Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Legend CYRIL PAHINUI to Perform at Columbia Saturday Oct. 13, 8PM

The Center for Ethnomusicology's "Native Sounds North&South" Series Proudly Presents:

CYRIL PAHINUI

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Virtuoso and Singer
Making a Rare East Coast Appearance!

Saturday Oct. 13, 2012
8:00PM (note new time!)
Davis Auditorium (CESPR/Schapiro Center, Enter from 120th St. and Broadway)


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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Limited Seating, Please Arrive on Time!

Cyril Pahinui is one of Hawai‘i’s most gifted guitarists and singers. Cyril has performed at Carnegie Hall, contributed to three GRAMMY^TM Award-winning albums, received several Hoku Hanohano Awards, and recorded on more than 35 Hawaiian musical releases. As a slack key guitarist, Cyril’s technical virtuosity imparts the soul of Hawaiian music, and his beautiful, emotive, and well-recognized voice renders an intimate picture of his Pacific island home.

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Associated Symposium:

Pacific Roots Music, Pacific Routes Music: Tracking Marshallese and Hawaiian Music Across the Pacific

Prof. Kevin Fellezs (Columbia University): 
“Listen But Don’t Ask Question”: Ki ho’alu and Listening for the Sounds of Hawaiian-ness 

Jessica Schwartz, PhD (Columbia University):
"Home Sweet Home": Marshallese Musical Reflections on Religion, Human Rights, and Diplomacy in "Free   Association" Diaspora

Discussant: Prof. J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Wesleyan University

Friday October 12, 4-6PM
701C Dodge Hall (Center for Ethnomusicology)