Join us for GIG STARTERS – an introduction to ALL AGES music events, with a seminar and workshop followed by a live performance Designed as an introduction for young people to create and produce all ages live music shows, the Gig Starters up-skilling event will kick off with a 4pm seminar featuring a panel of […]
The 2 day conference looks at specialist teaching areas in middle schools. Three keynote addresses Teacher practitioner, team leader World-leading innovator, Rocket Lab presenter Educators of innovators School Visits Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Chisnallwood Intermediate (including an in depth look at the music programme there) Casebrook Intermediate Cobham Intermediate Workshops with practitioners Tertiary Visits […]
Any school group (all ages) and anyone in the community (again all ages) are welcome to join Music Education Canterbury and Tūranga Central Library to celebrate the end of NZ Music Month by singing, signing and/or playing uke for the winning 2021 Hook Line and Singalong Song! Venue: Tūranga Central Library, Tautoru / TSB Space […]
We all know that kids love hitting things – so why not embrace this enthusiasm and use it to engage your students in a whole range of musical activities! In this workshop, Kaboom will guide participants through a collection of their favourite classroom percussion activities that they have used with students all over the world. […]
Festival of 1,200 students performing on ukuleles, marimbas and recorders held annually in Christchurch. School group registration and details at strumstrikeblow.org.
Little Andromeda – Level 1/134 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City This conference will empower primary teachers from NE to Year 8 with tools to work with the new and revised Digital Technologies curriculum content and the Music curriculum. Designed for all classroom primary teachers of any level of music and digital technologies experience. Teachers will […]
The 2021 Festival of Brass brings New Zealand’s best brass and percussion musicians, of all ages, to the magnificent Christchurch Town Hall complex for a week of competition events. Many of the events are free of charge. So come along and sample the solo and ensemble events on Wednesday and Thursday, the Parade of Bands […]
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, […]
The 2021 National Secondary Schools’ Brass Band Camp is on in Christchurch from 5 to 9 October 2021. Application forms for the 2021 National Secondary Schools’ Brass Band are ready to be distributed. Please email Sandra Ginever on nssbb2021@gmail.com and she can forward you a copy. Full details of the audition process and time schedule are on the application […]
The annual Christchurch Big Band Festival runs over Labour Weekend. Highlights include: All age bands from around NZ performing in a range of wonderful locations in central Christchurch “Junior Jazz Jam”, an event for primary school Big Bands (up to year 8) Early Childhood interactive educational show Big Band Ball Gala concert workshops and lots […]
An event for Primary School Jazz Bands! (Up to year 8) Bands get the valuable opportunity to play to each other, get feedback from jazz graduates and to play together! This event also kicks off the Christchurch Big Band Festival that runs over 5 days. Please fill in this registration form if you would like […]
Music Education Canterbury’s annual AGM – March 30th via Zoom. A great chance to get updates from MEC and most of our affiliated local music education groups! AGM Attendance form (with Agenda and reports)
About Strum Strike and Blow 2022 Wednesday August 10th 2022 Strum, Strike and Blow is an exciting amalgamation of the ChCh Marimba Festival and ChCh Uke Fest which will feature over 1000 students playing marimbas, ukuleles. The Festival is run by Music Education Canterbury and Christchurch Civic Music Council and is in its 8th year […]
We invite local audiences, whānau, and friends to join us as we celebrate the choral achievements of our most talented young singers at The Big Sing Cadenza (Rotorua, Whanganui, and Timaru) and National Finale (Christchurch) in August. Choirs will present their recital programmes during the competitive sessions, and each festival will culminate in a gala […]
Annual Big Band Festival attracting all-age bands from around NZ. Includes Junior Jazz Jam – for primary school jazz bands ECE interactive jazz show Secondary school jazz big band performances in exciting locations around the city! Community and professional band performances Gala concert and guests Chch Youth Jazz Orchestra Workshops! and more Register your band […]