By Staff Reports
(Oahu) – For a limited time at Windward Community College, the Hawai‘i Music Institute will offer Music Workshops 2014, where students can explore rhythm on the drums from Hawai‘i’s premier drummer Noel Okimoto, and polish their slack key guitar skills with Slack Key Master Ron Loo.
Cost for each workshop is $20. To register, call 235-7433 or go in-person to the Office of Career & Community Education, Hale Kuhina building at Windward Community College,
45-720 Kea‘ahala Rd., Kāne‘ohe.
HAWAI‘I MUSIC INSTITUTE MUSIC WORKSHOPS – SPRING 2014
Drum Workshop with Noel Okimoto
Friday, May 23, 6 – 8 p.m.
Hale ‘Ākoakoa 105
From jazz, through Rock and Roll, embrace world influences, have fun grooving, and beating on drums. Noel Okimoto is an award-winning jazz drummer and orchestral percussionist. He has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Stan Getz, Barney Kessel, Sadao Watanabe, Wynton Marsalis, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, Rosemary Clooney, Dionne Warwick, and Jake Shimabukuro.
Slack Key Guitar with Ron and Pomaika‘i Loo
Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m.–12 noon
Hale Pālanakila 104
This workshop will focus on the open G tuning and the chords and lyrics of a traditional song using the tablature method. Ron Loo is a respected Kumu Mele, gifted instructor, entertainer, Slack Key Master and ‘ukulele instructor. He will be assisted by Pomaika‘i Loo, also a gifted musician, who has helped his father teach workshops for the past 12 years.
To learn more about Hawai‘i Music Institute offerings, visit windwardcce.org/music. These workshops are sponsored by Ke Kumu Pali at Windward Community College.
