One of the heralds and preservers of traditional Hawaiian culture, George Kahumoku, Jr. is an artist, musician, composer, farmer, storyteller and teacher. As a musician he is best known for playing a 12 string slack key guitar, but his immersion in teaching and promoting the Hawaiian way of life extends far beyond his music. His educational history gives some hint of his range -- he is a 1969 graduate of the Kamehameha Schools, a 1973 graduate of the Oakland, CA-based College of Arts and Crafts, where he earned a BFA in sculpture, and a 1993 graduate of the Hawaii State Ag-Leadership Program. Since then he has spent the majority of his time as a farmer, musician and teacher, eventually leasing his organic hog, coffee and herbal tea plantation out so that he and his family could move to Lahaina where he teaches in the Special Motivation Program at Lahainaluna High School on Maui.