Slack Key Music Center
Program Summary

Seeds of Aloha

Traditional slack key music expresses the healing vibrations of the aloha spirit and the islands from whence it eminates.  Goal: Get the music in the hands of those it can help worldwide in healing centers. Read more...

Concerts & Tours

 As the slack key caretaker of Molokai said, "As long as people continue to hear the stories and music, they will carry it in their hearts and take it with them all over the world... and ki ho'alu will live on."  
Goal: Provide transformative concert experiences of traditional slack key music in Hawaii and worldwide.   Read more...

Preservation

Build a recording archive & ensuring continued production and availability of these recordings
Get the music and documentary information to music programs worldwide. Read more...

Watch & Learn

Douglas Kanahele from Niihau told us, "Ki ho'alu chooses you, you don't choose ki ho'alu."  When a musician finds slack key resonates with their spirit and is in their hearts, they need to have ways to learn it in the most experiential manner possible.  They will be the ones to carry this tradition forward for future generations.  Clinics, workshops, & artist in residence programs.  Read more...

Slack Key Music Center & Museum

Understanding the history of this music and its integral part of the history of the islands is key to fully appreciating this beautiful traditional music.  Performance center and history museum.  Read more...