About Us

Saturday
October 29, 2011
3:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Will-Call Desk Opens at 2 PM

The Hawai'i Convention Center
1801 Kalakaua Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815

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About Pacific Rim Jazz Festival

With the sold out success of it’s inaugural year the Pacific Rim Jazz Festival continues it’s tradition of bringing in world class entertainment to Hawaii as well as continuing to support the local community through it’s charitable contributions. With it’s goal of bringing in diverse talents from Pacific Rim nations the festival hopes to continue it’s reach and popularity to the international community as well as the USA. It is also the intent of the festival to highlight and feature many of Hawaii’s own talented artists and musicians and in the process allowing them the opportunity to share the stage with world class artists . We are proud to announce our new and bigger venue The Hawaii Convention Center Ballroom. We hope to substantially grow our audience and increase accessibility to Hawaii’s tourist center in Waikiki.

Michael Paulo
Event Producer

Apaulo Music Productions is proud to present The Pacific Rim Jazz Festival which is destined to become one of Hawaii’s finest concert events. Michael Paulo has been in the music business for over 35 years. Through his longtime relationships, Paulo has brought a diverse group of award-winning, world-class talent to the events around the world . Well-known artists such as Al Jarreau, Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams, Oleta Adams, Paul Jackson Jr., Christopher Cross, Ray Parker Jr., Eric Benet , Patti Austin, James Ingram, Stephen Bishop, David Benoit, Peter White and many more have shared the stage with Paulo.

With eight solo releases to his credit and numerous studio sessions Michael has been a mainstay in the jazz world. In 2003 and 2004, Michael expanded his horizons performing with the Honolulu and Asian American Symphonies. Michael is currently completing a project featuring his compositions and performing with a forty piece orchestra with David Benoit at the helm as conductor and arranger.

As the Producer for the Temecula Wine and Music Festival in California for the past seven years, Michael is no stranger to the international festival scene. Paulo spent fifteen years as the musical director and host of the Dolphin Days Music Festival in Hawaii, an event that benefits the Shriner’s Hospital for children. He has also recently been active as a musical coordinator and artist in residence for The Java Jazz Festival, one of the Largest International Music Festivals in the world.

Currently, Michael produces popular Smooth Jazz Concerts in Hawaii. With over 20 concerts to date and more slated, Michael has been instrumental with the resurgence of Jazz and instrumental music in Hawaii. Other current projects are Grooves in the Grove Jazz series at the World Famous La Quinta Resort and Spa in Palm Spring, The 2nd Annual Pacific Rim Jazz Festival, and 2012 8th Annual Temecula Wine and Music Festival.

The Kapolei Foundation
501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization

The Festival will be benefiting the Kapolei Foundation. The Kapolei Foundation has raised over one million dollars in the past seven years and has granted over 500 scholarships to deserving students in the Leeward Community of Oahu. It has served to help enrich the lives of many of Hawaii's families and youth that would not have the opportunities of higher education. One of the goals of the festival is to raise funds to provide a music scholarship program that will help promote and nurture Hawaii's culture and art. This year as a result of the festival, the foundation was able to give out over $30,000 in scholarship funding to students based on merit desiring to further their education through college. On behalf of the festival's producer, the foundation was able to fun the first ever music scholarship program.