Kuana’s Winter Wonderland

Hawaiian musician, vocalist, songwriter, dancer and educator Kuana Torres Kahele appears at the Hawaii Theatre Center to usher in the Holiday season with a few of his friends. He will host three shows featuring Hawaiian musician, vocalists, and halau. Miss Aloha Hula and Miss & Master Keiki Hula will also perform.

Known primarily for his original acoustic compositions, Kahele is a skilled arranger of traditional Hawaiian music as well, performing and recording with instruments such as ukulele, guitar, ipu, and bass. After learning kane dancing and mele writing in his teens, in 1995 Kahele co-founded Nā Palapalai, a Hawaiian music group that has released seven albums. Several have charted in the top five on the Billboard Top World Albums chart, and the group has won a large number of Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, including Group of the Year. Kahele regularly teaches cultural workshops and other classes, and operates the Na Lei Lanakila O Niihau halau on the island of Niihau. In Japan he runs the Kuana School of Hawaiian Music & Culture, teaching approximately 200 combined students in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.