Daniel Ho
		Brief Bio Daniel Ho's simple philosophy of presenting music with sincerity and artistry encompasses six consecutive GRAMMY Awards, number-one albums on national airplay charts, and top-ten albums on Billboard. In 2010, his solo 'ukulele CD, Polani (Pure), was the first 'ukulele album in music history to receive a GRAMMY nomination. On piano the following year, he received a nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album for his CD, E Kahe Malie (Flowing Gently). A Honolulu native, Daniel started music lessons at an early age and spent his teenage years orchestrating big band arrangements. At the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, he excelled in composition and film scoring. He was the leader and keyboardist of the acclaimed '90s contemporary jazz band, Kilauea. Daniel performs original songs in English and Hawaiian that feature his versatility on 'ukulele, slack key guitar, and piano. Notable credits include singing Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U in Hawaiian for the feature film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008), and his widely covered `ukulele instrumental anthem, Pineapple Mango. As an independent record company owner, he pursues excellence in composition, performance, audio engineering, and production. Ever the innovator, Daniel's custom six-string KoAloha 'ukulele, the D-VI, is currently on exhibit at the GRAMMY Museum. Full Bio From his simple beginnings in Honolulu to his life amid the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Daniel Ho has worked over the years as a musician, producer, singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, engineer, and record company owner. The most compelling of these roles has been as a six-time GRAMMY Award winning producer, featured slack key guitarist, and artist in the "Best Hawaiian Music Album" and “Best Pop Instrumental Album” categories. Daniel's musical inclinations were apparent at an early age. His first instruments were organ and 'ukulele, from which he graduated to classical guitar, piano, electric guitar, bass, drums, and eventually, voice. His passion for music led him to study composing, arranging and film scoring at the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles. He began his professional career as the leader, keyboardist, composer, and producer for Kilauea, a contemporary jazz group he formed in 1990. By 1997, Kilauea had released six chart-topping albums, two of which hit the Top 10 on Billboard's jazz charts. In 1998, Daniel set his sights on starting an independent record label and launched Daniel Ho Creations. His interests in photography and graphic design complimented the requisite responsibilities of marketing and production. Slowly, the releases grew into collaborative projects that featured himeni (Hawaiian hymnody), hula, 'ukulele, and slack key guitar. To date, Daniel Ho Creations has released over eighty acoustic and Hawaiian-themed CDs by many of Hawai'i's most respected artists, who are first and foremost friends. Daniel has received numerous Hawaiian music industry accolades including three Na Hoku Hanohano awards and fifteen Hawai'i Music Awards. Daniel is an accomplished singer-songwriter and has shared his music as a soloist throughout the U.S, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Europe, and Australia. He has served as a cultural ambassador for U.S. Embassies; been featured with the Honolulu Symphony; performed as a keyboardist and guitarist for GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, Peabo Bryson; guest-lectured at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) and Todai University (Tokyo, Japan); authored nine music books; and toured as a clinician for YAMAHA Guitars. On a behind-the-silver-screen note, he sang the Hawaiian-language cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U which can be heard during the end credits of the 2008 feature film, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." With the continued popularity of the 'ukulele, Daniel's original song, Pineapple Mango (The Breakfast Song), has risen to fame as an instrumental anthem plentifully covered by 'ukulele enthusiasts around the world on YouTube. Currently, Daniel's custom KoAloha D-VI tenor 'ukulele is on display at the GRAMMY Museum. Daniel is a YAMAHA guitar artist and plays KoAloha 'ukuleles.

