About Elias Ka'uhane
A true “island son”, Elias was born on the island of O’ahu & raised in the windward town of Kane’ohe. His musical influences, like most , began at home. His father played ukulele & sang. Elias’ grandparents were well known in the Waikiki music scene & performed with many of the greats of that golden period, such as Aunty Genoa Keawe, Marlene Sai &
Sonny Chillingsworth.
Elias attended Kamehameha Schools from 1973 to 1979, where he was selected to join the acclaimed Kamehameha Schools Concert Glee Choir & sang as a tenor alongside Tony Conjugacion, Lopaka Ho’opii, & Nephi Brown. His love for Hawaiian music was deeply ingrained under the guidance of his music instructors Robert Cazimero, Wayne Chang,
Zillah Young & Dale Noble.
He graduated in 1979 and, after several years of travel & military service, he returned to Honolulu where he met his wife, Lisa, a local haole girl. Elias has been a resident of the Puget Sound community of Richmond Beach, Washington, since 1995. While he’s now a successful Realtor with the leading real estate company, Fireside Homes, his real love has always
been a wide variety of music.
