Category: Auckland & Northland / Tāmaki-makau-rau & Tai Tokerau
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Article: Te Hiku Music Academy – Change Doesn’t Come Easily
What a tough time for musicians and music in general! As society emerges from Covid restrictions and the world regains a sense of normality, we musicians are now getting those bookings again and able to share our music. As much as our work as music educators has endured the restrictions, it has been stressful. Planning events…
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Article: Accelerated Learning Through Toi Māori Wānanga Pūoro
Ko te piko te māhuri, Koia te tipu o te rākau. He rito tangata, he mauri reo, he mauri oro, he mauri ora. KA TŪ TAHI TĀTOU KI TE KOHIKOHI I TE MĀTAURANGA HEI ORANGA TINANA, HEI ORANGA WAIRUA KIA TŪ TANGATA AI TĀTOU A flounder will never return to the spot in which it…
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Nurturing songwriting talent through ‘Play it Strange’
If we could SEE songs, they would be luminous trails in the breath of space. And from there, they drift down to us, and we absorb them. We respond emotionally to every one we hear. That might be in the subconscious, that might be in our present mindfulness. The ones we can sense are like…
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ONZA 2018 Summer Workshop
Date: Saturday January 20: 9.30am – 3.30pm Venue: Wairau Intermediate, 113 Becroft Dr, Forrest Hill, Auckland This movement/music workshop will offer participants the opportunity to engage with Māori legend/story using processes involving dance and music. Participants will explore ways of integrating the elements of dance from the NZ Curriculum with Maori dance movements associated with haka,…
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MENZA Auckland PD Day
MENZA Auckland PD Day – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Event details Friday 2 June 2017 Manurewa High School 67 Browns Rd, Manurewa, Auckland. MENZA is pleased to present a dynamic line-up of workshops for primary, secondary and itinerant teachers of music. Hosted by Manurewa High School, workshops will focus on songwriting for both primary and secondary, recording, drumming and teaching…