Safer Spaces in Music Education Workshop - Tāmaki Makaurau
2023-11-20 08:30 - 17:00 UTC
MENZA is thrilled to be partnering with Safer Spaces in Music Education (SSME) to present this very important workshop. It is made possible by funding from the Networks of Expertise, and the workshops are free for all music educators. There is a limit of 28 participants in this workshop, so be quick!
The ‘Professional Respect’ Workshop is a bespoke training designed to support Worksafe’s Health&Safety guidelines to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Professional Respect training day has been developed in conjunction with SoundCheck Aotearoa and are based on a similar training that has been rolled out across the screen sector.
The full-day training is friendly and interactive and the content includes:

Definitions of sexual harassment and sexual harm within New Zealand legislation
WorkSafe obligations and legal requirements for workplaces
Guidance for receiving disclosures of sexual harm and supporting survivors
Options and pathways for reporting sexual harm and support services available
Strategies for preventing sexual harm and fostering a respectful work environment
Practical tips for bystander intervention.

The day starts at 8.30 for tea and coffee, with an opening karakia at 9am sharp, and runs through until 5pm. Breaks and refreshments/lunch will be provided. The training days are facilitated by sexual harm prevention and response specialists Rachel Harrison and Mel Calvesbert, who are experienced practitioners in sexual harm prevention and response and they will ensure that the discussion is safe, constructive and respectful. There will be no requirement to share personal information in the workshop. If you have any concerns and would like to discuss how to attend or contribute in a safe way, please contact please contact Jeni.

Jeni Little, HOD Music at Hobsonville Point Secondary School (jeni.little@hobsonvillepoint.school.nz) will be the liaison and host for this workshop.
Monday 20 November, 8.30am-5.00pm
Venue: The Tuning Fork
Please register here so that we can make the necessary arrangements for catering and resources and so we can keep in touch about the day and provide information.
Thank you for supporting this initiative!

National Music Education Wānanga ~ Dec 1-3
2023-12-01 - 2023-12-03 | Te Kauri Marae, 159 Hetherington Road, Huntly, Waikato, 3772, New Zealand
This National Music Education Wānanga will be held at Te Kauri Marae in Huntly.

Kaupapa: The purpose of this wānanga is to further develop, strengthen and embed Matauranga Māori and understanding – the who, when, why, how to implement Te Ao Māori aspects into education, to build cultural competencies, composition and Te Tiriti Alignment.

Facilitators: Kelly Kahukiwa – alignment with Te Tiriti, Horomona Horo – Taonga Puoro & embedding the principles of Te Ao Māori and tikanga, learning concepts of Tika, Kawa & Pono (Ihi, Wehi, Wana), Wiremu Sarich – traditional Māori games, whanaungatanga activities, play in terms of brain development and to discern classroom energies.

This is fully funded if you are a MENZA member, or $50 for non-MENZA members (this includes membership). Please bring a koha (cash in envelope) for the Pōwhiri at 5pm at Te Kauri Marae, Taupiri. Please pay the $50 to MENZA 38-9011-0410882-00 if you are not a member or ask for an invoice via admin@menza.co.nz.

For further queries, please contact:

Email: admin@menza.co.nz

Please register via this link:
https://forms.gle/bEBanijihaTZ9n2HA

There are also some travel subsidies available for those travelling from further than 100km away. Click here to apply.

Programme outline (subject to change):

FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER:
Pōwhiri 5pm
Afternoon Tea
Session 1 – Whanaungatanga
Break – Jamming & Tikanga
Dinner -7.30pm
Session 2 – whakatauki whakatauaki stories re:composition
Te Kohanga Reo – Toku Whanau release

SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER:
Karakia/Tauparapara
Breakfast-8am
Session 3 – Matauranga Māori & Puoro (te kauri Rongoa Kai garden/hikoi into bush with taonga, compose and record with local story)
Lunch 12.30pm
Break – jamming & tikanga
Session 4 – Composition & Puoro
Afternoon Tea 3.30
Session 5 – Te Tiriti Alignment
Dinner 6.30
Break – jamming and tikanga
Session 6 – Composition through story telling – use of the Taiao

