By Moses Goods and Noa Gardner, in collaboration with Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings

In 1889 a student at Kamehameha Schools fabricated a steel bar in the school’s machine shop, slid it across the strings of his guitar and changed the sound and shape of the instrument forever. The grandson of a royal chanter, Joseph Kekuku played his steel guitar for royalty in Hawai‘i and across Europe, inspiring musicians around the world with the new “Hawaiian Sound”.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DATES

Sundays:
• May 11, 18, and 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm