• National Concerto Competition Preliminaries

    The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand

    17 competitors from around NZ Dates: Thursday 5th December – Preliminaries Friday 6th December – Preliminaries and Semi-Final  Times: Thursday 5th December – 7.30 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. Friday 6th December – 8.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.  6 Semi-Finalists announced at 2.00 p.m.  Friday 6th December – Semi-Final – […]

  • Re-Percussion 2019

    Cashmere High School 172 Rose St, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Re-Percussion 2019 will be held on Sunday 9 December at Cashmere High School. An exciting programme featuring solo and group percussion performances from schools, community groups, professionals, and Pandemonium and Friends!

  • Brass Day Out

    CSO Centre, Christchurch Town Hall 86 Kilmore Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    On Sunday the 15th of December 2019, the third Brass Day Out is here! At the centre of this fantastic day will be Christchurch Symphonic Brass performing a fantastic programme of Christmas classics and beautiful songs arranged for brass. We invite any student who is interested in being part of the student chamber groups to […]

    $50
  • Summer Interactive Concert for 0-8 year olds

    Mount Pleasant Centre 3 McCormacks Bay Road, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Southern Baroque Ensemble on period Instruments. Tickets on Eventfinda and at the door. Cash only: Child $10, Adult $5 1pm Children up to 3 years 2pm Children 4-8 years We are so pleased to be doing another Children’s Concert featuring the Southern Baroque Ensemble with Julie Wylie of Musical Play. Children […]

  • Hokitika – Sing, Play & Create

    Two Music Workshops for West Coast Teachers (both happening Saturday 1:00-4:00pm on 14 March at Hokitika Primary School) REGISTER HERE for WORKSHOP #1 – STRUM STRIKE & BLOW  – For teachers of Years 3-10 (1:00 – 4:00pm) In this fun and engaging workshop we will play some music games and look at the basics of […]

  • Arts Based Learning with Beth Cohen

    Christchurch School of Music (CSM) 100 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Project based learning using easy to play musical instruments to support well-being, belonging, communication, contribution and exploration. This workshop is supported by the MENZA Networks of Expertise. REGISTER HERE When: March 19 from 1:30 – 4:00 PM Where: Christchurch School of Music With “Arts Based Learning” teachers will be able to create their own project based […]

  • National Concerto Finals

    Christchurch Town Hall 86 Kilmore St, Christchurch, Canterbury

    The Final is being held at the James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall at 7.30p.m. The Finalists will be accompanied by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Ken Young.   2019/2020 National Concerto Competition Finalists: Left to right: Lixin Zhang (Christchurch), Leon Chen (Auckland) and Ashani Waidyatillake (Auckland)

  • Music Education Canterbury AGM

    Music Education Canterbury has its 2020 AGM in a different format this year. Yes, it’s  Zoom meeting. That means we won’t notice if you attend in your slippers. We look forward to hearing a beautiful clarinet item from the MEC CSM scholarship winner Ryan Hong followed by an enlightening and efficient AGM. We ask that […]

  • Young recorder virtuoso goes for Baroque

    Arts Centre, Christchurch

    Young gun musician Lily Doak has earned a soloist spot in two prestigious classical music concerts, where she is keen to show what her favourite instrument, the recorder, can do. The University of Canterbury (UC)’s School of Music presents Together Again in The Great Hall of the Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora on 22 […]

  • Teacher Training in Music Technology MUSIC & VIDEO PRODUCTION Christchurch

    St Andrew’s College Christchurch, New Zealand

    Producing quality videos for online submissions As a result of COVID19 many school competitions such as Rockquest and the Chamber Music NZ Competition are now inviting video submissions of school bands and ensembles. ​While these competitions don’t require a top quality studio recording of your school groups, wouldn’t it be nice to know how to get […]

  • JAZZQUEST

    Ara Music Arts 130 High Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Christchurch’s Premier High School Jazz Band Competition JazzQuest is an annual competition showcasing the quality of some of the country’s top secondary school jazz bands and musicians. It offers young jazz musicians a chance to mix, mingle with and challenge themselves against others from around New Zealand. Bands are awarded gold, silver and bronze awards, […]

  • Network of Expertise – Percussion workshop

    REGISTER HERE PERCUSSION WORKSHOP  Thursday 27th August – 1pm – 3:30pm St Anne’s School 739 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch A workshop on using everyday objects as instruments. • Multi-Level • Various learning styles • Transferable – Inside and Outside • Management techniques • Rhythm & fun • Group work and Confidence Free for MENZA members […]

  • Writing Songs for Children – A workshop with Kath Bee

    St Clair School 135 Richardson Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand

    So, you want to write songs for your tamariki? Cool! The goal of this workshop is to write and perform a song to the group. Don’t worry about the nerves – it’s normal! We will do some exercises to get into the mindset of a child, discuss what children like to hear in a song […]

    $20
  • Cancelled – Kodály Aotearoa Professional Development

    Cancelled due to Covid’19 restrictions For further information about the following events, please contact Megan Flint – meganjude@xtra.co.nz Kodály Music Education are working in conjunction with Project Prima Volta and the Cuskelly College of Music to run these courses in New Zealand. For those of you who are looking at completing Primary 2, Primary 3 […]

  • Cancelled – Kodály Aotearoa Professional Development (Taster)

    Cancelled due to Covid’19 restrictions For futher information about the following events, please contact Megan Flint – meganjude@xtra.co.nz Kodály Music Education are working in conjunction with Project Prima Volta and the Cuskelly College of Music to run these courses in New Zealand. The following events in Christchurch are yet to be confirmed due to Covid’19 […]