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June 2021
MENZA AGM 2021
Notifying all MENZA members of the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Hobsonville Point School, Auckland Saturday June 19th 1:30-4pm It will begin with primary/intermediate/secondary workshops, followed by refreshments and the AGM. Workshops: ECE/Primary: TBD Secondary: Delysse Glynn will present. She is the National Assessment Moderator for NZQA, and prior to her role, was a music teacher just like you. Delysse has a wealth of knowledge as has oversight for all of the internal assessments moderation. It's a chance to ask her questions, clarifications and…
Find out more »July 2021
8th New Zealand Jazz Educators Workshops 2021
In 2021, we're planning a special version of the New Zealand Jazz Educators Workshops. Holding the workshops July 9-11 will allow us to offer classes and activities exclusively for educators for three full days, outside of the usual summer student jazz workshops. (It will also allow teachers to attend without taking up too much of your holiday time.) We will have the NZSM Big Band One and student jazz combos on campus for demonstrations of jazz ensemble and combo rehearsal…
Find out more »October 2021
MENZA Conference 2021
Set aside 10-13 October for Music'21 and start booking your trip to Tauranga! Details and website and registration will be here soon. Workshop submissions are currently open. "We are looking at our conference workshops and would love you to tell us what you want from conference and what/who you might like as workshops/workshop presenters. This could be anything from delivering instrumental and vocal lessons online (ideas and equipment setup etc. ), how to select appropriate music/ how to mark etc…
Find out more »Christchurch Big Band Festival and Junior Jazz Jam
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 more! Registration for bands and volunteers is at chchbigbandfest.com
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