The Honolulu Symphony Orchestra is an important part of the state's musical history, and is the oldest orchestra in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains, founded in 1900. Hawaii is home to a number of renowned music institutions in several fields. The historic Lanai Theatre is a cultural landmark on Lanai, dating back to the 1930s. Concerts, graduation ceremonies, and hula shows are very popular at this site, as well as Kennedy Theatre and Andrews Amphitheatre on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall, the Hawaii Theatre in downtown Honolulu, the Red Elephant (a performance space and recording studio in downtown Honolulu), Paliku Theatre on the campus of Windward Community College and the Leeward Community College Theatre. This venue seats 2,400 persons, with the capacity to hold up to 6,000 more on the lawn area. It is a unique outdoor theater located in Kapiolani Park. Over the years many local, as well as international artists, have graced the stage there. Other venues for Hawaiian music on Oahu include the Waikiki Shell, an establishment used primarily for concerts and entertainment purposes. Blaisdell Center Arena, Concert Hall, and Exhibition Hall are three of the largest venues in the state.
A 560-seat venue and cultural exhibition center on Kauai is the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center. Large music venues in Hawaii include the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center, which has 600 seats and is the largest venue on the Big Island. Hawaii is home to numerous hotels, many of which feature music in the afternoon or evening some of the more prominent ones include the Kahala Hilton, the Sheraton Moana Hotel, the Sheraton Waikiki, the Halekulani, Casanova's and the King Kamehameha Hotel. The annual Manoa Jazz & Heritage Festival takes place in early autumn at the Andrews Amphitheatre on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. The annual Pacific Rim Jazz Festival occurs in mid-autumn at the Hawaii Convention Center. There was also a Hawaii International Jazz Festival, which ran from 1993 until 2007. April's Aloha Week is a popular tourist attraction, as is the Moloka'i Music Festival held around Labor Day. Major music festivals in Hawaii include the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, which brings together hula groups from across the world, as well as a number of slack-key and steel guitar festivals: Big Island Slack Key Guitar Festival, Steel Guitar Association Festival and the Gabby Pahinui/Atta Isaacs Slack Key Festival.
Hawaiian music has had a notable impact on the music of other Polynesian islands Peter Manuel called the influence of Hawaiian music a "unifying factor in the development of modern Pacific musics". Music of Hawaiian people is largely religious in nature, and includes chanting and dance music.
In addition, the music which began to be played by Puerto Ricans in Hawaii in the early 1900s is called cachi cachi music, on the islands of Hawaii. Hawaii also made a contribution to country music with the introduction of the steel guitar. Styles like slack-key guitar are well known worldwide, while Hawaiian-tinged music is a frequent part of Hollywood soundtracks. The music of Hawaii includes an array of traditional and popular styles, ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop. For the Decca album, see Music of Hawaii (album).
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