Mainstage Hosts World Music Concert And Ukulele Workshop On Saturday

Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winners, the duo Kupaoa, and Patrick Landeza, an exceptional and award-winning slack key guitarist, perform an evening of slack key, hula and stories, Saturday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Volume-Live Music Café, 5600 Rt. 42 (Black Horse Pike), Turnersville, NJ.

The lovely entwining voices of Lihau and Kellen Paik have delighted listeners and audiences for almost a decade, starting out as musicians who shared stages with friends and each other; and then gelling seven yearsago as the duo Kupaoa, who have since become a solid institution in the field of Hawaiian music.

Landeza, from Berkley, California, has also been producing Hawaiian concerts for over twenty years, and teaches slack key guitar in music camps and classes around the country.

In addition, prior to the concert Mainstage will host a Ukulele Workshop where participants will spend an unforgettable afternoon learning with Patrick Landeza (Kala Ukulele Artist), and Lihau and Kellen Paik (Koaloha Ukulele Artists), 1 p.m. at Academy Hall, 27 South Black Horse Pike in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township.

This is a chance for participants to explore and improve their ukulele playing in a relaxed, focused environment. This will be a very hands-on workshop. Open to easy-intermediate, intermediate, and advanced players. Those who can change basic chords while keeping basic time, you will be very comfortable taking this workshop.

To register for the concert or workshop, visit www.mainstage.org.