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“Oh, that’s what I learned, that’s what I learned 20 years ago!” And that’s just the purpose of a Kumu - is to help this young adult grow, to help this human grow, as a BETTER human for society.” - IKAIKA MENDEZ.
MOST RECENT DOCS.
IKAIKA MENDEZ: FROM HAUMĀNA TO. KUMU, BECOMING THE VERY ʻEA OF. HAWAIʻI.
HEMA WATSON: HOW TO PAVE THE NEW SOUND OF MELE HAWAIʻI. AS WE KNOW IT.
BABA TAVARES: ACTING ON BROADWAY. MUSICALS AND NATIONAL TV TO BECOMING KUMU OF. THE NEXT GENERATION.
BABA TAVARES: ACTING ON BROADWAY. MUSICALS AND NATIONAL TV TO BECOMING KUMU OF. THE NEXT GENERATION.
MOST RECENT ARTICLES.
HEMA WATSON: HOW TO PAVE THE NEW SOUND OF MELE HAWAIʻI. AS WE KNOW IT.
IKAIKA MENDEZ: FROM HAUMĀNA TO. KUMU, BECOMING THE VERY ʻEA OF. HAWAIʻI.
“What makes me delusional is music-making. It’s the same thing about life.
Life is like a song: You have the pretty notes, you have the dissonant notes, you have harmonies. SO many things within music and performance itself can be applied to the way that I teach, and the way that I TEACH others to teach, and how I live life.
You’re thinking outside of the box: What are things that I can challenge, what are things that I can do that nobody’s ever done before, and THAT’S what makes me delusional.”
— Ikaika Mendez