Hoʻokūkū Hīmeni
Awards by Class

Number of awards won by each class.

Wins by Grade

Number of wins in each grade and category.

Highest Scores

The highest scoring songs since 1990.

Song Directors

Past song directors and their songs.

Judges by Year

Past Song Contest judges, by year.


Judges by Name

This page lists past Song Contest judges with the contests they judged (sorted by name). Each Song Contest has 5 judges, who are prominent figures in music or Hawaiian language. Since the 1970s, more than 175 different people have served as a Song Contest judge.

Our database is a work in progress, so this is not a comprehensive list.

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Judge Contests
Aaron J. Salā '94 2019
Aaron Mahi '71 1980, 1987, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016
Ainsley Halemanu 2024
Albert Glockzin 1957
Alden Levi Kaiʻaokamālie '87 2015
Alice Kalahui 1957
Alva Retta Murray 1961
Alvin Isaacs 1967
Alvina Nye Kaulili 1961
Amy Kalili '89 2010
Amy Stillman 2002
Andria Tupola '98 2016
Annette Kuʻuipolani Kanahele Wong 2014
Anthony J. Palmer 1992
Anthony K. Ako Conjugacion-Cravalho '79 2019
Beebe Freitas 1978
Ben Bollinger 1976
Bernell W. Hales 1984
Beth Piʻilani Parker Uale 2018
Bill Kaiwa 2002
Bob Engle 1989
Buddy Fo 2005
Buddy Naluai 1991
Carinthia Harbottle 1971, 1984, 1998, 2010
Chadd ʻŌnohi Paishon '81 2015
Charles Brennan 1977
Charles K. L. Davis 1968, 1973, 1991
Collette Akana 1983
Dale Nitta 2012
Dale Noble 1996, 2010
Daniel K. Akaka '42 1986, 2013
David Kalama 1959
David Kauahikaua '73 1983
David Kaupu 2001
David Kāwika Eyre 2013
Debbie Kelsey 1993, 2017
Dee Romines 1988
Dennis Kam 1972
Dennis Kamakahi '71 1999
Donald Johanos 1989
Dora Ah Chan 1992
Dorothy Kahananui 1974, 1977
Dorothy Kahananui Gillett '36 1978, 1986
Douglas Engelhardt 1990
E. Tuti Kanahele 1991, 2017
Edward Kaiponohea Hale '68 1979, 1990, 2011, 2024
Edwin Mahiʻai Beamer '46 1977, 2007
Eileen Lum 1978
Elizabeth Nālani Mersberg Ellis 1998
Emily Hawkins 1984
Enoka Kaina 1983
Esther Rhinelander 1972, 1988, 2001
Eunice DeMello 1971
Faylene Mahina Paishon Duarte '94 2018
Florence Pualeipoinaʻole Nicholas 2008
Frank P. Kernohan 1974
Glenn Silva 1974
Hailama Farden '89 2018, 2022
Harold B. Turney 1973
Haunani Bernardino 1976
Hauoli Akaka 2010
Henry Kaalekahi 2002
Herbert Mahelona '85 2012
Hoʻoulu Cambra 1973, 1975
ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier 1989, 2012
ʻIwalani Kahalewai 2005
Jack DeMello 1967
James Smith 1980, 1990
Jean ʻIleialoha Beniamina '74 1988
Jeremy Kamakāneoaloha Hopkins '91 2023
Jimmy Kealohalani Kaina '55 1993
John E. Murphy 1957
John Kameaaloha Almeida 1971
John Keolamakaʻainana Lake 1978, 1998
John McCreary 1971, 1988
Julian Keikilani Ako '61 2019
Justin Kaʻupu '01 2018
Kahauanu Lake 2006
Kahikina de Silva '95 2009
Kaina Waiaʻu '70 2006
Kainani Kahaunaele 2023
Kalaʻi Stern '92 2023
Kalena Silva '71 1976, 1987, 1992, 2005
Kaleomanuʻiwa Wong 2015
Kamanamaikalani Beamer '96 2012
Kamoaʻe Walk 1993
