MENZA Events

Interpreting Māori Legends Through Sound And Movement in ECE

VENUE: Block B, Epsom Campus, University of Auckland, 74 Epsom Avenue, Auckland Please note that both the date and venue have changed. Download the PDF Flyer here. At the end of 2019, Robyn worked with Jacqui at Te Atatu South Kindergarten to involve the children in a very successful project turning a Maori legend into a musical performance […]

Wānanga Puoro – Teachers’ Music PD workshops

Music and dance hold great potential for learning, expression and empowerment for our tamariki, but often teachers feel they don’t have the skills, methods or time to teach these subjects. As Music Specialist kaiako at Te Ara Whānui Kura Kaupapa Māori for the past 4 years, I have experienced wonderful success in enabling ākonga to […]

WELCOME ON IN with Clare McCormack

ONLINE ZOOM  NOTE CHANGE OF DATE TO SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2pm – 3pm For Primary level music specialists or general teachers Zoom on in and get some fun ideas for welcome songs, name songs and games.  Orff and Kodaly inspired. There will be an opportunity to share one of your favourite name games too, if […]

Fine Arts Academy: Integrated Fine Arts Learning in a Blended Program

Join Jenn and Jamie who will answer your questions about blended learning between music educators and general classroom teachers. Hear about their program the FAe- Fine Arts eCademy, a K-8 blended learning fine arts program where students learn through the arts at school and through a personalized learning program at home. This town hall session […]

Free

2020 ONZA Marimba Festival: Songs from Papatūānuku

ASB Stadium in Kohimarama

Lindo Francis Memorial Grant  information click HERE The ONZA Marimba Festival will be conducted in Auckland, Tauranga and Dunedin this year in term 3 and 4. Teachers whose students participate in these events will have the opportunity to attend inspiring professional development, free of charge, once per term, to play through an exciting repertoire fully adaptable […]

$70

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 […]

Wānanga Puoro – Teachers’ Music PD workshops

Music and dance hold great potential for learning, expression and empowerment for our tamariki, but often teachers feel they don’t have the skills, methods or time to teach these subjects. As Music Specialist kaiako at Te Ara Whānui Kura Kaupapa Māori for the past 4 years, I have experienced wonderful success in enabling ākonga to […]

Sing, Say, Dance and Play: Orff Around the World Whangarei 2020

Whangarei Old Library Rust Ave, Whangarei

This workshop for teachers explores our identity in a variety of ways that can provide motivation for music and movement.  Through speaking, singing, moving and playing together we will explore and learn about the Orff approach with an Aotearoa flavour.

$10

Kodály Australia Virtual Summit

Join fellow educators throughout the world for a day of inspiring online presentations, practical workshops and engaging discussions led by internationally renowned leaders. To Sustain the Vision until we can physically meet again in 2022, we have put together a program which includes Keynote Presentations from Dr Árpád Tóth, Dr Anita Collins and Dr László Norbert Nemes along […]

MAHI TAHI – Music Education Symposium

University of Waikato, Tauranga Campus Durham St, Tauranga, New Zealand

MAHI TAHI – Working Together. Music education symposium by the NZ Branch of ANZARME (Australia New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education) Thanks to everyone who has registered for Mahi Tahi so far! We are very much looking forward to getting together in Tauranga from the 1-2nd October. The timetable for the symposium is attached and […]

ANZARME (Australian & New Zealand Association for Research In Music Education)

As you are aware, COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact and forced the cancellation of many face to face events. The ANZARME committee held off making a final decision on the viability of our 2020 Gold Coast Conference as long as possible, and concluded that it is just not possible to proceed at this time. […]

Free music therapy webinar: Evaluating how a music therapy service is valued by its community

In 2019 the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust was awarded a grant by the NZ Lottery Grants Board to commission an independent evaluation of its services. The evaluation was designed to identify the values and impacts that RMTT services have for its clients, families and outreach partner organisations, and the factors that support and challenge participation in […]

Free

Weaving the cultural perspectives into Pūoro – Secondary PLD

Mōrena I’m happy to share the details of the dat of PLD for Secondary School teachers (which was postponed from earlier in the year). Weaving the cultural perspectives into Pūoro Date: Friday 9th October 2020  Venue: The Parnell, Gladstone Rd, Auckland  Course Director: Belinda Carey  Planning Committee: Anne Marie Lalakai & Katrina Daniela  Hear from […]