		Artistic Recognition: 54th GRAMMY Awards Nominee, Best Pop Instrumental Album 2011 (E Kahe Malie) 53rd GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2010 (Huana Ke Aloha) 53rd GRAMMY Awards Nominee, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2010 (Polani) 52nd GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2009 (Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, vol. 2) 52nd GRAMMY Awards Nominee, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2009 (He Nani) 51st GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2008 (`ikena) 51st GRAMMY Awards Nominee, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2008 (The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar) 50th GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2007 (Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar) 50th GRAMMY Awards Nominee, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2007 (Hawaiiana) 49th GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2006 (Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Live from Maui) 48th GRAMMY Awards Winner, Best Hawaiian Music Album 2005 (Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, vol. 1) Hawaii Music Awards - Children's Album of the Year 2011 (Huana Ke Aloha) Hawaii Music Awards - Compilation Album of the Year 2010 (Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, vol. 2) Hawaii Music Awards - New Age Album of the Year 2010 (Classic Hawaii) Hawaii Music Awards - Best Liner Notes (Honehone I Ka Poli) 2009 Hawaii Music Awards - Contemporary Hawaiian Album of the Year 2009 (`ikena) Hawaii Music Awards - Folk Album of the Year 2009 (Sunny Spaces) Na Hoku Hanohano Award - Religious Album of the Year 2005 (Hymns of Hawaii, vol. 2) Hawaii Music Awards - Inspirational/Gospel Album of the Year 2005 (Hymns of Hawaii, vol. 2) Hawaii Music Awards - Adult Contemporary Album of the Year 2004 (Simple as a Sunrise) Hawaii Music Awards - Slack Key Album of the Year 2004 (Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, vol. 1) Hawaii Music Awards - Slack Key Album of the Year 2003 (Slack Key Guitar Collection) Hawaii Music Awards - Studio Musician of the Year 2003 Hawaii Music Awards - Adult Contemporary Album of the Year 2002 (Coolest Drop of Rain) Hawaii Music Awards - Studio Musician of the Year 2002 Hawaii Music Awards - Adult Contemporary Album of the Year 2001 (Finding My Way) Na Hoku Hanohano Award - Song of the Year 2000 (Saving Forever) Na Hoku Hanohano Award - Religious Album of the Year 1999 (Hymns of Hawaii) #1 Radio & Records National Airplay Charts 1991 Antigua Blue #1 Radio & Records National Airplay Charts 1992 Tropical Pleasures #1 Gavin National Airplay Charts 1992 Tropical Pleasures #3 Radio & Records National Airplay Charts 1993 Spring Break #4 Radio & Records National Airplay Charts 1994 Midnight on the Blvd. #4 Radio & Records National Airplay Charts 1995 Diamond Collection #4 BRE National Airplay Charts 1995 Diamond Collection #11 Billboard National Sales Charts 1991 Antigua Blue #10 Billboard National Sales Charts 1992 Tropical Pleasures #10 Billboard National Sales Charts 1993 Spring Break Young Keyboard Artists International Piano Competition 1986 Semi-Finalist
		Selected Performances: World Trade Center New York, New York Noontime Concert Series Blaisdell Concert Hall Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu Symphony Pops Series 2001 Blaisdell Concert Hall Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu Symphony Pops Series 2003 World Expo Hannover, Germany Slack Key Guitar Festival Gotanda U-port Tokyo, Japan Ukulele Festival Jazztrax Cruise Ensinada, Mexico Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii Bowl Halftime Show Stergrove Festival San Francisco, California Juan De Fuca Festival Port Angeles, Washington Pleasure Isle, Disneyworld Orlando, Florida Southern California Jazz Festival Irvine, California Berk’s Jazz Festival Reading, Pennsylvania Fox Theater Detroit, Michigan Symphony Space New York, New York Spirit Square Charlotte, North Carolina Gilly’s Dayton, Ohio Bakersfield Jazz Festival Bakersfield, California Culbertson Winery Temecula, California Scottsdale Performing Arts Scottsdale, Arizona St. Marks Venice, California Flagstaff Jazz Festival Flagstaff, Arizona Blues Alley Washington D.C. Glendale Jazz Festival Glendale, California Thornton Winery Temecula, California Tower Theater Fresno, California Pre-Playboy Jazz Festival Van Nuys, California Aloha Festival Heritage Square, Phoenix, Arizona Glam Slam Minneapolis, Minnesota Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu, Hawaii Mamiya Theater Honolulu, Hawaii "Finding My Way" TV special Carrowinds Raleigh, North Carolina Jersey Jazz Festival Camden, New Jersey Penn’s Landing Philidelphia, Pennsylvania Congregational Church Deep River, Connecticut Slack Key Festival The Palladium Las Vegas, Nevada Caravan of Dreams Forth Worth, Texas Fort DuPont Washington, D.C. Pacific Jazz Festival Monterey, California Tower Theater Modesto, California Las Vegas Ho’olaulea Las Vegas, Nevada Birdland Tokyo, Japan Spring Mountain Jazz Festival Las Vegas, Nevada Luther Burbank Center Santa Rosa, California Mountain Winery Saratoga, California Street Festival San Jose, California KKSF Listener Party Mountain View, California Chateau St. Michelle Winery Seattle, Washington Kimball’s East Emeryville, California Carter Baron Amphitheatre Washington, D.C. The Bastille Hanford, California Riverfront Park Reading, Pennsylvania The Wave on Stage Santa Monica, California Catalina Jazz Festival Avalon, Catalina Island Marsee Auditorium El Camino College, Torrance, California Japan American Theater Los Angeles, California Main Street International Music Festival San Bernadino, California Oak Leaf Festival Thousand Oaks, California Yosemite Jazz Festival Yosemite, California Lotus Festival Echo Park, California The Front