BUILDING UPDATE: MAH Practice Studio Reopening! After being shut down for much of 2020 due to COVID-19, MAH practice rooms and rehearsal studios have begun gradual reopening. The safety of members, students, staff, and building tenants will remain a priority for as long as COVID remains a threat in our community. The MAH Reopening Committee […]
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 […]
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 […]
2020 General Membership Meetings: Mondays, April 6, August 3, December 7 7 p.m. in Studio 909 From the Winter 2020 issue, Ke Ola O Na Mele
In Memoriam Aloha to Wayne Kawahara, for decades the guiding light of the Monday Night Big Band. Aloha to Mel Cabang, Musician, Producer, Comedian. From the Winter 2020 issue, Ke Ola O Na Mele
We welcome Jamie Sanborn, who will be helping us all with member services in the MAH office. Mahalo Jamie! From the Winter 2020 issue, Ke Ola O Na Mele
OF NOTE: Theater Musicians Take Note! This past September, Diamond Head Theatre began its third season under our new Collective Bargaining Agreement, with a step up in the per-service rate. The union theatre musicians negotiated a 24 percent increase in rate over the previous agreement. New paid doubling rules, rehearsal break rules, etc. are being […]
Member Spotlight: Noel Okimoto “Always learning,” Hoku-winning drummer locks in on his own fascinating, artful rhythm Noel Okimoto is a popular, versatile, in-demand drummer and award-winning jazz recording artist. His work on a self-titled, classical/jazz debut with Megan Bledsoe Ward’s Pacific Harp Project garnered a 2016 Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawaii’s Grammys) for “Instrumental Album […]
New Collective Bargaining Agreement with Diamond Head Theater is a promising start Theater Musicians: This past year, a new collective bargaining agreement was put in place with Diamond Head Theater. Pay was raised to $89 per rehearsal or performance, with stipulations for doubling (which had not previously been paid for). This rate is still not […]
Local 5 Hotel Workers’ Union Strike Successful On November 27, the Local 5 hotel workers’ union successfully ended a 51-day strike against five prominent Kyo-Ya-owned, Marriott-managed hotels. It was a long and difficult battle, but workers are calling this a huge victory. Besides wage and benefit increases, the new agreement provides for improvements in safety, […]