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Author: Keola Donaghy

I am a faculty member in the music department at University of Hawai‘i Maui College and assist with the administration of the Institute of Hawaiian Music. Outside of my work at the College, I am very active in the Hawaiian music community. I am a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (“Grammy Awards”) and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (“Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards”). I attended Kīhei Elementary and St. Anthony High School on Maui. Our family moved to Hilo in 1994 when I enrolled at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. I received a Bachelor of Arts in Hawaiian Studies from UH-Hilo in 1999, a graduate certificate in Telecommunications and Information Resource Management from UH-Mānoa in 2000, and Master of Arts in Hawaiian Language and Literature from UH-Hilo in 2003. I also hold a Ph.D. in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Otago in Dunedin, Aotearoa (New Zealand), where my wife, daughter and I spent six months during 2008. I co-wrote all but one Hawaiian song and was assistant producer on Kenneth Makuakāne’s recent solo debut, Makuakane. You can hear cuts of those songs on Kenneth’s website. I was honored to have a Christmas song I wrote, “Ke Aloha Kalikimaka” recorded by Keali‘i Reichel on his Christmas release, Maluhia. My composition “Nā Hōkū Pio ‘Ole” was selected as the theme song for the 30th anniversary Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. Some of my compositions have been recorded by Kainani Kahaunaele, the De Lima ‘Ohana, Mailani Makainai, The Pandanus Club, Steven Espaniola, Patrick Landeza, and O’Brian Eselu. I love to work the fringes of Hawaiian music by combining Hawaiian language lyrics with musical styles which are not often used to accompany Hawaiian music. You’ll hear some of the fruits of this work in the near future.
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He Roa Te Wā (It’s Been A Long Time)

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Keola Donaghy

It’s been nearly four years since I’ve done anything significant with this website. It was hacked a few years ago and it took some effort

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Hawai‘i Music Music Industry

Nā Hōkū Hanohano 101, Part 4: Compilations, Anthologies, and Hybrids

January 30, 2016July 5, 2017 Keola Donaghy

Disclaimer: I am a member of the Board of Governors of HARA, but this document is not an official HARA communication. What I write here

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‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Hawai‘i Music Music Industry

Back On (The) Board

October 27, 2015October 28, 2015 Keola Donaghy

After a two and a half year long respite from the Board of Governors of the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts, I’m back. Or at

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Core Dumps

Cutting The Cable, Pt 1

August 16, 2014August 16, 2014 Keola Donaghy

A few weeks ago I mentioned to some friends that my wife and I were considering cutting off our cable TV services and simply going

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Hawai‘i Music Music Industry

Nā Hōkū Hanohano 101, Part 3: Award Categories

April 12, 2014July 5, 2017 Keola Donaghy

Disclaimer: I am a member of the Board of Governors of HARA, but this document is not an official HARA communication. What I write here

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Core Dumps Hawai‘i Music Music Industry

Nā Hōkū Hanohano 101, Part 2: Eligibility

March 30, 2014July 5, 2017 Keola Donaghy

Disclaimer: I am a member of the Board of Governors of HARA, but this document is not an official HARA communication. What I write here

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The Origins of Hawaiian Language Support in Mac OS and iOS: So You Want To Change The World?

March 29, 2014March 29, 2014 Keola Donaghy

Only a handful of my friends will recognize the gentleman standing in the back of this picture, Brian Frye. He is one of the unsung

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Core Dumps Hawai‘i Music Music Industry

Nā Hōkū Hanohano 101, Part 1: Educate Yourself

March 29, 2014July 5, 2017 Keola Donaghy

Update: This post and other HARA and Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award posts here were updated on 7/5/17. Disclaimer: I am a member of the Board

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He Ahupuaʻa Ke Mele

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Keola Donaghy

I was thrilled to have my paper, entitled “He Ahupuaʻa Ke Mele: The Ahupuaʻa Land Division as a Conceptual Metaphor for Hawaiian Language Composition and

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Travel Hacking

Cooking Miles 101

November 10, 2013November 10, 2013 Keola Donaghy

It’s been about six weeks since I started my new hobby of maximizing the miles in our frequent flyer accounts, and it’s been a learning

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