Musicians’ Association of Hawaii 2021 Election The next MAH General Election for the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, (7) Board of Director positions, Sergeant at Arms, and two delegates to the AFM Convention will be held on June 21, 2021. All officer and board positions have three-year terms. Only the offices of President ($10,000/year) […]
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Hawaii Youth Symphony President Randy Wong Award-winning community leader works hard, so children can play “I am very grateful to HYS for being a constant, positive force in my life, and am honored to now serve as its president. Our vision to make music a right, and not a privilege, deeply resonates with […]
MusiCares provides financial assistance and helpful information to the musician community. Relatively simple to apply for help. For information and additional resources, please go to: https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-help/covid-19-relief-faq Hawaii State Rent Relief and Housing Assistance Program To apply, go to: https://www.hihousinghelp.com/ Musicians Foundation Relief Aid Grants For information, go to https://www.musiciansfoundation.org/apply/ The CV19 Emergency Relief Aid Grant […]
Digital Concert Listings The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra presents Sounds of Resilience, live online from the Hawaii Theater: October 31, 7:30 p.m. Sweet Psycho Suite November 21, 7:30 p.m. Going Home: Songs of Comfort December 12, 7:30 p.m. Sounds of the Season For more information, go to myhso.org Chamber Music Hawaii: October 24, 7:30 p.m. A […]
Aloha, Members: I’d like to update you all on what your union officers and volunteers have been doing during these challenging times. We have formed two committees, and we are working behind the scenes looking to the future, looking toward an end to this Covid crisis, and an upturn in the economy. The first committee […]
To assist musicians in this time of great challenge, and to encourage children of professional musicians to pursue higher education, the recording industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund accepted applications for college scholarship awards of up to $2,000 for children of AFM members. Based on their application essays, Max and Vincent Womack, sons of MAH member […]
This past summer, MAH member and daughter of esteemed members Sharene and Dean Taba, Matin Boulos, was chosen to participate in the prestigious and highly selective National Youth Orchestra 2. Usually held in New York, with a final performance at Carnegie Hall, the private lessons, master classes, studio sectionals and concert were all done digitally, […]
During the pandemic, The Henry Kapono Foundation raised more than $175,000, which was used to assist many of Hawaii’s musicians. Mahalo, Henry and HKF! Again, please check this out and send this link to fans and friends: https://www.henrykaponofoundation.org/covid-19-musicians-relief-project From the Fall 2020 issue, Ke Ola O Na Mele
Mahalo and Kudos to Jake Shimabukuro On June 20, 2020, Jake Shimabukuro presented a “Virtually Live” concert from the Blue Note Hawaii. During the concert, Jake recognized the Musicians Association of Hawaii and requested that all donations to the virtual tip jar go to MAH to assist Hawaii’s musicians, who may be in need during […]
