Music Performance Trust Fund 75th Anniversary! The Music Performance Trust Fund’s (MPTF) mission is to enrich lives through music and to contribute to the public knowledge and appreciation of music. To this end, MPTF has, for 75 years, provided grants to pay musicians to provide professional-level, quality musical experiences to public school students, older citizens, […]
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Member Spotlight: Abe Lagrimas Jr.
Member Spotlight: Abe Lagrimas Jr. — Multi-faceted, Multi-talented Local Hero Lots of Local 677 members talk up medical benefits, emergency financial assistance, equity and support during contract negotiations, and a general safety net of assistance. Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner two times over, Abe Lagrimas Jr. (Solo Ukulele – The King of Pop, Beyond Words), […]
MPTF Opportunities & Update: “A C...
MPTF Opportunities & Update: Music Performance Trust Fund presents: “A Celebration of Live Music: A Labor of Love” MPTF will fund at 100 percent, including payroll costs and performances during the Labor Day Weekend, September 2 through 5. Performances must be free and open to the public. Studio 909 may be available for performances. In addition, […]
Announcements, Summer 2022
Announcements The next General Membership Meeting on Monday, August 29, 2022 at 7 p.m. will be online via Zoom, as well as in-person (for the first time since the pandemic began) at the Musicians’ Association of Hawaii, Studio 909. A Zoom link and meeting agenda will be sent. Please make plans to attend, in-person or online, and stay involved […]
IN MEMORIAM: GABE BALTAZAR
IN MEMORIAM Gabe Baltazar, November 1, 1929 – June 12, 2022 Goodbye to Gabe Gabe was first and foremost a jazz musician who played with the best. He was respected and loved by so many of his legendary buddies from the Kenton band and his Hollywood recording studio days. A true humble genius, he was […]
Member Spotlight: Katy Luo
Member Spotlight: Katy Luo Gives Her Students a Platform to Live the Music They Learn Two-year Local 677 member Katy Luo is a triple threat: she plays piano with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra, she teaches music at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the University of Hawai‘i at West O‘ahu as a lecturer, and […]