  {"id":170233,"date":"2022-12-09T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=170233"},"modified":"2022-12-09T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:45:27","slug":"mele-music-program-entertains-collects-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/09\/mele-music-program-entertains-collects-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"MELE music program entertains for the holidays, collects toys for keiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_170243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170243\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-6.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling students standing behind a table full of donated toys\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-6.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-6-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MELE 205 Students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> music students combined holiday performances, philanthropy and fun for a final class project event that was enjoyed by a crowd of more than 100 attendees. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/post\/program\/mele\/\">Music &#38; Entertainment Learning Experience<\/a> (MELE) program presented its annual MELE\u2019s Kalikimaka in-person event on December 5, after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170242\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Three performers with guitars on stage\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-5-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-5.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JUL\u00c9 Performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Produced by the MELE 205 concert and event production class, this year\u2019s MELE\u2019s Kalikimaka featured performances by <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>i\u2019s rising musical stars including <abbr>PK<\/abbr> DREAMZ, Dominic Carlos, JUL\u00c9 and Backset, and a Polynesian dance exhibition from Mele Luau. The students planned and produced the event as an immersive final project and collaborated with MELE engineering students for audio and tech support.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;MELE\u2019s real-world curriculum and projects helped me understand various career opportunities in the music and entertainment field,&rdquo; said <strong>Autumn Reynolds<\/strong>, a MELE 205 student. &ldquo;I also made valuable connections with my fellow students, industry professionals and community organizations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MELE\u2019s Kalikimaka partnered with Toys for Tots to collect holiday donations. The organizers received more than 100 new toys for keiki.<\/p>\n<h2>More about MELE<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students in a room with sound equipment\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MELE Audio Engineering Students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MELE program utilizes a comprehensive music business and production curriculum meeting the requirements for entry-level training of music industry and production professionals. The curriculum focuses on combining academic experience with real-world applications to prepare students to work in the rapidly evolving global music industry of the 21st century. The program core offers a rounded curriculum grounding students in the basics of the music industry, sound recording and the business of music.<\/p>\n<p>There are two degree paths&#8212;the associate of science in music and entertainment business and the associate of science in audio engineering technology. A degree may be earned during a four-semester sequence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170239\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-2.jpg\" alt=\"Full shot of the party\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honolulu-meles-kalikimaka-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MELEs Kalikimaka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final class project for Honolulu Community College music students featured rising local stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[62,133,404,71],"class_list":["post-170233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-music","tag-music-and-entertainment-learning-experience","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170247,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170233\/revisions\/170247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}