Maria Winder and Mary Cornish from NZ Ukulele Trust will share successful strategies for teaching musicianship the NZ Ukulele way. This workshop is suitable for beginners and intermediate ukulele players and will cover a range of teaching routines, demonstrating a progression of skills for strumming, plucking and reading ukulele chords and TAB. The NZ Ukulele […]

A practical, hands on workshop to integrate more Te Reo Maori into your classroom, through the use of Music, Song and Dance. Tried and tested methods to help you with enhancing your classroom through the use of Maori Performing Arts, Ukulele, Easy Waiata, Kapa Haka 101, fun games and ideas for resources that are relevant […]

The focus of this day will be level 1 and 2 Performing Arts Technology and Music Technology Unit Standards and the skills and equipment required to teach them.  If you would like to start offering Music Technology Unit Standards this year then this day is for you.  You will be able to start teaching level […]

An advanced day focusing on best practice for teaching and assessment of Level 3 Performing Arts Technology Unit Standards. This will be a practical day recording and mixing a student band in a recording studio.  Places will be very limited for this day so please book early to secure.

*FREE EVENT* Calling all prima donnas and kids who sing, play an instrument, do karaoke, busk, make you-tube videos or just like to listen to cool sounds… Ever been inside a recording studio? Do you wonder how the songs you hear on the radio or itunes are made? Now’s your chance. Come and tour one […]

Chch Workshop, With Anika Moa Thinking of being involved? What to know what it takes? come along.. FREE

An opportunity to immerse yourself in the Kodaly approach to teaching music in the classroom, while developing your own musicianship skills. The course will be an introduction to all the components of the Australian Kodaly Certificate, which The Muse plans to offer next year, in conjunction with Sound Thinking Australia under the leadership of James […]

Led by two of NZ’s most popular music educators, Robert Legg and Christoph Maubach this session introduces an approach to classroom singing based on practical music pedagogies such as Orff and Kodaly. Come and learn how to inspire and challenge your students using a wide range of songs and vocal activities from communities across the […]

August 7th 1.30 – 5pm at The Theatre, Rangi Ruru Session One: Fast tracking finger technique and counting with conviction Rocket Fuel for Woodwind Players – Mark Walton Mark will share with you how he fast tracks his students so they can whiz around their instruments with agility. Come and find out Mark’s tricks that […]

1000 students play ukuleles, marimbas and recorders with a live backing band and special guests. Register your groups early on http://strumstrikeblow.org to get access to the music early and to take advantage of the workshops leading up to it! Audience entry is $5 donation at the door.

The first part of the workshop will focus on children’s songs from around the world. Bring the whole family! In the second part, we will focus on songs from Madagascar. We welcome people of all ages and abilities. Lala is delightful, a wonderful singer with a wealth of knowledge to share.

Wala are a three piece dynamic group on tour from Ghana. Drumming, dance, percussion and soaring vocal harmonies blend to create a stunning experience for all ages. Surrounded by about twenty drums played with hands, feet and sticks, Wala bring their instruments to life as they share a fusion of traditional Ghanaian music and dance […]

Katie Wardrobe is recognised internationally as a music technology trainer and consultant with a passion for helping music teachers. She runs workshops, presentations and online training resources which focus on easy ways to incorporate technology – through a range of creative projects – into what teachers are already doing in their music curriculum. In Christchurch […]