Aloha from Anela!

About Anela
Anela has been serving Kauai since 2001, playing the celtic harp for weddings, blessings and other special occasions.

Inspired by the slack-key style of Hawaiian music, Anela brings its soothing touch into her harp music. Combining classical, contemporary, Celtic and Hawaiian music into one melodious style is Anela’s unique gift to Kauai.

Biography
Anela Lauren is a well-known harpist on the island of Kaua’i. A classically trained pianist from the age of four, she branched out into jazz in college and took up the harp in 1993. After training in Washington, D.C. and Moloka’i, HI, Anela began to play professionally in 2001.

She plays regularly at weddings and island events and has been a weekly performer at Caffe Coco, the Hukilau Lanai and the Storybook Theatre. Anela has played onstage with slack-key virtuosos Makana, Stephen Inglis and Cindy Combs, and took the stage with folk great Michael Franti for New Year’s 2006.

In 2007, she performed at Hawaii Public Radio’s Atherton Theatre with Millicent Cummings as well as at the Kaua’i Healing Garden Festival and the International Goddess Dance Festival.

In 2008, Anela teamed up with "the slack-key lady" Cindy Combs to form the group Lilia. Lilia opened for Na Leo Pilimehana at the 2008 Heart Association fundraiser and recently performed at the annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival.