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MENZA speaker series Term 4 2024
October 30 @ 4:00 pm – November 20 @ 8:30 pm
Online guest-speaker sessions in October and November: including Ben Wilcock, Dr Martin Emo, Rio Hemopo, Brenda Oakley, Chris O’Connor and Jade Wrathall. These will also be recorded to watch later if you can’t make it on the day. But they are interactive, so you can have your questions answered if you attend in person. More dates to be announced later.
Wednesday 30 October, 4-5pm
Dr Martin Emo on the NCEA RAMP for 2025 (L1, 2, 3 and Scholarship). Click here for the recording and notes of the session.
Dr Martin Emo is a former secondary school teacher with extensive experience in curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and digital technology in Music through contract roles in public, private and tertiary education. His most recent position was the Learning Area Lead (Dance, Drama, Music) for the New Zealand Ministry of Education, focused on developing and implementing the new NCEA Achievement Standards. Drawing on a range of perspectives and opportunities, he developed and led education strategies for music technology companies Melodics, Serato, and Ableton. In his spare time he grows giant agave flowers, blogs and spins records which you can listen to for free via www.martinthomasemo.com.
Tuesday 12 November, 4-5.30pm
Jade Wrathall’s online presentation: The politics of teaching “the basics” brilliantly. Click here for the link to the session.
Wednesday 20 November, 7-8.30pm
Click here for the link to the session. In this presentation Chris O’Connor unpacks how the humanistic, strength-based approach of his music therapy training and ongoing learning has transformed his music teaching, moving increasingly away from the deficit approach to music education that he experienced in his music learning journey.
Chris O’Connor is a registered music therapist and freelance performer, educator, composer and recording artist specialising in drum set and percussion. Based in Tamaki Makaurau, Chris works as a music therapist in a variety of settings for the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust, as well as performing and recording with the likes of The Phoenix Foundation, Don McGlashan, Sjd, and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra.