Georg Koeniger is well-known in his native Germany as a member of the group TBC, and for his book"Cliffhanger", which details his hilarious attempts at ……..Mountaineering!(including Mauna Kea.)
Saturday, January 7th, 7-9 PM
Tickets: $35 each or $30 each for 2 or more.
Call 328-9392
or any SKEA Board Member
Light fare and beverages are included.
http://www.skea.org/events
Jazz Great Liane Carroll in Concert
and Silent Auction
Fairmont Orchid, January 14
Admission price is $55 per person for the concert and silent auction only,
or
$75 for concert ticket including two drinks [wine or beer] plus a light island-inspired meal, featuring teriyaki chicken, salted salmon, furikake jasmine rice, and sesame greens. Doors open and silent auction begins at 6:00 pm, concert starts at 7:30pm.
For tickets or call (808) 333-7378.
For the third year in a row, the Hawai’i Performing Arts Festival proudly presents award winning English jazz artist Liane Carroll in concert on Saturday, January 14 at 7:30 pm at the Fairmont Orchid’s Salon Ballroom. The evening will also feature an exciting silent auction with a variety of travel, restaurant, hospitality and service donations appealing to all budgets. The event benefits HPAF’s scholarship program for young artists from Hawai’i to attend the 2012 summer festival in Waimea next July 1–22, 2012.
Liane (pronounced Lee-Ann) Carroll’s list of accolades is extensive…two BBC jazz awards for Best of Jazz and Best Vocalist, as well as Jazz Musician of the Year from Britain’s Parliamentary Awards, the ceremony for which is held in the House of Commons. She has collaborated with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Her latest recording, “Up and Down”, was recorded last June. According to All About Jazz, a leading website for jazz enthusiasts, “Carroll’s voice is superb–bluesy, smooth, ballsy, cheeky, romantic, heartbreaking, and never less than honest. This combination makes Carroll eminently capable of performances of tremendous emotional intensity….”
The Hawai’i Performing Arts Festival is dedicated to improving music education as well as advancing classical music and musical theater. The festival offers scholarships to young artists from Hawaii, as well as numerous free concerts.
Zen Michael Kuriyama, a 2011 graduate of Parker School in Waimea and three-year HPAF alumnus writes: "I’m a freshman musical theatre major at Manhattanville College in New York,…I was cast in the spring musical, "A Little Night Music" by Stephen Sondheim…Not only am I succeeding and improving in the vocal performance area, I am also doing extremely well in Music Theory, having obtained the highest grade on our mid-term. HPAF has helped me in every musical way!".
HPAF also plays a significant role in bringing tourist dollars to Hawai’i Island.
HPAF is supported by the County of Hawai’i Research and Development/Hawai’i Tourism Authority, as well as the Hawai’i State Cultural Foundation, and the Richard Smart Fund.
FREE CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS – KAILUA-KONA
There will be two free chamber music concerts presented by Univ. of the Nations Symphony of Nations and MasterWorks as part of a two week string music festival thru Jan 15. The concerts are free, and each has a distinct repertoire. They will be held at Hawai’i's first church, Mokuaikaua Church, located at 75-5713 Alii Drive at 7pm, on Sunday, January 8; and Friday January 13. Time: 7 pm. For more information, call 345-5446 or email herrickcolby@gmail.com
January 26-28, 2012
‘IOLANI LUAHINE HULA FESTIVAL – KEAUHOU BEACH RESORT
A festival honoring Aunty ‘Iolani Luahine, one of Hawai’is premiere performers and cultural treasures. The Festival will include a visit to ‘Iolani’s birthplace in Napo’op’o Village, hula workshops and presentations, and an educational "challenge" to Kumu Hula, with a prize for the one who best demonstrates the values of ‘Iolani Luahine in regard to education and Hawaiian culture. Fee for hula workshops; evening musical entertainment will be offered to the public for a modest donation, with tickets available at the door. For more information about ‘Iolani Luahine and the Festival, visit www.iolaniluahinefestival.org or contact adminisrator@nawaiiwiola.org