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER:
Karakia/Tauparapara – Oro Atua
Breakfast 8am
Session 7 – takeaways – poroporoaki- resource development and sharing .
CLEAN & PACK UP

2023 11th NZ JAZZ WORKSHOPS for Educators and Students
2023-12-11 - 2023-12-15 | Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
DECEMBER 11 – 15, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON
Jazz Educator Workshops
A programme of professional development for and by NZ jazz educators and directors
Topics of study:

Jazz ensemble rehearsal techniques
Understanding rhythm section instruments
Teaching improvisation, theory and composition
Survey of jazz band literature
developing listening skills
Administrative strategies for jazz
Jazz equipment and resources

This year, the jazz educators workshops are held during the week of the student workshops, giving the teachers acess to student reherasals, concerts and guest artists, as well as their own dedicated classes.
The fee to attend is $450
Register through Dr David Lisik
nzjazzfoundation@gmail.com

Student Workshops
C o o r d i n a t e d B Y R O D G E R F O X , D A V E L I S I K, A N D R Y A N B R A K E
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 (SMALL GROUPS AND HONOURS BIG BAND), JAZZ THEORY, LISTENING, AND PERFORMANCES. STUDENTS 19 AND UNDER, WITH AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE ON AN INSTRUMENT, ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
REGISTER: n z j a z z f o u n d a t i o n . c o m

Kodály Teacher Training - Summer School
2024-01-15 08:30 - 2024-01-19 19:30 UTC | Chisnallwood Intermediate, 76 Breezes road Chisnallwood, Christchurch, 8061, New Zealand
Five days of exciting music making and learning, led by international experts, Maree Henessey and Rosalie Scott, inspired by the Kodály approach to music making and learning – along with conducting with local choral expert, Andrew Withington, and evening sessions from local musicians, to widen our practice, including Kapa Haka, West African drumming and more.

This summer we are offering an overview of the approach, that gives a taster of the level training, with examples of how the approach can be used throughout a child’s school years from primary to upper secondary. Participants will study musicianship, methodology, conducting and choir and can enter at any level of musicianship and conducting, from beginner to advanced.
After the five days, participants are welcome to enrol in an online mentorship programme, led by Maree and Rosalie, and Ōtautahi members will also have local mentoring available. The mentorship programme will also be available to people who have completed at least one level of Kodály training, through any accredited provider.
There are part time streams and a full time stream and options suitable for classroom teachers with limited musical experience as well as for music major graduates and musicians with no teaching experience. Choir leaders can opt to just attend musicianship, conducting and choir or attend the full programme.
Scholarships available for recent music performance graduates, and lived experience cultural experts.
About the Kodály approach

The Kodály approach is holistic and accessible, for teachers who are passionate about helping all their students become resilient learners and lifelong musicians.
​When music is taught or learned using Kodály’s approach, skills vital to advanced music making such as “inner hearing”, rhythmic co-ordination and harmonic hearing are strongly developed at an early stage.
​In a well researched pedagogical sequence, within a framework of folk songs and singing games, students learn through doing, playing and singing. Musical elements are experienced before being named and once learned are practised, and thoroughly understood before new elements are added.
​Music making is at the centre, and classes are joyful, stimulating and fun.
​Teachers trained in the Kodály approach are challenged to continually improve their own musicianship and teaching practise. They develop skills in long and short term planning with learners at the centre.
​One of the most exciting parts of embarking on this journey is the opportunity to develop your own musicianship. The course meets the needs of beginner to advanced musicians.
​The training is rigorous yet completely non competitive. Teacher training is joyful, challenging, liberating, musical, fun and transformative.

Safer Spaces in Music Education workshop - Christchurch - 31 Jan 2024
2024-01-31 08:30 - 17:00 UTC
MENZA is thrilled to be partnering with Safer Spaces in Music Education (SSME) to present this very important workshop. It is made possible by funding from the Networks of Expertise, and the workshops are free for all music educators. There is only room for 30 participants, so be in quick! It’s a perfect opportunity to get together with other local music teachers and food is included. You will also be able to receive a PLD certificate.
The ‘Professional Respect’ Workshop is a bespoke training designed to support Worksafe’s Health&Safety guidelines to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Professional Respect training day has been developed in conjunction with SoundCheck Aotearoa and are based on a similar training that has been rolled
out across the screen sector.
The full-day training is friendly and interactive and the content includes:

Definitions of sexual harassment and sexual harm within New Zealand legislation
WorkSafe obligations and legal requirements for workplaces
Guidance for receiving disclosures of sexual harm and supporting survivors
Options and pathways for reporting sexual harm and support services available
Strategies for preventing sexual harm and fostering a respectful work environment
Practical tips for bystander intervention.

