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Bishop Museum Celebrates International “Make Music Day” With Free Concert
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to partner with Make Music Hawaiʻi and be one of the signature venues for the worldwide musical celebration Make Music Day, which is held annually on the summer solstice, this year on June 21. Bishop Museum will be one of dozens of locations across the state celebrating the art of music.
"Part of Bishop Museum's mission is to celebrate and perpetuate the culture of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, which includes our rich musical history," said Brandon Bunag, Bishop Museum acting vice president of public programs and director of education. "Following up on our Kaula Piko concert this past December, along with the Royal Hawaiian Band performances on our campus every Sunday, we're honored to be one of the signature host venues for Make Music Day Hawaiʻi," said Bunag.
"Make Music Day is an international celebration that was founded in 1982 in France to demonstrate the power of music to unite and uplift people, to spread joy, and to build community," said Nalani Jenkins, founder of Make Music Hawaiʻi, president of 721, LLC and founding member of Na Leo Pilimehana. "It features outdoor concerts, performances, music lessons, jam sessions and other musical experiences on the streets, sidewalks, parks and public spaces in over 1,000 cites across the world."
The Bishop Museum concert will feature performances by the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Royal Hawaiian Band, Bobby Moderow of Maunalua, Mākaha Sons with Nalani Jenkins of Na Leo Pilimehana, and Kupu Dalire-Naʻauao and Friends. The stage will be situated on the historic Muriel Flanders Lawn, with its iconic kiawe tree and lush tropical foliage serving as a backdrop.
"The concert will be broadcast live on the Make Music Day website," says Jenkins. "Honolulu is one of 15 cities across the world to be given this honor, and Bishop Museum is the perfect backdrop for the world to experience the artistry of Hawaiian music and performance."
*Date: Monday, June 21, 2021 Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Bishop Museum, Muriel Flanders Lawn Cost: Free Parking:* $5
Entry to the concert will be through the Museum's main entrance. The Make Music Day concert at Bishop Musuem is free. Museum admission is required to access all the exhibit spaces.
Performance Schedule
11:05–11:20 a.m. Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus 11:30 a.m.–12:00 noon Royal Hawaiian Band 12:20–12:40 p.m. Bobby Moderow of Maunalua 12:50–1:20 p.m. Mākaha Sons with Nalani Jenkins 1:30–2:00 p.m. Kupu Dalire-Naʻauao and Friends
For more information, please visit MakeMusicHawaii.org.
About 721, LLC:
721, LLC is the State of Hawaiʻi's designated Alliance Member of the national Make Music Day Alliance. 721, LLC will collaborate with BEHawaii and other Hawaiʻi community organizations, foundations, State and City entities, and corporate sponsors, to bring Make Music Day Hawaiʻi to our beautiful, unique islands every year. Hawaiʻi's people, history and culture embrace music and community in a way that combines many genres of music, dance, culture and arts. Make Music Day Hawaiʻi will celebrate that uniqueness.
About Make Music Day:
Make Music Day (or just "Make Music") is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st, the summer solstice. Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part. Thousands of amateur musicians play in public spaces, often for their first time. Professional musicians perform for new audiences, who come out from under their headphones to hear unfamiliar groups risk-free. And everyone is invited to sing along and enjoy the first day of summer. The celebration is observed on the same day in more than 1,000 cities around the world. It is the world's largest annual music event.
Make Music began in France as Fête de la Musique, a national musical holiday inaugurated in 1982. Ever since, the festival has become an international phenomenon, celebrated on the same day in more than 120 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Italy, Nigeria and the United Kingdom, in addition to 85 U.S. cities and the entire states of Connecticut, Hawaiʻi, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Make Music Day is presented by the NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the nonprofit Make Music Alliance. For more information, visit www.makemusicday.org.
About Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Bishop Museum’s mission is to inspire our community and visitors through the exploration, celebration, and perpetuation of the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. The Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in memory of his wife Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a royal descendant of King Kamehameha I. Today, the Museum thrives as an educational center for the community and is widely regarded as the world’s premier institution for Hawaiian and Pacific content.
Bishop Museum’s vast collections of more than 25 million objects and specimens represent nine disciplines and include more than 22 million biological specimens, over 2 million cultural objects, 115,000 historical publications, and 1 million photographs, films, works of art, audio recordings, and manuscripts. These collections tell the stories of the cultures and biodiversity of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific as well as the proud legacy of scholarly research spanning 130 years.
Bishop Museum proudly serves more than 200,000 visitors each year, including 20,000 children on school visits. Guests are encouraged to pre-plan their trip to #HawaiisMuseum with its free digital guide, available through Bloomberg Connects.
To learn more about the Museum’s research, collections, exhibits, and programs, visit BishopMuseum.org, follow @BishopMuseum on Facebook and Instagram, visit Bishop Museum’s YouTube channel, or call (808) 847-3511. Bishop Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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Bishop Museum Press is Hawaiʻi’s oldest book publisher and one of the first scholarly publishers in the Western Hemisphere, and has published over 1,200 titles and distributed over 1 million books in 72 countries worldwide. Bishop Museum hosts a restaurant and gift shop on campus, Tūtū’s Place by Highway Inn and Shop Pacifica by Nā Mea Hawaiʻi.