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Special events planned, subject to confirmation.
- International Shakuhachi Masters Concert featuring Riley Lee, Teruo Furuyu, Kazushi Matama, and Kaoru Kakizakai (Wednesday evening)
- Aunty Genoa Keawe at the Marriot (Thursday evening)
- Honoring our Elders: A Concert by Hawai'i's National Heritage Fellows, Kaupena Wong, Genoa Keawe, Harry Nakasone (Friday evening)
- Solomon Islands Music and Dance Performance (Saturday evening at the banquet) - SOLD OUT
- Appreciating Hawaiian Movement: Hula Workshop for Ethnomusicologists, presenter Vicky Takamine
Riley Lee. Photo courtesy of Tong Soon Lee.
Riley Lee began playing the shakuhachi in 1971. He is the recipient of two of the oldest and most venerated lineages of traditional shakuhachi, which can be traced back to the Zen Buddhist komusô of the Edo period in Japan. He has been a student of Katsuya Yokoyama since 1984 and was given the rank of Dai Shihan or grand master in 1980, the first non-Japanese to attain such a rank. Riley completed his BA and MA degrees in music at the University of Hawai'i, and received his PhD degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Sydney. In 1997, he was made Honourary Fellow of the University of Western Sydney in 1997 and in 2003, he was a visiting Fellow at Princeton University, New Jersey. Riley toured internationally as a full-time performer of taiko, yokobue and shakuhachi with Kodo, performing with such groups as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and at venues such as Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Roundhouse Theatre (London), Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris), and the Boston Symphony Hall. Riley lives with his wife Patricia in beautiful Manly NSW Australia, facing both the Pacific Ocean and Sydney Harbour.
Aunty Genoa Keawe. Photo by Alan Burdette.
Photo by William Feltz, East-West Center
Youth of the Solomon Islands were one of the most impressive groups at the 2004 Festival of Pacific Arts, held in Palau; a similar group will perform as part of SEM’s banquet November 18.
Vicky Takamine will teach the Hula Workshop
Vicky Holt Takamine is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and received her BA & MA in Dance Ethnology from the University of Hawai‘i. In 1975, She graduated as kumu hula (master teacher of Hawaiian dance) through the ‘üniki rituals of hula from Maiki Aiu Lake. Vicky is the founder and kumu hula (master teacher) of Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilima, a school of traditional Hawaiian dance. In addition, she teaches hula at UH Mānoa and Leeward Community College. She is an advocate for the protection of native Hawaiian rights, the natural environment of Hawai‘i and Hawaiian cultural resources. She co-founded numerous organizations that carry out this mission. In 1997, she co-founded ‘īlio‘ulaokalani, a coalition of traditional practitioners committed to protecting their Hawaiian customs and traditions. She is the po‘o (president) and inspirational leader of this organization.
- The Dixie Hummingbirds in Concert, Celebrating 78 Years of Gospel Quartet (Sunday evening)
