HANAPEPE — A summer concert, “Na Himeni: Hawaiian Hymns in Story and Song,” will be presented at the Hanapepe Hawaiian Congregational Church on Aug. 22. Pupus will be served at 5 p.m. with ...

She said, ‘they take all the hymns and they put Hawaiian words to the hymns, but there’s no original melody.’” Around that time, Christmas was a relatively new holiday in Hawaii.

PLAISTOW — Student singers from Timberlane Regional High School will be performing three hymns in Hawaiian at 1 p.m. Sunday at the First Church of Christ in Haverhill. The concert marks a ...

and sang Hawaiian hymns at church. Richard and Solomon gravitated toward the music of Uncle Joe and Aunty Genoa Keawe, through whom they learned leo kiekie, a style of falsetto that melds elements ...

Their research uncovered a wide range of compositions, among them a creation chant and Hawaiian hymns composed by islanders who were influenced by missionaries. • Photo gallery: Lau Hawaiian ...

she composed music that would be adopted as the national hymn of the sovereign Nation of Hawai. Later on, she would write 'Aloha e,' which is still to this day probably the best known Hawaiian ...

As the sounds of Hawaiian hymns and choral harmonies resonated through the chapel, the Aha Mele stood as a testament to Queen Liliʻuokalani’s enduring spirit of generosity, charity and the ...

“Uncle George said, ‘I’ve been wanting to record this album of Hawaiian hymns for 10 years and nobody will let me do it.’ We recorded ‘Hymns of Hawaii’ and it won a Hōkū Award.

DAN NAKASO / [email protected] Calvin Liu, musical director of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Hono­lulu, wore an aloha shirt bearing images of Mother Marianne Cope as he played an ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- In his own words, Danny Kaleikini described always being thankful for every day of his life. "I started out with doing a prayer every morning to Akua -- to God -- and I thank ...

The brothers played together at family gatherings and performed in church, where they learned the Hawaiian hymns that would later influence their music and recordings. In the 1970s, they formed ...

"Get ready for diversity in music." There will be Hawaiian hymns, Spanish folk songs and Puerto Rican carols, among other styles of music. "We feel very strongly about having this inclusive and ...