"She was the one responsible for doing a lot of the choreography for the Beamer music — "Kimo Hula," "Kawohikukapulani" — you know, all of her . Hawaiian Songs - Version 2.1.6. Posted Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:17 pm PT. Slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer, yet another Grammy nominee and a member of one of Hawaii's most esteemed musical families, hosts weeklong workshops twice a year for aspiring musicians.At the . TODAY'S OBITUARIES Clyde L. Amaral Published On December 16th, 2021 Clyde L. Amaral 92, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on November 25, 2021. Pomai. In Defense of SPAM - Part II | On the Table | North Coast ... HONOLULU (AP) - Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. Beamer has three sons, well-known musicians Keola and Kapono, and Kaliko Beamer Trapp. David Holt has long been considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Montalvo reopens Carriage House doors for performing arts ... With many musicians around the globe heading online to livestream performances, Maui's Keola Beamer will present a unique concert via YouTube at 2 p.m. Friday, teaming with Bhutanese musician . HONOLULU (AP) Nona Beamer, an authority on Hawaiian culture and the matriarch of the musical Beamer family, died on Thursday at her home on Maui. Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. Montalvo reopens Carriage House doors for performing arts series. Smart decision by guitarist Keola Beamer to resume a music career during his formative years after his mother kicked him off the stage for rude behavior. Sun 1 Jun 2008 19.01 EDT. 49ERS TICKETS WARRIORS ENRIQUE IGLESIAS GRUPO FIRME CHARLI XCX &MORE (LOW PRICES. Contact Information: print. He appeared on Sesame Street in Season 9 in the Hawaiian storyline, as Keola. On July 17, 2017, Mahi Beamer, known most dearly to those in my family as "Uncle Mahi" passed away at the age of 88. For Keola Beamer, it's a form of communication, of inspiration, a cultural touchstone — and a way to nurture the soul. Steve Aoki is among the nominees for the 55 th annual Grammy Awards, which will be presented on Feb. 10 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.. In the best dance/electronica album category, Aoki was nominated for "Wonderland," along with The Chemical Brothers for "Don't Think," Kaskade for "Fire & Ice," and Skrillex for "Bangarang." Slack key guitarists Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., downtown Mount Vernon. And he wants to talk - for the first time publicly - about surviving prostate cancer. That's how Malama Solomon, a former state senator, recalls her mother, Flora "Tita" Leiomalama Desha Beamer Solomon, a fourth-generation hula loea, who died Feb. 8 at age 92. Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono. " It poses a simple question ," he says. "She was the . Throughout the last decade of his life, Chillingworth worked as a teacher and lecturer, as well as a recording artist and performer. HONOLULU (AP) - Nona Beamer, a noted authority on Hawaiian culture and matriarch of the musical Beamer family, has died. Keola Beamer Contributed photo Becky Fries, chair of The Mokihana Club Nursing Scholarship Committee (back,center), is pictured with nursing students who received Mokihana Club scholarships in 2018. It was meant to be: a master of mele and kiho`alu and the songbird of Molokai. She was a hula teacher. Kapono Beamer is a Grammy nominated recording artist. "13 Daughters," a musical based loosely on the life of his legendary great . (Story update: Nona Beamer (1923-2008) dedicated her life to preserving Hawaiian culture. Affectionately known as "Uncle Tom," Moffatt lived a rich life in public that spanned over five decades . Keola Beamer, the popular and gifted writer, composer and Hawaiian slack key guitar master says he ready to talk - for the first time publicly - about the passing of his mother, Aunty Nona Beamer. Keola Beamer. PC: University of Hawaiʻi. Mark the calendars for 7 p.m. March 9 for a two-hour concert with Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson, at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu. Descended from a long line of Hawaiian composers, musicians and hula dancers dating to the 14th century, Keola Beamer "is in a category to himself," Landeza observes. One is a Hawaiian legend who has . The album was created in collaboration between the late, world-renowned flutist and "father of New Age music" Paul . World Music Central News Department January 29, 2007. The category . FAMILY PLACED OBITUARY. In the late 1970s, Keola collaborated with his brother, monday 2021-11-15. number available: 100. more ads by this user. