Puakea Nogelmeier

American composer of Hawaiian music and chant
Puakea Nogelmeier
Nogelmeier at ʻIolani Palace, 2018
Born
Marvin Nogelmeier

San Francisco, California
Occupation(s)Professor, Linguist, Composer, Kumu Hula
AwardsHawaiian Music Hall of Fame, Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award
Academic background
EducationAnthropology (PhD), Pacific Island Studies (MA), Hawaiian Language and Anthropology (BA)
Alma materUniversity of Hawaiʻi
ThesisMai Pa'a I Ka Leo: Historical voice in Hawaiian primary materials, looking forward and listening back (2003)
Academic work
DisciplineHawaiian Language
InstitutionsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Notable worksThe Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele

Puakea Nogelmeier is a kumu hula, linguist, scholar, researcher, writer and American composer of Hawaiian music and chant who is Professor Emeritus of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Executive Director of Awaiaulu.[1] Nogelmeier was Professor at the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His translation of The Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele won the 2008 Samuel M. Kamakau Award for books of the year.

Nogelmeier was born Marvin Nogelmeier. He was given the Hawaiian name, Puakea, by kumu hula Maiki Aiu Lake.[2] "Puakea" translates to "fair child." Nogelmeier was trained in hula by Mililani Allen, learned Hawaiian chant from Edith Kanakaʻole and Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. He learned much of the Hawaiian language and culture from Theodore Kelsey, Sarah Nākoa, and Kamuela Kumukahi.

In 1999, Honolulu's public bus transportation service, TheBus, hired Nogelmeier to rerecord the voice announcements featured on the bus. Nearly 6,000 individual phrases and place names were recorded for the program. In the process, Nogelmeier researched each Hawaiian place name to ensure the most accurate pronunciation. The recordings have helped to standardize how people pronounce these names.[3]

Life

In 1984, Nogelmeier began teaching Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[4] He retired in 2018 after teaching for 35 years.[5]

Nogelmeier is openly gay.[6]

Academic achievements, awards, and honors

  • Samuel M. Kamakau Award - Book of the Year (2008)
  • Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame (2014) [7]

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards

Over the years, Nogelmeier has been nominated for more than two dozen Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards for a number of categories. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 at the 43rd Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards.[8]

Year Album/Artist Category Result Ref
2020 Ka Lei Moana (Kūpaoa) Liner Notes Won [9]
2020 Ka Lei Moana (Kūpaoa) Song of the Year Nominated [10]
2017 Hoʻokele (Kūpaoa) Liner Notes Nominated [11]
2017 Hoʻokele (Kūpaoa) Haku Mele Nominated [12]
2014 Bumbye (Kūpaoa) Haku Mele Won [13]
2011 English Rose (Kūpaoa) Liner Notes Won [14]
2009 Kamalei: Collection Two (Kealiʻi Reichel) Liner Notes Won [15]
2007 Maluhia (Kealiʻi Reichel) Liner Notes Won [16]
2004 Keʻalaokamaile (Kealiʻi Reichel) Song of the Year Won [17]
2004 Keʻalaokamaile (Kealiʻi Reichel) Liner Notes Won [18]
2000 Melelana (Kealiʻi Reichel) Liner Notes Won [19]

Selected compositions

Hawaiian

Hawaiian-English

  • Bumbye (Performed by Kūpaoa)[21]

Selected bibliography

Linguistics

  • The Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele
  • I Ulu I Ke Kumu : The Hawai'inuiākea Monograph
  • Ke Kumu Aupuni : The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood

Hawaiian Culture

  • Ke Aupuni Mōʻī Edited by Puakea Nogelmeier
  • Keaomelemele ; "He Moʻolelo Kaʻao No Keaomelemele"

References

  1. ^ "University of Hawaiʻi: College of Education".
  2. ^ "PBS: Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox" (PDF).
  3. ^ Keany, Michael (2011-04-11). "Voice of TheBus". Honolulu Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  4. ^ Chad Blair. "Found in Translation".
  5. ^ James Brancho. "Puakea: The Consummate Kumu".
  6. ^ Mickey Weems (January 4, 2016). "January 2016 - EXPRESSION! MAGAZINE HAWAII". Issuu.
  7. ^ "2014 Hall Of Fame Honorees".
  8. ^ "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS".
  9. ^ "43rd Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards".
  10. ^ "43rd Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards".
  11. ^ "2017 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards Final Ballot Nominees".
  12. ^ "2017 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards Final Ballot Nominees".
  13. ^ "A Little Aloha: Kūpaoa Brings Sounds of the Islands to the Central Coast".
  14. ^ "2011 Na Hoku Hanohano Award winners".
  15. ^ "2009 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards spread the wealth".
  16. ^ "Na Hoku Hanohano 2007 Final Ballot".
  17. ^ "Na Hoku Hanohano 2004 Final Ballot".
  18. ^ "Na Hoku Hanohano 2004 Final Ballot".
  19. ^ "2000 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winners".
  20. ^ "The 25 Greatest Hawaii Songs of the New Century".
  21. ^ "The 25 Greatest Hawaii Songs of the New Century".

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Patrons199519961998
19992000
  • Maddy Lam
  • Hawaiian Chanters: Keaulumoku, Ka`opulupulu, Kapoukahi, Kapihe and Hewahewa
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  • Songs honored: Alika, Kalama'ula, Wehiwehi 'Oe
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20062007
2008
  • Joseph Ae'a
  • Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kahau Kauanui Alohikea
  • Anuhea Audrey Brown
  • Thomas Kihei Desha Brown
  • Alice Angeline Johnson
  • John Keola Lake
  • Albert Po'ai Nahale-a Sr.
  • Leo Nahenahe Singers
  • Palani Vaughan
  • James Kaʻupena Wong
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
20142015
  • Lokalia Montgomery
  • Lei Collins
  • Halekulani Girls (Alice Fredlund, Sybil Bright Andrews, Linda Dela Cruz)
  • Jerry Byrd
  • Darrell Lupenui
  • Thaddius Wilson
  • O'Brian Eselu
2016
2017
  • Richard “Babe” Bell
  • The Isaacs ‘Ohana
  • The Kanaka’ole ‘Ohana
  • Krash Kealoha
  • Jacqueline "Skylark" Rossetti
  • Kimo Kahoano
  • Karen Keawehawai’i
  • Melveen Leed
  • Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
2018
  • Beamer ‘Ohana (Nona, Keola, Kapono)
  • Bray ‘Ohana (Daddy and Lydia Bray)
  • Ho‘opi‘i Brothers (Richard and Solomon)
  • Kahananui ‘Ohana (Dorothy Kahananui and Dorothy Gillett)
  • Saichi Kawahara
  • Literary award: He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook (Vicky Hollinger, Kimo Hussey, Puakea Nogelmeier, Carol Wilcox), The Queen’s Songbook (Dorothy Kahananui Gillett, Barbara Smith and Hui Hanai)
2019
  • Pua Haʻaheo
  • Marta Hohu
  • Leila Hohu Kiaha
  • David “Feet” Rogers
  • Harry B. Soria Jr.
  • Kauʻi Zuttermeister
  • Hawaiian Room musicians from the Lexington Hotel, NYC
2020
  • Paused due to the global pandemic
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