MENZA Events

AMIS Music Educators’ Online Summit

AMIS is pleased to present an online event to support global music educators who are facing an uncertain return to teaching in the autumn of 2020.  The Online Summit will be offered in two components: ASYNCHRONOUS PROGRAM A library of 80 asynchronous, pre-recorded workshops created by music educators and guest presenters from all over the world.  […]

£99 – £149

Wellington Orchestra Festival 2020

Scots’ College 1 Monorgan Road, Strathmore Park, Wellington, New Zealand

Thursday November 5 Scots College This is an opportunity for students to participate in an orchestra. Teachers can use the arranged music to support students to learn their parts for the festival, often alongside instrumental tutors (private or otherwise). From this, small school performing groups can result. Instrumental parts include strings, brass, woodwind, percussion as […]

$50 – $80

DAYTiME 2020 Sydney

Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Presented by Music EDnet, DAYTiME is an annual one-day professional development conference focusing on the effective integration of technology in music education. It offers a unique opportunity to hear from some of the most knowledgeable and experienced exponents of the use of technology in music education, as well as some time to network with your […]

KIWILELE FESTIVAL

THIS YEAR’S KIWILELE FESTIVAL WILL BE ON SATURDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2020 TRUSTS ARENA, AUCKLAND 12pm – 3pm – Gates open at 10am The happiest day on Auckland’s event calendar, the NZ Ukulele Festival is a FREE fun-filled family music event. The line-up features The Kiwileles’ Massed Schools 2500-strong Ukulele Orchestra, the amazing NZ Ukulele Squads […]

Giving Direction 2020 – professional development for choral directors

Hastings Girls’ High School 508 Pakowhai Road, Frimley, Hastings, New Zealand

The NZCF Association of Choral Directors (ACD) will run a one-day choral conducting workshop on Saturday, 7 November 2020 at Hastings Girls’ High School. Run by ACD Clinician, Brent Stewart, the workshop is part of the ACD’s programme of professional development for choral leaders – with clear benefits flowing on to singers and audiences. Community and chamber choir […]

$80 – $110

Uploaded Songwriting Competition (entries due 11 Nov 2020)

Uploaded is a songwriting competition hosted by Andrson—a sound-driven A&R platform that helps you deliver your music to key music executives.  And now, Andrson users worldwide can submit original songs to compete for prizes. And to launch Uploaded, we’re partnering with children’s charity, Make-A-Wish Ireland. Twenty percent of sponsorships and all donations from the competition will be […]

Popular Music and Semiotic Analysis – a Method for School Educators

MAINZ

This workshop will provide an easy to understand and apply method to help educators think about popular music analysis. Classical and Jazz based analytical tools are not broad enough to explore popular music in a holistic manner, which requires consideration of culture and subtext through para-musical elements (e.g. video, image etc), as well as harmony, […]

Creating Taonga Puoro in the Classroom

Newlands College 68 Bracken Road, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Taonga Puoro allows our students to think about their Hauora and Mauri and gives the opportunity to make musical instruments in our classrooms. In this Professional Development opportunity, we will focus on how we can make music more inclusive and allow our classrooms to resonate towards Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will focus on making […]

2020/2021 National Concerto Competition

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

Just a reminder the 2020/2021 National Concerto Competition Preliminaries is beginning on Tuesday 8th December at 10.30 a.m. and going through to 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday 9th December. Semi-Final is Wednesday 9th December at 7.30 p.m. Venue is The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Please see link below for details: Concerto Update – Reminder – December 2020   2020/2021 National Concerto Competition […]

Young Artists Festival – NZ Music Competition

Piano and Violin Category 2021 The 2021 New Zealand Music Competition is open to piano and violin students in four age groups. Deadline for applications is 11 December 2020. Apply here. Piano Category:  Competition Date: January 21 – 23, 2021 Competition Venue: Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music, Wellington ​ Violin Category:  Competition Date: […]

2020 NZ Jazz Workshops

Victoria University of Wellington Kelburn Parade, Wellington, New Zealand

LIVE AND IN PERSON! Coordinated by Rodger Fox and Dave Lisik. The New Zealand National Jazz Workshops bring New Zealand’s enthusiastic jazz students together with NZ’s best jazz musicians and educators, working on instrumental techniques, improvisation, ensemble skills, jazz theory, listening and performances. Students 19 and under with at least one year of experience on […]

Online Kodály Summer School Music Program

PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Earlier this year, we announced that the Summer School Music Program would be going ahead in January 2021 and we have remained optimistic that we would be able to come together for our yearly gathering of learning, music making and networking. However, the course of the pandemic is […]

The International Akaroa Music Festival

UC Arts City Campus at the Arts Centre 3 Hereford Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Masterclasses, Summer School & Concerts Proudly brought to you by The Pettman National Junior Academy of Music   Now celebrating its fourteenth anniversary, the Akaroa Music Festival is New Zealand’s premiere residential music school. An array of distinguished international musicians provides lessons, masterclasses and concerts against the breathtaking backdrop of one of the world’s most […]

$365

Free – Music Tech Lessons for Chromebooks, BYOD and Mixed Devices – 60 mins

Free webinar – Music Tech Lessons for Chromebooks, BYOD and Mixed Devices – 60 mins (Midnight Music) FREE ONLINE TRAINING // ​​​​​​PD CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE PROVIDED Hosted by KATIE WARDROBE (MIDNIGHT MUSIC) Session options: Friday Jan 15 11:30am Friday Jan 15 2pm Sat Jan 16 6am The session contains: Ideas for music tech lessons that […]

Online course: Video Creation for Music Teachers

Learn how to create effective tutorials, play-alongs, end-of-year showcases and virtual ensemble videos (using free software) with Katie Wardrobe from Midnight Music. See https://midnightmusic.com.au/vcmt/ for details. About this course Learn at your chosen pace The 5 course modules will be released once per week starting mid-Jan 2021.  Work alongside other course members as each module […]

$54