In the News!
"Kauai Voices Prepares a Mixed Plate" feature story about our Mixed Plate concerts in The Garden Island newspaper 1-17-2020.
"Blast from the Past" feature story about Kauai Voices Sings the 70s concerts in The Garden Island newspaper 6-15-2019.
Kauai Voices Sings the 70s! feature story "Singing the 70s" in The Garden Island newspaper 5-31-2019.
Kauai Voices presents Broadway, Baby! feature story "Welcome to Broadway" in The Garden Island newspaper 1-11-2019.
Kauai Voices offers free Ohana Holiday Concert article featured in The Garden Island newspaper December 14, 2018.
Kauaʻi Voices ʻOhana Christmas Show
The holiday season starts with gratitude at Thanksgiving, sharing joy at Christmas, and anticipation of a new start and new possibilities for the New Year.
Kauaʻi Voices Holiday Ensemble would like to invite our friends and family to Kauaʻi Voices ʻOHANA CHRISTMAS to enjoy an intimate evening of song, cheer and caroling. Enjoy beautiful choral numbers as well as fabulous solos celebrating love, hope, family and music. This is our gift to you, our family, friends and audiences, in a FREE show. Please bring non-perishable food items for the local food bank if you would like to share your aloha with others.
Thursday, December 20 at 7pm, St Michael’s Episcopal Church, corner of ʻUmi and Hardy Streets, Līhuʻe.
Kauaʻi Voices ʻOhana Christmas Show
The holiday season starts with gratitude at Thanksgiving, sharing joy at Christmas, and anticipation of a new start and new possibilities for the New Year.
Kauaʻi Voices Holiday Ensemble would like to invite our friends and family to Kauaʻi Voices ʻOHANA CHRISTMAS to enjoy an intimate evening of song, cheer and caroling. Enjoy beautiful choral numbers as well as fabulous solos celebrating love, hope, family and music. This is our gift to you, our family, friends and audiences, in a FREE show. Please bring non-perishable food items for the local food bank if you would like to share your aloha with others.
Thursday, December 20 at 7pm, St Michael’s Episcopal Church, corner of ʻUmi and Hardy Streets, Līhuʻe.
The RENT Sing-A-Long
FOX will be televising a live performance of the musical RENT on January 27, 2019. With it they are creating a Virtual Sing-A Long Choir from submissions of videos from all over the nation, compiling the best performances from hundreds of submissions. On Tuesday, December 11, while decked out in aloha wear and leis, Kauai Voices gathered a group of their singers to sing "Seasons Of Love" and created a video of the performance with the lush Kauai background. We are hoping that they will select our performance as one of the segments of the Virtual Sing-A-Long. Watch video of our performance here. Read about the Fox show here.
FOX will be televising a live performance of the musical RENT on January 27, 2019. With it they are creating a Virtual Sing-A Long Choir from submissions of videos from all over the nation, compiling the best performances from hundreds of submissions. On Tuesday, December 11, while decked out in aloha wear and leis, Kauai Voices gathered a group of their singers to sing "Seasons Of Love" and created a video of the performance with the lush Kauai background. We are hoping that they will select our performance as one of the segments of the Virtual Sing-A-Long. Watch video of our performance here. Read about the Fox show here.
Kauai Voices Rocks! feature story in The Garden Island newspaper June 8, 2018.
Kauai Voices Share Musical Hearts in Cuba feature story February 18, 2018 on Write Path by Pamela Varma.
Kauai Voices returns from Cuba tour article featured in The Garden Island newspaper February 18, 2018. Writer Pam Varma shares highlights of her experience during Kauai Voices' Cuba tour.
"Many Voices, One Heart" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper February 15, 2018. The article highlights the welcoming home of Kauai Voices members who returned Wednesday following a week long tour of Havana, Cuba. Kauai Voices was the first choir from Hawaii to visit Cuba. The overwhelming sentiment, “we are all the same,” was echoed at the Lihue Airport during the joyous homecoming that included a proclamation presented by Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.
February 14, 2018 is proclaimed by Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. as "Kauai Voices Day" upon their return from a successful performance tour in Cuba. Kauai Voices is Hawaii's first choir to visit Cuba. We were delighted to be able to share aloha with our voices through music.
ALOHA MEETS ¡HOLA! --
KAUAI VOICES VISITS CUBA
FOR PERFORMANCE TOUR
Members of Kauai Voices, the island’s highly popular auditioned choral ensemble, will serve as ambassadors of aloha during a weeklong performance tour in Havana, Cuba, from February 5 through February 14, 2018.
Twenty-one Kauai Voices singers, plus three musicians, will perform in various venues in and around Havana — joining with two notable choral groups for combined performances: Ensemble Vocal Luna, the 12-voice professional Cuban women’s choir and the Entrevoces Choir, the national mixed choir of Cuba.
“We are looking forward to sharing our music and aloha spirit with the musicians and people of Cuba,” said Kauai Voices Artistic Director Randy Leonard. “Music is a universal language, experience, and power in human life, opening doors and hearts. Our goal is to promote — from one island to another — a better relationship and understanding between cultures and people through our mutual love of music.”
