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Sharing highlights of my recent Salzburg visit to the Orff Institute Register with Clare McCormack
Friday November 6th at 7:30 pm at Knox Church. Tickets through the Court Theatre: https://www.patronbase.com/_CourtTheatre/Sections/Choose?prod_id=6844&perf_id=1
MEW (MENZA in the Waikato) is running Catch a Song, a music education workshop on Wednesday afternoon 11 November between 4:30 and 6:00 pm in the music rooms of Waikato Uni, Faculty of Education. This fun-filled afternoon provides ideas that can go straight into the primary music room or community music settings. Singing, playing, movement […]
Agenda; Collaborative Composition Presentation by Vicki Thorpe and then discussion re plans for Wellington Secondary Music teachers and students (PD, joint ventures etc).
Auditions for the 2016 season of NZYSW have been extended! For application info and audition info please go to: nzysw.org/application For specific queries please email Rangimakehu Hall, Band Manager, at managernzysw@outlook.com I hope to see you all in the new year
Celia Stewart will share some great teaching ideas for music in early childhood! This workshop will explore practical ideas to use with infants & toddlers, and will demonstrate how you can integrate numeracy & literacy learning into your music activities to promote children’s development. We will chant, sing, move, play, and listen in a workshop […]
Playing with music: How play and music, including children’s improvised singing, can be incorporated into early childhood settings – RSVP to t.thwaites@auckland.ac.nz
Two days of professional development for ukulele teachers (of adults or children) separated by the legendary NZ Ukulele Festival. Places are limited (maximum of 40) – book now at http://www.ukuleleleadership.com Suitable for those who want to share ukulele (and music-making) in a sustainable, professional and community fashion, whether you are just starting out, or have […]
A half day workshop suitable for middle leaders and teachers in charge of Music in secondary schools. This workshop will model course design, digital moderation and the collection of evidence that will enable students of Music to use a body of work for multiple assessment opportunities. Using an integrated model, teachers will investigate ways to […]
It’s time for our children and communities to make music together with the world’s friendliest instrument. Come and see why this is the happiest day on Auckland’ s event calendar. There is something for everyone!
A morning of Christmas Music for pre-schoolers and their families in the Transitional Cathedral, corner Hereford /Madras St. This event is to Celebrate 25 years of Julie Wylie Music and will include wonderful musicians who are ‘graduates’ from her music classes. Thursday 3 December 2015 10.30-11.30am Parking is available on the land south of the […]
A festive afternoon of christmas music to get you in the holiday mood. Classical sounds from the Atlas Voices Ensemble complimented by the Christchurch Pops Choir’s contemporary offerings, and even a song or two from The Vocal Network quartet. Plus, of course, the sounds of children’s voices from the Christchurch School of Music Children’s Choir […]
Christchurch’s annual all-percussion showcase concert. School, community and professional groups and soloists. Presented by Pandemonium. Tickets on the door. $15 adult/$10 senior/$5 student/$35 family (2+2).
N.B. CONSULTATION ENDS 14 DECEMBER Our collective challenge is to convince those who control budgets, curriculum design and delivery that music nurtures the essence of what it is to be human. It is a right, not a privilege. (Mary Cornish, MENZA Magazine, July 2015) The Ministry of Education is consulting about updating the Education Act […]