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge selected Kamanamaikalani Brenton Beamer as its inaugural Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment. A talented guitarist, composer, singer, producer, arranger, engineer and recording artist, he is a multiple winner of Hawaii's version of the Grammy Awards, the "Na Hoku Hanohano Awards," with twelve awards, including Album(s) of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Hawaiian Album(s) of the Year, Instrumental Album(s) of the . $30-$45. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, musician Keola Beamer, whose family has a personal tie to Kuamo'o, and Palamanui Humanities Professor Richard Stevens, Ph.D., will present "MalamaKo Aloha: Keep Your . Visitation: 10:00 AM; Services: 11:00 AM . Keola Beamer (right). Few albums have become so completely integrated into the consciousness of local culture as Keola and Kapono Beamer's Honolulu City Lights. Today he is one of Hawai'i's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers . Ancient ancestors include Big Island Queen Ahiakumai Ki'eki'e and Ho'olulu . Like Coke, it has a kind of mystique. Dancer helped save Hawaiian culture. Beamer is considered a Hawaiian legend as a singer-songwriter, composer and guitar master. Beamer & Kapono will each perform a set, then come together onstage to celebrate their original songs that have become beloved classics of contemporary Hawaiian music. The legacy continues at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, as Beamer Solomon Halau O Po'ohala celebrates Eia Ka Hula 10, a hula concert at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea. He was born in Honolulu, HI. It's a ceremony hosted by Shinnyo-en, a Buddhist sect . Tickets are $20 advance, $25 door. "There was always music on," said her son, C. Keola Beamer. - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST. She was 84. A Hawaiian legend who has stretched The singer-guitarist has been . Here's a brief excerpt from the Hawaii News Now's obituary on Moffatt: Among Moffatt's proudest accomplishments: Producing the award-winning recording of Keola and Kapono Beamer's "Honolulu City Lights." It was Moffatt's first album for his Paradise Records, and was released in 1978 to critical acclaim. - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST - Apr 10, 2008 Updated Apr 10, 2008, 11:29am HST. Cheap Concerts, Sports & Theater Tickets Click to View Tickets GOLF NASCAR NHL MLB NFL BASKETBALL HOCKEY BASEBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER BOXING RODEO TENNIS WWE NBA 2021 2022 Los Angeles Lakers Oakland Raiders Golden State Warriors Rams Chargers All Star Game Clippers San Francisco 49ers Kings Stanford Cardinal Saturday Night USC Trojans Anaheim Ducks Sacramento Kings San Jose Sharks AMA Monster Jam . Beamer has three sons, well-known musicians Keola and Kapono, and Kaliko Beamer Trapp. READ MORE Clyde L. Amaral 92, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on . His brother Milton "Sonny" Beamer had also passed just two weeks prior on July 5th. Montalvo favorite David Benoit returns Dec. 17 with his "Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown.". In her home state, she was known as Auntie Nona. Obituary. Louise Beamer, 93, who passed her love of music on to a large and well-known family, died Sunday on the Big Island. She was 84. The youngest in a family of nine children he was born and raised on the windward side of O'ahu. Keola's 'ohana (family) was well equipped to nurture his musical interests. She was a gifted storyteller, teacher, songwriter and activist, as well as a master of chant and hula. August 2, 2017. He appeared with his mother, Winona Beamer, who played Aunty Nona, and brother Kapono Beamer. "Legends of Hawaiian Music, featuring Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono with Moanalani Beamer" comes to the Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom, on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono first performed together in 2014, when Kapono invited Keola and Moana Beamer to take part in "Back in the Day." People often say the greatest slack key guitarists — which include Keola Beamer, Ozzi Kotani and Ledward Kaapana — can achieve the sound of waterfall, forest, myth and mystery in their playing. A grandson of famed Big Island composer and hula teacher Helen Desha Beamer . Classical Music Hawaiian Style. Beamer made his . "Seabreeze" was the Beamers' reworking of Irmgard Farden Aluli's "Puamana," a song about the Farden family home on Maui. Kamanamaikalani Beamer. Around the six sides of the master… Beamer, a songwriter, performer, hula teacher and . Francis Kealiinohopono Desha Beamer Jr. FRANCIS KEALIINOHOPONO DESHA BEAMER