Row Cleveland, Ohio Humphrey’s San Diego, California Wild Animal Park San Diego, California Rodney Strong Winery Santa Rosa, California Taste of Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah KKSF Listener Party San Francisco, California Cubby Bear Chicago, Illinois Century City Marketplace Century City, California New Orleans Room, The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, California Freedom Plaza Washington, D.C. JACL Los Angeles, California KIFM Anniversary Party San Diego, California Club Jazz San Jose, California Michael’s on Main Santa Monica, California Concerts by the Bay Monterey, California San Jose Jazz Festival San Jose, California Yodler Pavillion Mammoth, California Irvine Barclay Theater Irvine, California St. John’s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California Taylor Meade PAC Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan Rams Head Tavern Annapolis, Maryland Wolf Trap Barns Vienna, Virginia Somerville Theater Somerville, Massachusetts Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove, California Palookaville Santa Cruz, California Freight & Salvage Berkeley, California Aloha Festival San Rafael, California Blue Jay Jazz Festival Blue Jay, California Ruth B. Shannon Center Whittier, California Coombs Riverbend Ranch Madera, California Belly Up San Diego, California Sebastopol Community Arts Center Sebastopol, California KKCR Kauai Community College Kauai, Hawaii Mauian Napili, Maui, Hawaii Hyatt Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe, California Unity Christ Church Tucson, Arizona Unity of the Southwest Tempe, Arizona Aloha Concert Cruise Long Beach, California Aloha on the Island Alameda, California The Dance Palace Point Reyes, California 19th & Broadway Fairfax, California Henflings Ben Lomond, California NCCA Northern CA Arts Center Grass Valley, California Sylvan’s Santa Cruz, California Fox & Firkin Corvallis, Oregon Unity of Portland Portland, Oregon San Jose Repertory Theater San Jose, California The Wharf Santa Cruz, California Unity Palo Alto Palo Alto, California Stanford University Palo Alto, California The Artvark Café Aptos, California Pacific Rim 2000 Conference Burlingame, California The Block Orange, California Real Orange Orange, California Maui Ocean Center Ma’alaea, Maui, Hawaii Naniloa Hotel Hilo, Hawaii Taste of Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific Islander Festival San Diego, California California State Fair Sacramento, California OCA Image Awards Los Angeles, California OC-16 Christmas Mele, Ihilani Hotel Honolulu, Hawaii Takanawa Prince Hotel Tokyo, Japan Ebisu Ninnikuya Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Japan Yamano Music Tokyo, Japan Iolani School Honolulu, Hawaii Bon Appetite Westwood, California East West Players Theater Los Angeles, California PVT Nanakuli, Hawaii Asian Pacific Women’s Center Pasadena, California May Day in Las Vegas at the Cal. Las Vegas, Nevada St. George’s Church Waimanalo, Hawaii Waikiki Aquarium Honolulu, Hawaii Waikiki Bandstand Honolulu, Hawaii The State Room South San Francisco, California Dayton Street Festival Dayton, Ohio Ward Theater Honolulu, Hawaii Dragon Boat Festival, Ala Moana Honolulu, Hawaii KSCI-TV Harvest Moon Festival Arcadia, California Island Legends Gardena, California Surfer’s Table Harajuku, Japan Shonan Beach FM Kamakura, Japan Titas Video Release Party Kamakura, Japan Camarillo Community Center Camarillo, California Cherry Blossom Festival Pasadena, California Fashion Island Newport Beach, California Coronado Island San Diego, California Birdland West Long Beach, California Grenada Jazz Festival Grenada, West Indies Benedum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin Farish Street Festival Jackson, Mississippi BB King New York, New York Mohegan Sun Uncasville, Connecticut Bally’s Casino New Orleans, Louisiana Pleasantdale Chateau West Orange, New Jersey Wyndam Hotel Palm Springs, California Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia Yvonne Kennedy Auditorium Mobile, Alabama De Moines Civic Center De Moines, Iowa Aronoff Theater Cincinnati, Ohio Lyric Theater Baltimore, Maryland Oakdale Theatre Wallingford, Connecticut Proctor Theatre Schnectady, New York Eisenhower Hall University Park, Pennsylvania Palace Theater Columbus, Ohio Memorial Auditorium Dayton, Ohio DuPont Playhouse Wilmington, Delaware Shea’s Theatre Buffalo, New York MGM Grand Las Vegas, Nevada Macon Auditorium Macon, Georgia The Dell East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Miami Convention Center Miami, Florida Wisconsin State Fair Milwaukee, Wisconsin Blue Note, Fukuoka, Japan Blue Note, Osaka, Japan Blue Note, Nagoya, Japan Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan Constable Jack's, Newcastle, California Hukilau, San Jose, California Templebar, Berkeley, California Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo, New York Aloha Theater, Kona, Hawaii Ritz Carlton, Kapalua, Maui Raddisson Ballroom, Lihue, Kauai Atherton Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, California Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Almansor Court, Alhambra, California Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, Kentucky Ridgecrest, California 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle, Washington San Francisco Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, California AT&T Wildest Show in Town, Honolulu, Hawaii Parc Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii 34th Annual Ukulele Festival, Honolulu, Hawaii Add Cafe, Shmokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan Yoyogi Koen, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan Blue Moon, Hayama, Yokohama, Japan Jazz on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut Grand Casino, Tunica, Mississippi San Diego Ukulele Festival, Coronado Island, San Diego, California