Keola Beamer

Grammy Award nominee, Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame Inductee, Native Arts +Cultures Foundation (NACF) Fellow, and multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner Keola Beamer is internationally recognized as one of Hawaiʻi’s most influential musical artists. A pioneering master of Hawaiian slack key guitar, he helped bring this uniquely Hawaiian tradition to audiences around the world while expanding its reach into contemporary, jazz, classical, and world music. Composer of the Hawaiian classic Honolulu City Lights, award-winning author, educator, and cultural leader, Beamer continues Sharing Hawaiʻi through Music, Culture, and Aloha.