Masters of Hawaiian Music

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Executive Director

Masters of Hawaiian Music: George Kahumoku Jr, Daniel Ho, Tia Carrere

Wowing audiences regularly at Maui’s renowned “Slack Key Show®”, this group shares the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack key guitar, ‘ukulele, and songs both traditional and new. Their music’s origins reach back to the early 19th century when Portuguese immigrants brought the ‘ukulele and Mexican cowboys brought guitars to Hawai‘i along with their sought-after ranching expertise. Since then, Hawaiians made these instruments their own and these dynamic musicians reflect the best of traditions, musical virtuosity, and sparkling compositions

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GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR.
George Kahumoku Jr celebrates 20 years of his famed weekly Slack Key Show on Maui, which produced 4 Grammy-winning CDs. With over 25 solo and collaborative CDs to his name, George founded the Hawaiian Music Institute at University of Hawai‘i-Maui College. A renowned storyteller, George collaborated on the book A Hawaiian Life and its sequel with long-time friend Paul Konwiser to capture his hilarious, entertaining on-stage stories, leading to his film biography Seeds of Aloha. For over 20 years, George Kahumoku Jr.’s Annual Maui Slack Key Guitar and ‘Ukulele Workshop creates one of the great musical learning experiences in the Islands, and embodies George’s belief in sharing, celebrating, and perpetuating the music and culture of Hawai‘i. In 2022, George was honored with HARA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2023, he was recognized with proclamations from the U.S. Congress by Representative Jill Tokuda and the Hawai’i State Senate in honor of his being awarded the inaugural “E Ola Mau Ka Mele” Award at Maui’s Hula Grill.

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DANIEL HO
Daniel Ho beams with music. He is an ‘ukulele virtuoso, slack key guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, singer-songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and record company owner. He is a 6-time Grammy Award winner, 6-time Taiwanese Golden Melody Award winner, and recipient of multiple Hawaiian Music awards. His collaborations transcend genres – from traditional and contemporary Hawaiian Music to World Music with Taiwanese aboriginals and Mongolian nomads, to duets with Pepe Romero the maestro of classical guitar, to contemporary jazz and rock with Tak Matsumoto of the Japanese supergroup, B’z. His music has been featured in film and television, including The Descendants, Soul Surfer, the TV series Hawai’i 5-O, and NHK (Japan), and his notable performance of a Hawaiian-language rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” for the end credits of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).

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TIA CARRERE
International star and two-time Grammy winner Tia Carrere’s credits include Wayne’s World, True Lies, Rising Sun, and Lilo & Stitch, and most recently, the live action remake of Lilo & Stitch. Tia has also starred in her own TV series Relic Hunter, and has appeared in Hawaii 5-0, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and AJ & the Queen. She starred with Jo Koy and Tiffany Haddish in the 2022 release of Universal/Amblin feature film Easter Sunday. Tia went double platinum with the Wayne’s World soundtrack, while her Warner Bros. album Dream became an international success. Tia returned to her Hawai‘i roots with multi-Grammy award-winning producer/artist Daniel Ho, receiving two Grammy® Awards. Tia has performed on Hawaii 5-0 with Uncle George Kahumoku Jr and her music and vocals have been featured on shows such as Baywatch, Batman, Mask of the Phantasm, and Comedy Central’s Comedy Jam.

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