Kimié Miner’s free songwriting workshop on Huge Island; younger artists can apply : Huge Island Now

Native Hawaiian, Grammy-nominated Kimié Miner is bringing her “MeleCraft Bootcamp” to the Huge Island.

The free weekend workshop on April 21 and 22 is devoted to empowering younger artists with a breakthrough music and psychological well being mentorship collection referred to as Nā Leo (The Voices) by Haku Collective. 

The statewide mentorship program for youth ages 14 to 22 honors Hawaiian tradition, language, enterprise and important life expertise that assist rising music makers to create a brand new sound grounded in sustainable inventive well being.  

Attendees might be mentored in songwriting and performing workouts to hone their artwork whereas being empowered with ability units that improve their confidence as wholesome and economically unbiased contributors to their group as artists. Ability coaching will embrace: music creation, inventive collaborations and an introduction to enterprise model improvement. 

Kainani Kahaunaele and Kaʻikena Scanlon additionally might be featured mentors.

Audition purposes can be found at 2023 Nā Leo Registration Kind. The placement of the workshop might be offered to members.

Miner is a producer, singer-songwriter and multi award-winning recording artist — and a mom of three. She is also the founder and CEO of Haku Collective.

Nā Leo provides youth weekend workshops on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Kauaʻi, that educate aspiring artists the way to create high quality music by means of each an inventive and holistic well being method, whereas remaining genuine and studying important trade expertise that empower self-awareness, wholesome expression, govt considering and resilience.

“The necessity for Nā Leo is in direct response to the isolating struggles Hawaiʻi’s artists have skilled as a marginalized demographic. We’ve got all skilled it,” Miner stated in a press launch. “I actually consider Nā Leo can create a more healthy shared-community for artist-mentees and mentors alike.

“And I do know firsthand what it felt wish to not have my voice heard and the affect that had on my identification … however music gave me a voice. As a transcendent common language, music is a extremely efficient therapeutic medium for our youth, creating an crucial outlet for self-expression, creativity and freedom from the oppression of marginalization.”

Miner and the management of Haku Collective acknowledge the disparity of entry to high quality multimedia schooling for youth in underserved communities.

“Our group, and the demographic that Nā Leo is reaching out to, each its mentors and mentees, have usually been negatively impacted by social determinants of well being, intergenerational trauma and different life circumstances,” Miner stated. “Nā Leo proposes to creatively method underlying points by means of workshops that destigmatize the necessity for behavioral well being assist, and straight add expertise right into a metaphoric toolbox that each mentors and mentees can draw from to deal with on a regular basis challenges.” 

This system is made potential in partnership with the State of Hawaiʻi’s Inventive Industries Division; the state Division of Enterprise, Financial Improvement and Tourism; and Inventive LAB Hawaiʻi Companions.

“As a founding fellow of the inaugural Inventive Lab Music Immersive, which offered the talents and entry Miner wanted to construct her personal music enterprise, Haku Collective, we’re thrilled to assist the launch of NāLeo and its dedication to statewide mentorship by means of mele [song],” stated Georja Skinner, Chief Workplace of Inventive Industries Hawaiʻi.

She stated Inventive Lab Music Immersive offers unprecedented entry to music supervisors and placement firms for nationwide and worldwide licensing in movie, tv and promoting globally.

To observe a video of the primary Nā Leo workshop, click on right here.