Summary
Keola Donaghy is an ethnomusicologist, composer, and Associate Professor of Music at University of Hawai‘i Maui College who directs the Institute of Hawaiian Music and shapes Hawaiian music education and scholarship. With a PhD in Ethnomusicology and an MA in Hawaiian Language and Literature, his research probes authenticity and authority in Hawaiian song—extending his MA thesis work comparing spoken and sung stress into a doctoral ethnography engaging practitioners. A prolific composer and producer whose mele have been recorded by leading Hawaiian artists and featured as the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards theme, he also brings decades of technical expertise in music technology, digital audio, and media coordination. Active in cultural leadership, he serves on the boards of PBS Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts, bridging academia, community, and industry in service of Hawaiian language and music revitalization.
9 years of coding experience
Ph.d., Ethnomusicology, Ph.d., Ethnomusicology at University of Otago
Grad. Certificate, Telecommunications and Information Resource Management, Grad. Certificate, Telecommunications and Information Resource Management at University of Hawaii at Manoa
MA, Hawaiian Language and Literature, MA, Hawaiian Language and Literature at University of Hawai‘i System
hawaiian, māori