The day starts at 8.30 for tea and coffee, with an opening karakia at 9am sharp, and runs through until 5pm. Breaks and refreshments/lunch will be provided. The training days are facilitated by sexual harm prevention and response specialists Rachel Harrison and Mel Calvesbert, who are experienced practitioners in sexual harm prevention and response and they will ensure that the discussion is safe, constructive and respectful. There will be no requirement to share personal information in the workshop. If you have any concerns and would like to discuss how to attend or contribute in a safe way, please contact Nicky or Judith.

Nicky Fogden-Smith will be the liaison and host for this workshop as it is offered to ForteMusic ITMs and the remainder of places are open to any music teacher.
As this workshop will reach capacity, there will also be another date in term 1 of 2024, 8.30am-5.00pm on Friday March 15th.
Venue: Hagley College, X Block
Please register so that we can make the necessary arrangements for catering and resources and so we can keep in touch about the day and provide the information. Click here to register.
Thank you for supporting this initiative!
Quote from male attendee: “Safer Spaces workshop was a day well spent. I was quickly put at ease and had a really fun and valuable day, and learnt some really useful information. The presenters were excellent. I highly recommend it to anyone in the music and arts field whether a teacher or performer or director”

Singing, Saying, Moving, Playing
2024-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Te Ara Ātea, 56 Tennyson Street, Rolleston, Christchurch, Canterbury, 7614, New Zealand
Come and join The Canterbury Musical Parenting Association for a hands on workshop at Te Ara Atea in Rolleston. No prior musical knowledge or signing ability is required! You will take away inspiration and knowledge about how to use music and movement in the everyday lives of tamariki. You will also learn how music enhances social and emotional learning and regulation.
The workshop is targeted at anyone who has contact with children under the age of 8. Parents, whanau, ECE and Primary School teachers, as well as other child focussed professionals are welcome!
When: Monday the 19th of February from 7.00-9.00
Where: Te Ara Atea, Rolleston
Cost: $10, tickets through www.humanitix.com/nz, just search for
Singing, Saying, Moving, Playing

Wellington Music Cluster PLD
2024-02-28 09:00 - 15:00 UTC | Onslow College, Burma Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand
MENZA have organised a day to have a Wellington Music Teacher’s cluster PLD session based on Year 11 Music. There will be a focus on NCEA Level 1 Music and NZ Curriculum level 5/6 in Music. The PLD will be from 9 am to 3 pm and will be led by teachers for teachers at Onslow College

I am sending an initial form first to get the ball rolling. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the form below.

RSVP Form: Welly Cluster PLD

Canterbury NCEA level 1 face to face and online support group meeting
2024-02-29 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Shirley Boys’ High School, 209 Travis Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8083, New Zealand
Canterbury and Westland Secondary Music Teacher’s Association NCEA Level 1 support group initial meeting.
Initial in person meeting includes lunch, and then monthly and online after that.
Come to swap resources, share ideas, and exemplars from last year’s pilot program.
Our first meet-up is on Thursday, February 29th, at 1 pm at Shirley Boy’s High School. We’ll chat in person, then set up an online platform for future meetings from 4 pm to 4:45 pm.
Check out the form linked below for more info and to let me know you’re interested:
Form Link

New Music Foundation NCEA Level 1 Resource ZOOM workshop
2024-02-29 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join this ZOOM session to get ideas on how to use this new Music Foundations resource with the writer, Stephen Garton.
This great resource will aid secondary teachers with their Year 11 programme. The resource is based on Music Foundations for students in Year 11 and is suitable for either teaching NCEA or an alternative programme. The resource is based on the Big Ideas and will give students foundational knowledge to begin their Year 11 programme. There are aspects of Matauranga Māori intertwined into the resource, which will help teachers build their knowledge in Te ao Māori.
Click here for the ZOOM Link.

