Anela has been playing for weddings, festivals, parties, and other events on Kaua'i for 12 years. The harp is her second instrument, just slightly more portable than her first, the piano. Classically trained on the piano starting at age 4, Anela branched out into jazz and improvisation in college. She's been playing by ear ever since and loves to arrange unusual songs on the harp; mostly contemporary and Hawaiian. Anela is currently recording an album of Grateful Dead songs entitled "Harpin' on the Dead".