Maui Songwriter Rounds

Hi songwriter friend!
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Our next songwriting workshop and in the round show- coming up soon on Jan 8 and 10.
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The Songwriters-in-the-Round Show is Thursday Jan 8 at 7:30 at ProArts Playhouse in Kihei- Nicole Olney (Desert Hollow) and Sara Jelley (that's me!) are playing!​
Show Tickets for 1/8: https://proartsmaui.org/event/maui-songwriter-rounds-jan-8-2026/​

If you haven't been to an in-the-round style show, it is not like any other live music at a bar situation - this one will be juicy because it is only two of us, sharing the deepest dive behind our original songs. I'm such a fan of Nicole and her band Desert Hollow with Xander Hitzig. They make some sweeeeeet tunes!

About the artists:

Nicole Olney is a poet, a yogi, and an aspiring five-string banjo witch. Born in the Mojave desert and cured in west LA, she then found herself paddling across the pacific ocean on a surfboard looking for waves. She landed on Maui, and discovered a wellspring of healing: sitting in her jungle yard writing solo songs on guitar. Her songs are articulate and dreamlike, weaving seamlessly between vivid grounding imagery and illuminated questioning that hits straight to the core. Her voice carries the kind of vintage vibrato power you’d find on a dusty old country record, and also a tender softness that leaves you with a feeling of ease.
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Sara Jelley is a indie/folk pop vocalist and songwriter and vocal coach living on Maui. Her cinematic indie pop songs sound like Sara Bareilles, Lizzy McAlpine and Jewel, and are aimed at inspiring listeners to be vulnerable and fully sit with and experience the entire range of our human emotions, from anger to bliss and all that’s in between. Her music often touches on her journey through anxiety, PTSD, and codependency, aiming to create a therapeutic experience for listeners. Sara had a song recently placed on Netflix’s Selling the City and Perfect Match.
Sara’s recent new album, “New Moon” is her second solo release, and contains collaborations with many talented artists from Hawaii and beyond. New Moon is about starting fresh with clarity out of a disheartening period of stuckness, by finding your connection to your own worthiness and your choices of how to show up as the best version of yourself with the time you have left.
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The Collaborative Workshop is Saturday Jan 10 from 10-4 (same place)
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Workshop Registration 1/10**: https://sarajelleymusic.kit.com/products/maui-songwriter-rounds-workshop-songwrit​
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Bring a song to share and be ready to write a new one!

**(participants coming to the show on Thursday can buy tickets above- not included in the workshop)

Hope to see you next week, can't wait to make music with you and hear your songs!
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Sara

Join us for a lovely evening with and sharing original songs and stories! Tickets available now at ProArts . Org!

Registration is now open! Save the Date for January 8th show, but sign up NOW for January 10th Workshop! Check below.

Hawaii songwriters- been craving community with your fellow creators? This is for you! We host a full day workshop for songwriters of all experience levels to get feedback on their work from people who get it- AND the 2nd half of the day is creating a brand new song with people you’ve maybe never worked with before- to a real industry brief!! Come join us April 26th (Saturday) and get your ticket to the Thursday Songwriter Show included!! More info at MakeMusicMaui . Com 💜💜💜🩵🩵🩵💚💚
**use code EARLYBRD for the rate above until April 11!
Takes place at in Kihei
Thanks 💯 to our sponsors !

ANNOUNCING: Maui Songwriter Rounds Show- Thursday April 24 7:30pm - tix at Proarts Maui . Org! With this bonkers great lineup:
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Tempa & Naor
George Kahumoku
Tanama Colibri
Scott Buchholz .buchholz (Big Island)

These songwriters are all LEGENDARY and I can’t wait to have them all on the same stage for the first time ever!

Workshop details coming soon but I’d get your seats for this Thursday night show ASAP!

Many thanks to our co-sponsors
and Making Space Within Home Organizing 💜💜 we appreciate you!

5 Years of Maui Songwriter Rounds Special Giveaway! 🎉

We’re celebrating 5 Beautiful Years of Maui Songwriter Rounds shows and workshops, and to thank you for all your love and support, we’re giving away something truly special!

✨ What You Can Win:

• TWO (2) Tickets to the upcoming show on November 17th at ($50 value) PLUS $100 gift card to to spend on the gear you’ve been eyeing, or give to the musician in your life! (total $150 prize!)
• Runners up will win: Either a $40 or $20 gift card to Bounty Music!

How to Enter:

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2. Tag 3 friends in the comments
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4. For an extra entry, tag 3 more friends!

📍 Giveaway is open to USA residents only.

➡️ Ends on Friday November 15th! The lucky winner will be announced on November 16th.

Good luck!

Thank you to sponsors

Here’s what we’re about- fostering collaboration and a comfortable space for songwriters to share their original work and the craft of songwriting with intimate audiences and with each other. To connect the songwriters of all the Hawai’i islands more deeply, and to connect them to the larger US music industry through education and networking opportunities. interested? Come join us at our next show! November 17th show in Kihei at ProArts - tix are live ✨✨also, it’s my birthday show so come have cake after! 🎂