Katrina-Ann Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Oliveira '92 2016
Kauanoe Kamanā '69 1979, 1987, 2006
Kealiʻi Reichel 2014
Kēhaulani Enos '91 2015
Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa 2008
Keiko Kiele Gonzalez '98 2013
Keith Ikaia-Purdy '75 1997
Keith Kalani Akana '75 1984, 1998
Kenneth Makuakāne '73 1999
Kenneth Staton 1980
Keola Donaghy 2009
Keoni Dupont 1980
Kīhei de Silva '67 2002
Kimo Alama Keaulana '73 1999, 2009
Kuʻuipo Kumukahi 2006
Laiana Wong 2000
Larry Lindsey Kimura 1975, 1987, 2016
Lawrence Wong, Jr. '83 1992
Lee Kjelson 1972
Lehuanani Kalima Heine '84 2008
Leila Hohu Kiaha '44 1997
Leilani Violet Kimokeo Hughes '32 1995
Lemuel Aweau 1976
Leonard F. Keʻala Kwan, Jr. 2014, 2022
Les Ceballos 2024
Liana K. Iaea Honda '77 1993
Lilia Wahinemaikaʻi Hale 1991
Lilinoe Kaʻahanui '82 1990
Lilinoe Yong '78 1995
Lorna Lim 2024
Louis "Moon" Kauakahi 2009, 2023
Louise P. Tolles 1961
Luanna Farden McKenney 2011
Lurline Nāone-Salvador '69 1982, 1988
Lynette Kaopuiki Paglinawan '57 2007
M. Kāhealani Naeʻole-Wong '87 2012
Madeline K. Lam 1967
Mahela Rosehill 2000
Makalapua Kaʻawa 1990
Malcolm Nāea Chun 1985
Malcolm Tait 1975
Malia Kaʻai-Barrett '85 2015
Manu Boyd '80 1993
Marlene F. Bourke-Faustina '62 1995
Marlene Sai '59 2014
Martha Poepoe Hōhū '25 1986
Mary "Aunty Malia" Craver 2005
Mealii Kalama 1972
Melvin Gallagher 1959
Melvin Gallagher 1961
Mia-Amor Evaimalo Porreca '01 2023
Mildred Minvielle 1959
Mileka Kanahele 1986
Misty Kelaʻi '78 2013
Moses Kahoʻokele Raphael Crabbe '77 1994
Naomi Losch '63 1975, 1996, 2007
Nina Kealiʻiwahamana 2000, 2007, 2017
Noelani Kanoho Mahoe '51 1972, 1989, 1995, 2007
Noʻeau Warner '72 1992
Nola A. Nahulu '71 1983, 1994, 2010, 2022
Norman Rian 1956, 1959, 1961
Olaf M. Frodsham 1985
Pakala Fernandes 2011
Paul Koki Williams 1980
Peter Medeiros 2002
Pikake Wahilani 1978
Puakea Nogelmeier 1989
Pualani Kanahele 1994
Puanani Wilhelm '77 1997
R. Keawe Lopes 2011, 2024
R. Kekeha Solis 2006
Randie Kamuela Fong '78 1994, 2022
Ray Kala Enos 1985, 1996
Ray Kinney 1967
Ricardo Trimillos 1973
Richard Kamanu '75 2001
Richard Vine 1956, 1959
Robert Edward Lin Nelson 2014
Robert Hines 1974
Robert Holoua Stender 2000, 2011, 2016
Robert K. Nelson 1996
Robert Lokomaikaʻiokalani Snakenberg 1976
Robert Peters 1967
Robert Springer 1991
Robert Uluwehi Cazimero '67 1996
Roland Cazimero '68 1999
Ron Chun 1987
Roy Hallman 1979
Rubellite Kawena Johnson 1974
Ruth Imperial Pfeiffer 1985
S. Haunani Apoliona 1979, 2000, 2008, 2018
Samuel Kaauwai '75 2001
Samuel Keala 1956
Samuel L. Kaʻahanui 1985
Sarah ʻIlialoha Keahi 1977, 1997, 2017
Sarah Kekela Ili 2001
Sarah Nakoa 1986
Scott Speck 1994
Shawn Pimental '90 2013
Susan McCreary Duprey 2019
Sybil Kahaunani Schoenstein 2008
Thomas Kaleikaimana Akana '68 1983, 2009
Timothy Kealiʻi Ho '91 2022
Vernon Reed 1973
Violet Cummings Awai '32 1995
Wainani Kanealii Yim 2017
Wanda Gereben 1975, 1979, 2019
Westin Noble 1984
William Wilson 1977
Zaneta Kēhaulani Tolentino Shintani '89 1999
Zillah Young '63 1971