Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 2, 1 February 2011 — Mele Hawaiʻi [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Mele Hawaiʻi

Aloha mai kākou e nā 'ōiwi 'ōlino mai Hawai'i a Ni'ihau a puni ke ao mālamalama. Every week, Monday throueh Fridav at

7 a.m. and again at 5 p.m. on 940 AM radio, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs broadcasts its one-hour Hawaiian talk show Nā 'Ōiwi 'ŌIino and features Kūlia I Ka Nu'u, interviews with Native Hawaiians "at the top of their game." A likely voice for Kūlia I Ka Nu'u is Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, Ph.D., kama o ka 'āina Hawai'i. One ean Google her name and find a 12-page

CV highlighting her service to the community, publications, presentation of papers, research initiatives in progress, completed consultations, areas of teaching and specialization and her past as well as current teaching positions. She studied at the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa earning the following: a B.Music; B.A. Hawaiian Studies and M.A. Ethnomusicology. She continued her studies at Harvard University earning an M.A. in Musicology and Ph.D. in Musicology. She is back in Hawai'i as the 2010-2011 Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Visiting Professor in the College of Arts and Humanities at UH-Mānoa and will be convening aia i ka wai, a series of five Diaīogues on [the Present and Future of] Hawaiian Music "to recognize accomplishments and envision new directions for studying, teaching, presenting and producing Hawaiian music in the 21st century" and exploring shared goals between education and industry sectors in the effort to strengthen excellence in Hawaiian music. Location: Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 2645 Dole St., in Honolulu. Time: 6-8:30 p.m.; musical performance precedes from 5-5:45 p.m. Free admission; open to all. Parking lot is adjacent to the Kamakakūokalani Center. Series dates and topics are as follows: •Friday, Jan. 21: Assessing the Documentary Record. What aeeomplishments should we be celebrating, and what endeavors should we be initiating? Participants: DeSoto Brown, Jay Junker, Miehael Keany, Maile Loo-Ching, Puakea

Nogelmeier, Ricardo Trimillos • Friday, Feb. 4: Producing Culture. What are the conditions necessary to support creative excellence? Particinants: Manu Bovd. Keala

Chock, Ku'uipo Kumukahi, Miehael Pili Pang, Cody Pueo Pata, Jordan Sramek • Friday, Feb. 25: Creating Culture. What is the plaee of creativity and innovation in a heritage tradition? Participants: Snowbird Bento, Kekuhi Keali'ikanaka'oleohāililani, Nāpua Mākua, Taupouri Tangarō • Friday, March 11: Nurturing the 'Ohā. What kinds

of knowledge could strengthen the production and scholarship on Hawaiian performance? Participants: Leilani Basham, Keawe Lopes, Nola Nahulu, Jon Osorio, Aaron Salā, Kalena Silva • Friday, April 1: Gathering the Seeds. What new 'ike have we generated about Hawaiian music and Hawaiian music studies? A summary and synthesis presented by series convener Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman. Note: this program will take plaee at the UH Mānoa Music Department, Choral Rehearsal Room (Room 36). Sponsorship is by the Dai Ho Chun endowment at the University of Hawai'i Foundation, the UH-Mānoa College of Arts and Humanities, the Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, and the UH-Mānoa Departments of American Studies and Music. Visit http://amyk stillman.wordpress.com/dialogues/ or visit the Facebook event page at "aia i ka wai - Dialogues ..." Email Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman at amyk88@ hawaii.edu. "The Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s solidified the foundation for the flourishing of Hawaiian performance traditions," reads a flyer publicizing the series. "Amidst the momentous transformations in the music and entertainment industries globally, and the vigor of Native Hawaiian cultural self-determina-tion, we are at an opportune moment to reflect, imagine and chart paths anew." Welowelo e ka hae Hawai'i, i hō'ailona wehi no nā kini, Ke Akua pū me kākou, i pono ke ea o ka 'āina. 26/48 ■

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