The History of Music Education at Kamehameha Elementary School: The First Twenty Five Years(1888–1913) By Gayla S. Traylor Music has always been integral to the curriculum at the Kamehameha Schools. Since the School’s opening in 1888, this discipline has been fully supported by both the organization’s board of trustees and administration, making Kamehameha Schools atypical among educational institu tions here in the state of Ha wai‘i . Mu ch cred it is due to the founder and bene factress ofthe schools, Princ ess Bernice Paua hi Bishop. Her philosop h y and love for music, chi ldren and education set in motion a rich heritage and legacy that has benefited Hawaiians for 113 years. To understand wh y music education has always been advocated and sustained at the Kameha meha Sc hools throughout the years of changi ng e ducational philosophies, trends and methods, one must get to kno w the person of Bernice Pau ahi Bishop and her husband, Charles Re ed Bishop. History of Bernice Pauahi Päkï Bishop Bernice Pauahi Päkï Bishop, great-granddaughter of King Kamehameha I, was born in Honolulu on Decembe r 19, 1831. Herali‘i (royal) parents were High Chi ef Abner Ke‘ehu Päkï and High Chiefess Laura Kanaholo Konia. She received her education from the age of eight to eighteen at a boarding school called “The Chiefs’ Children’s School” that was located near the site of the present State Capi tol. Amos Starr Cooke and his wif e, Juliette Montague Cooke were hired by