JR. "Biggie" "Pono" "Pops" February 26, 1925- April 3, 2016 Born to Francis K. Sr and Louise Leomalama Walker Beamer with a love for music in that special Beamer style. He learned his craft directly from some of the original masters who lived and played near his home town in the mountains of western North Carolina -- Byard Ray, Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Tommy Jarrell and other legendary players. Biography. He continued recording until he died of cancer in 1994. Sonny Solo was released the same year on Dancing Cat Records. Musician and native Hawaiian Keola Beamer has a personal family connection with the land where the Kuamoo battle was fought in 1819. Sonny Beamer died July 5 at the age of 91. Playing a sound unique to Hawaii is the gifted Keola Beamer, who appears tonight at Kirkland Performance Center and tomorrow at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center. That's how Malama Solomon, a former state senator, recalls her mother, Flora "Tita" Leiomalama Desha Beamer Solomon, a fourth-generation hula loea, who died Feb. 8 at age 92. PC: file MACC. Flutist joins jazz pianist and slack-key guitarist in concert Jerry Santos. Keola Beamer survived his mom's firing. READ MORE Posted in Death Notices Amy G. Loui Published On December 16th, 2021 94, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on . Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer February 18, 1951) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of "Honolulu City Lights" and an innovative musician who fused Hawaiian roots and contemporary music.Keola Beamer descends from one of Hawaii's most respected musical families. Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music, continuing to lead the way for over four decades. News News | March 18, 2004. BEST SERVICE) < image 1 of 1 >. She died in her sleep . "This is part of the Beamer legacy now," Keola says. From 1982 to 1994, Tim Alexander played piano and accordion for the incomparable western swing band, Asleep At The Wheel, whose hybrid blend of swing, boogie-woogie and Texas dance hall music has helped revitalize American roots music. CD Review: Keola Beamer/Raiatea. Edwin Mahi'ai "Mahi" Copp Beamer was born Dec. 5, 1928, in Honolulu. Dalai Lama (left) file via Dean Wong. Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer, the great matriarch of indigenous Hawaiian culture, has died aged 84. "My mom just loved this place, Kuamo'o in Kona, an ancient Hawaiian place where a tremendous battle was fought in 1819." With many . "Only Good Times" was written for a surf film starring Jan Michael . April 12, 2008. She was an early proponent of the ancient form of the hula being perpetuated through teaching and public performances. In his hands, he has held love, guitars, family, friends, ancestors and now, cradled gently, the songbird of Molokai, Raiatea. Nona Beamer: Hawaiian Elder was honored with a national award from the Asian American Journalists Association in 2000. Hawaiian music legend Keola Beamer and Moanalani Beamer will perform with Na Hoku Award-winning kumu hula/musician Uluwehi Guerrero on Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as part of a . The album was among the nominees in the best regional roots music album category. The combination of David's knowledge and desire to pass on . "Mother was very strong in education. Maui resident Keola Beamer was nominated last night for a Grammy Award for his album Malama Ko Aloha. Carol Feineman. Winona Beamer, the beloved matriarch of a prominent Island family of entertainers and who coined the phrase "Hawaiiana" and dedicated her life to hula, died early yesterday at the Lahaina home she shared with her singer-composer son, Keola Beamer. For advance tickets, contact Hulali Solomon Covington, kumu hula loea at 938-8620 or email Poohala1860@ymail.com. Friday, February 5, 2016 @ 7:30 PM. Mahi Beamer came into our family's lives in his early 20s, through his . (SPAM haiku collected by Keola Beamer, songwriter and slack-key guitarist) SPAM, like Coca-Cola, is a uniquely American food. They join forces at The Broad Stage on Thursday, February 1 . Obituary. Beamer lost his mother, Aunty Nona Beamer, about two years ago, around the same time that Helm's maternal grandmother died. He passed away at his home Monday night at the age of 85 after battling prostate cancer. Aloha 'Oe Mahi Beamer. He's written and arranged traditional and contemporary songs, published a book of short stories and begun exploring and creating a new, collaborative, musical genre. It's an emotional and revealing Long Story Short with . Fri., Aug. 20 — Sun., Aug. 22 SOMETIMES, music is not just music. The "Honolulu City Lights" album won several of the