Recent News
2010 Nā Hōkū O Hawai‘i Music Festival Announced!
A four-day Hawaiian music festival will precede the annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards ceremony on May 30. Please visit the website of the Nā Hōkū Hawai‘i Music festival for more information.
2010 Nomination Form and Guidelines Online
The nomination form and guidelines for the 2010 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards are now available for download, and you can also submit entries online this year for the first time ever! Please visit the Awards Page and scroll down to find the links. Please note that all entries must be received at the HARA office no later than January 29, 2010, and they must include all required deposit materials as specified on the nomination form. Entries received after that date or missing required deposit materials will not be accepted.
The HARA November 2009 newsletter is now available for download.
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Welcome to the website of of the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). The Academy is a nonprofit organization formed in 1982 to stimulate interest in the local recording industry and the music of Hawai'i.
HARA traces its origins to Hawaiian Radio KCCN, which conceived and organized the 1st Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards in 1978. KCCN celebrated its 30th anniversary in 1996. The Academy highlights its year by producing the Nā Hōkū Hanohano honoring the achievements of excellence in the recording arts. Only entries created, produced, and/or engineered; recorded by a local resident artist, musician, or technician, released during the eligible year; and primarily distributed in Hawai'i are acceptable for nomination (non-resident entries qualify only in the genre categories, Hawaiian, Contemporary, Anthology, Christmas, etc.).
Click here to find out how you can become a member and support our local recording industry.