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Forest to Frets Hawaiian Steel Guitar Kits
Forest to Frets Hawaiian Steel Guitar Kits

Upcycled invasive timbers become Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar kits to be assembled through hands on vocational training workshops in the art and craft of luthiery.

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Kilin ReeceDecember 9, 2022
Lectures & Presentations
Lectures & Presentations

KCPS conducts engaging multimedia presentations in which participants have an opportunity to engage history through the musical arts.

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Kilin ReeceJuly 28, 2021
Digital Pacific Coming Soon!
Digital Pacific Coming Soon!

A globally accessible resource center for scholars, students and practitioners of the Musical Arts.

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Kilin ReeceDecember 30, 2020
Kealakai School of Hawaiian Luthiery - Outreach & Education Program
Kealakai School of Hawaiian Luthiery - Outreach & Education Program

ʻUkulele restoration workshop with students of the Samuel M. Kamakau Hawaiian language immersion school.

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Kilin ReeceOctober 15, 2020
The Sovereign String Band
The Sovereign String Band

Celebrating a Hawaiian legacy of excellence, innovation, and influence in the Musical Arts.

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Kilin ReeceJanuary 27, 2020
Kaula Piko - The Source of Strings Virtual Gallery
Kaula Piko - The Source of Strings Virtual Gallery

Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings and Bishop Museum present: Kaula PIko - The Source of Strings

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Kilin ReeceDecember 10, 2019
CD Release: Honolulu Students - Royal Hawaiian Troubadors circa 1904
CD Release: Honolulu Students - Royal Hawaiian Troubadors circa 1904

Remastered release of Hawaiian string band music in partnership with the American Folklife Center & Library of Congress.

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Kilin ReeceDecember 10, 2019
COMING SOON!
COMING SOON!

Documentary film, currently in production!

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Kilin ReeceDecember 10, 2019
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Ka Bana Lāhui photographed in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 1895. Thank you Huapala.org for the lyrics and translation of their anthem, Kaulana nā pua aʻo Hawaiʻi Kūpaʻa ma hope o ka ʻāina Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino Palapala ʻānunu me ka p
“Auhea wale ‘oe e ka ua...and the beautiful Kentucky Waltz” Ho’omana’o nahenahe kēia hui. #nightofsovereignstrings #piligrass #standrewscathedral #mekiasmartinfilm #dreadnoughthawai’inei
It has been an honor to join @bishopmuseum in celebration of this #kaulapiko I am blessed to call my home. To all of these incredible people I am so lucky to know and work with, we have had a heck of a year, I am so excited for all that is coming in
#respect #kaulapiko #sovereignstrings
#kawaihaugleeclub
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From Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings and Bishop Museum, a gift for you this holiday season: "Kaula Piko: Leʻa I Ke Kani Concert, Featuring the Legendary Ledward Kaapana and Special Guests," a FREE concert based on our musical exhibit, &
Ka Bana Aliʻi Hawaiʻi: Two Centuries of a Royal Hawaiian Vision in the Musical Arts Description: Royal patronage of the musical arts in the 19th century Hawaiian kingdom has had profound and enduring effects on the global soundscape as we know it t
Mahalo nui Waiwai Nuʻuanu @alohalaiana @artslettersnuuanu @singerstarr @rainbow_koolau ma kēia walaʻau me ‘awa. He ono ahiahi! #nuʻuanu #honokaʻupu #mekiasmartin #dreadnought #kaulapiko #martinguitar #kuhio #kabanaaliʻiHawaiʻi
Mahalo nui to East West Center for inviting me to share some of the research behind #kaulapiko the Source of Strings @bishopmuseum through Jan 2021! #mekiasmartin #martinguitar #hawaiianmusic #royalhawaiiantroubadour
As the month of October and Hawaiian Music Month come to a close, we want share one reason why 2020 is a special year. Last week we shared some interesting snippets about Mekia’s life while he was living and touring Europe with his wife, Mele,
“Ka Bana Lahui” also known as “The Hawaiian National Band” on tour in San Francisco 1895. In 1893 the majority of Royal Hawaiian Band members loyal to their queen refused to sign the loyalty oath to the provisional government

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