Hawaiian music industry's Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in 1979, among them for Best Contemporary Hawaiian Album, and both the song and the album went on to become among the most popular . One of Hawaii's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers and masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar, Keola Beamer is joined by rising star and two-time Grammy winner Jeff Peterson and the hula dance of Moanalani Beamer Jan. 12 at Harris Center for the Arts. A talented guitarist, composer, singer, producer, arranger, engineer and recording artist, he is a multiple winner of Hawaii's version of the Grammy Awards, the "Na Hoku Hanohano Awards," with twelve awards, including Album(s) of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Hawaiian Album(s) of the Year, Instrumental Album(s . Keola Beamer. Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha Beamer (August 15, 1923 - April 10, 2008) was a champion of authentic and ancient Hawaiian culture, publishing many books, musical scores, as well as audio and video recordings on the subject. Keola Beamer was born January 18, 1951 in Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Keola Beamer (b. She was 84. Magoon also wrote for the stage. New York (NY), USA - Guitarist Keola Beamer's sixth Dancing Cat album, Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow), is not a traditional Hawaiian slack key recording. Keola and Kapono Beamer, 1978. Beamer, a songwriter, performer, hula . She was 84. Copy Link URL Copied! He is a descendant of Chiefess Manono who died there during the . The Edmonds Center for the Arts 2013-2014 Season gets under way in October with 21 shows featuring everyone from Rufus Wainwright to the Seattle International Comedy Competition. Beamer is a Hawaiian legend who has stretched the . Ed Kenney, the Hawaii-based singer who is mentioned in the obituary (and co-starred in "13 Daughters"), died a few weeks after Magoon, in October 2018. . Beamer and Helm met when both were invited to play at the Lantern Floating Ceremony held annually at Ala Moana Beach Park that draws crowds of up to 40,000 people. She was 84. Community Contributed. Keola's Cube Malama Ko Aloha A personal and family portrait Collaboration: Ken Kennell, Bob Getzen, Kaleo Padilla Oil on apple plywood cubes Brass, mirror and glass pedestal This three dimensional interactive painting is composed of eight 12" cubes that comprise a "master" cube that is two feet dimensionally. Louise Beamer dies OBITUARIES By Helen Altonn Star-Bulletin. Keola's voice is at the right place for the leo of Hawaii nei. Keola Beamer's contributions to slack key guitar during the 1970s began to spark public interest in kī-hō'alu, launching a statewide revival of the tradition, and his 1978 release, Honolulu City Lights, is the largest selling recording in the history of Hawaiian music. Nona Beamer Obituary. Jerry attended Kane'ohe Elementary, Benjamin Parker Elementary and . Following Dhal-Bredine's film, Hawaiian activist Keola Beamer will introduce his film, "Malama Ko Aloha," which means "Keep Your Love." Keola Beamer, Carlos Nakai, and Geoffrey Keezer play the music for this film. Beamer, 49, the younger of the former Keola and Kapono Beamer brother team, has just released "Pana Aloha," a CD of instrumentals intended to heal and comfort. It's . and "Mr. Sun Cho Lee," which was popularized by Keola & Kapono Beamer. The label released Endlessly, produced by the legendary George Winston, posthumously. Years later, Beamer would become a world-famous household name, even earning the definitive title of . July 31, 2017. The One about Keola & Kapono Beamer's "Honolulu City Lights" Posted on September 10, 2020 October 25, 2020 Author Dennis A. Amith Leave a comment When it comes to music from Hawai'i, the Beamer Brothers Keola and Kapono will be forever known for their hit songs and their Hawaiian slack key guitar style. Beamer passed away in 2008. Cheap Concerts, Sports & Theater Tickets Click to View Tickets GOLF NASCAR NHL MLB NFL BASKETBALL HOCKEY BASEBALL FOOTBALL SOCCER BOXING RODEO TENNIS WWE NBA 2021 2022 Los Angeles Lakers Oakland Raiders Golden State Warriors Rams Chargers All Star Game Clippers San Francisco 49ers Kings Stanford Cardinal Saturday Night USC Trojans Anaheim Ducks Sacramento Kings San Jose Sharks AMA Monster Jam . In the 26 years since . Hawaiian music legends Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono were each a seminal voice in the "Hawaiian Renaissance", the 1970s cultural movement in that brought the language, music, dance, and all aspects of Hawai'ian culture back to their central place in the life of the Islands, and have been creative forces ever since.