“Making Music" Workshop with Benjamin Fairfield, PhD, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Ethnomusicology Lecturer. A fun activity for the whole family! You will receive a written guide and instructional videos to make your own instruments out of repurposed materials at home. Bring your homemade instruments to the online workshop on August 30, where you can share what you have made with Ben, who will teach you how to play your instruments. For ages 8 and up. Attendance is free, but registration is required, and space is limited.

Register at Eventbrite.com.

Due to COVID-19, the EWC Gallery remains closed to the public until further notice. A series of online programs will be offered in conjunction with the current exhibition “Musical Instruments: Sounds of the Asia Pacific” (extended through December 20, 2020). The exhibition features Asia Pacific musical instruments from the Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Music Department.

About twice a month, programs will be presented on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Hawai‘i Standard Time) via Zoom. Programming will include "spotlight" conversations and musical demonstrations by Hawai‘i-based artists, illustrated talks, panel discussions, and an instrument-making workshop for families, culminating in a live-streamed performance event in honor of Professor Emerita Barbara B. Smith on December 20.

“Making Music" Workshop with Benjamin Fairfield, PhD, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Ethnomusicology Lecturer. A fun activity for the whole family! You will receive a written guide and instructional videos to make your own instruments out of repurposed materials at home. Bring your homemade instruments to the online workshop on August 30, where you can share what you have made with Ben, who will teach you how to play your instruments. For ages 8 and up. Attendance is free, but registration is required, and space is limited.

Register at Eventbrite.com.

Due to COVID-19, the EWC Gallery remains closed to the public until further notice. A series of online programs will be offered in conjunction with the current exhibition “Musical Instruments: Sounds of the Asia Pacific” (extended through December 20, 2020). The exhibition features Asia Pacific musical instruments from the Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Music Department.

About twice a month, programs will be presented on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Hawai‘i Standard Time) via Zoom. Programming will include "spotlight" conversations and musical demonstrations by Hawai‘i-based artists, illustrated talks, panel discussions, and an instrument-making workshop for families, culminating in a live-streamed performance event in honor of Professor Emerita Barbara B. Smith on December 20.