The “Music of Hawaii” is Heading to Carnegie Hall!

Danny Kaleikini

Maila Gibson

Ho'okena

Nina Keali’iwahamana

Hiram and Casey Olsen

Gary Aiko

Roy Sakuma

Kumu Hula Uncle Ed Collier

The Aloha Boys

Love Hawaiian music and hula? Live in or near New York City? You won’t want to miss the big “Music of Hawaiʻi” concert at Carnegie Hall on May 30!

 MCd by Danny Kaleikini, Hawaiʻi’s official “Ambassador of Aloha”, the concert will feature performances by a variety of popular Hawaiian entertainers including:

Hawaiʻi Music and Nā Hōkū Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy®) Award winner Maila Gibson

Two-time Grammy® nominees and multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winners Hoʻokena (Horace Dudoit III, Chris Kamaka, and Glen Smith), with hula by Nani Dudoit

Long-time “Hawaiʻi Calls” performer and Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Nina Keali’iwahamana

The Hiram Olsen Trio, with Hiram (the great rhythm, lead, and slack key guitarist who once played with Jerry Byrd), Hiram’s son Casey Olsen (a steel guitarist who’s consistently in demand by musicians who want him to add his special brand of prowess to their recordings), and Gary Aiko (the eldest son of Auntie Genoa Keawe, a talented singer who has performed all over the world and whose debut solo CD has just been nominated for four Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards)

Roy Sakuma, Hawaiʻi’s foremost ʻukulele teacher and creator of the annual ʻUkulele Festival, now in its 42nd year

Kumu Hula Uncle Ed Collier and his Hālau O Nā Pua Kukui

The Aloha Boys (Glen Hirabayashi, Isaac Ho'opi'i, and Irv Queja) – originally from Oʻahu, Glen, Isaac, and Irv now reside in the Washington, D.C. area. (Watch for them to appear on Pakele Live August 8, when they stop by during a visit home!)

The “Music of Hawaiʻi” concert takes place Thursday, May 30 at 8 PM at Carnegie Hall in the Stern Auditorium (Perelman Stage). Click here for tickets.