to schedule an appointment in Hawaii.
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