The group, which has been planning and organizing the trip for more than a year, will sing its repertoire from its 14th season concerts — A Banquet of Voices — performed January 19-21, 2018. “The singers will also perform the songs Aloha Kauai and Aloha ‘Oe, with a Cuban segment written specifically for this journey,” noted Leonard adding, “Both of these arrangements were specially written for Kauai Voices by Kauai composer and musician Kathleen Dahill.”
When not performing, the musical ambassadors of Kauai Voices will stay in a historic Havana hotel, which is perfectly situated for touring the city, visiting the national art galleries, schools, historic sites, cigar factories, markets and finding locations for spontaneous music and dancing.
Kauai Voices, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 2011, produces two seasons of concerts each year in Lihue. The shows feature a different theme each season with many different styles and genres of music. The group typically is accompanied by piano, an instrumental ensemble, and also highlights soloists, duets, and small vocal groups.
KAUAI VOICES VISITS CUBA
FOR PERFORMANCE TOUR
Members of Kauai Voices, the island’s highly popular auditioned choral ensemble, will serve as ambassadors of aloha during a weeklong performance tour in Havana, Cuba, from February 5 through February 14, 2018.
Twenty-one Kauai Voices singers, plus three musicians, will perform in various venues in and around Havana — joining with two notable choral groups for combined performances: Ensemble Vocal Luna, the 12-voice professional Cuban women’s choir and the Entrevoces Choir, the national mixed choir of Cuba.
“We are looking forward to sharing our music and aloha spirit with the musicians and people of Cuba,” said Kauai Voices Artistic Director Randy Leonard. “Music is a universal language, experience, and power in human life, opening doors and hearts. Our goal is to promote — from one island to another — a better relationship and understanding between cultures and people through our mutual love of music.”
The group, which has been planning and organizing the trip for more than a year, will sing its repertoire from its 14th season concerts — A Banquet of Voices — performed January 19-21, 2018. “The singers will also perform the songs Aloha Kauai and Aloha ‘Oe, with a Cuban segment written specifically for this journey,” noted Leonard adding, “Both of these arrangements were specially written for Kauai Voices by Kauai composer and musician Kathleen Dahill.”
When not performing, the musical ambassadors of Kauai Voices will stay in a historic Havana hotel, which is perfectly situated for touring the city, visiting the national art galleries, schools, historic sites, cigar factories, markets and finding locations for spontaneous music and dancing.
Kauai Voices, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 2011, produces two seasons of concerts each year in Lihue. The shows feature a different theme each season with many different styles and genres of music. The group typically is accompanied by piano, an instrumental ensemble, and also highlights soloists, duets, and small vocal groups.
"Kauai Voices to sing sounds of Christmas" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper December 19, 2017. Kauai Voices "will entertain the community by singing a repertoire of classic and beloved Christmas songs in various venues this holiday season."
"The Music Lives On!" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper May 26, 2017. Our concert is "Classics II, The Music Lives On!" and features our second season of classical choral music.
"The 'Voices' are ready" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper January 27, 2016. The title of our concert is "What a Swell Party!" and features the music of Cole Porter.
Hawaii Public Radio "The Conversation", Interview with Randy Leonard, Tuesday, January 24, 2017. "Kauai Voices: Randy Leonard". Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to find the interview.
KKCR Interview with Randy Leonard, Wednesday, June 8, 2016
"Ain't That Great Music!-Kauai Voices Concert: Randy Leonard"
"Ain't That Great Music!-Kauai Voices Concert: Randy Leonard"
Hawaii Public Radio "The Conversation", Interview with Randy Leonard, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. "Ain't That Great Music!-Kauai Voices Concert: Randy Leonard" Hawaii Public Radio website "The Conversation: Tuesday, June 7th, 2016."
"Review- Kauai Voices: Its best was brilliant" says the review written by The Garden Island newspaper on January 26, 2016.
"Simply the Best" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper January 22, 2016. We have 3 performances at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihue on Friday evening January 22, Saturday evening January 23, and Sunday afternoon January 24, 2016.
"Be Our Guest" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper June 19, 2015. We will be performing part of our "Magic of Music" concert at Hanapepe United Church of Christ on Saturday, June 20, 2015 in celebration of their 125 year anniversary. Tickets can be purchased for this event at Hanapepe United Church of Christ.
"The Joys of Harmony" article featured in MidWeek Kauaʻi in Feature, Coverstory section and also available online at midweekkauai.com February 18, 2015.
"Kauaʻi Voices Sings Music of the Heart" article featured in For Kauaʻi, posted on forkauaionline.com January 10, 2015.
"Love In All of Its Forms" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper January 2, 2015
"Aha Mele Concert to benefit organ restoration" article featured in The Garden Isle newspaper November 28, 2014
Published in For Kauai, June 2014 issue (see page 21).
Kauai Voices "Made In the USA" is currently listed on KauaiFestivals.com for June 20 & 21, 2014
"Kauai Voices set for A World In Harmony" article featured in The Garden Island newspaper
January 17,2014.
January 17,2014.