Matauranga Māori Resource ZOOM Hui
2024-03-07 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join MENZA board members Ben Lau, Trevania Walbaekken and Rapua Timoti for a ZOOM session on how to use the new Matauranga Māori Resource and have your questions answered. Click here for the resource.
Click here for the ZOOM link.

Vivaldi 4 Seasons Autumn Interactive Concert
2024-03-10 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Mount Pleasant Centre, 3 McCormacks Bay Road, Christchurch, 8081, New Zealand
Baroque Music Community and Educational Trust of New Zealand & Julie Wylie Musical Play present
VIVALDI 4 SEASON’s Autumn INTERACTIVE CONCERT FOR CHILDREN 0-8 YEARS OLD*
Children and their parents can experience the magical sound of baroque music through listening, watching and dance using variety of props including organza, streamers, ribbons and scarves. Come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in a beautiful venue with great outside scenery and playground.
Tickets on Eventfinda and at the door – Cash Only. Running time approx. 45min

Sun 10 Mar 2024, 2:00pm–2:45pm – up to 3 years
Sun 10 Mar 2024, 3:15pm–4:00pm – children 4-8years

For more information, please email: bmcetnz@gmail.com
Venue:
MT PLEASANT CENTRE, Christchurch
3 McCormacks Bay Rd
* recommended age group, but open to any age

Safer Spaces in Music Education (SSME) workshop - Christchurch - 15 March 2024
2024-03-15 08:30 - 17:00 UTC | The Village Community Centre https://villagechurch.nz/bryndwr/
MENZA is thrilled to be partnering with Safer Spaces in Music Education (SSME) to present this very important workshop. It is made possible by funding from the Networks of Expertise, and the workshops are for all music educators. There is only room for 30 participants, so be in quick! It’s a perfect opportunity to get together with other local music teachers and food is included. You will also be able to receive a PLD certificate.
The ‘Professional Respect’ Workshop is a bespoke training designed to support Worksafe’s Health&Safety guidelines to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Professional Respect training day has been developed in conjunction with SoundCheck Aotearoa and are based on a similar training that has been rolled
out across the screen sector.
The full-day training is friendly and interactive and the content includes:

Definitions of sexual harassment and sexual harm within New Zealand legislation
WorkSafe obligations and legal requirements for workplaces
Guidance for receiving disclosures of sexual harm and supporting survivors
Options and pathways for reporting sexual harm and support services available
Strategies for preventing sexual harm and fostering a respectful work environment
Practical tips for bystander intervention.

The day starts at 8.30 for tea and coffee, with an opening karakia at 9am sharp, and runs through until 5pm. Breaks and refreshments/lunch will be provided. The training days are facilitated by sexual harm prevention and response specialists Rachel Harrison and Mel Calvesbert, who are experienced practitioners in sexual harm prevention and response and they will ensure that the discussion is safe, constructive and respectful. There will be no requirement to share personal information in the workshop. If you have any concerns and would like to discuss how to attend or contribute in a safe way, please contact Judith.

Judith Bell (bell.judith@gmail.com) will be the liaison and host for this workshop.
Venue: The Village Community Centre, 365A Ilam Road, https://villagechurch.nz/bryndwr/
Please register so that we can make the necessary arrangements for catering and resources and so we can keep in touch about the day and provide the information. Click here to register.
Thank you for supporting this initiative!
Quote from male attendee: “Safer Spaces workshop was a day well spent. I was quickly put at ease and had a really fun and valuable day, and learnt some really useful information. The presenters were excellent. I highly recommend it to anyone in the music and arts field whether a teacher or performer or director”
Professional Respect Training Workshop – Facilitator Biographies

Melanie Calvesbert (she/they)
Mel was born, grew up and lives in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington). She is Pākehā and in October 2022, made the leap to self-employment. The primary focus of her work is working alongside communities and organisations as they seek to both respond well and prevent all forms of sexual harm including sexual harassment in workplaces and child sexual abuse.
Immediately prior to self-employment life, Mel worked at the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Initially this was as one of their small team of regionally based Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Advisors (SAPRAs) and then as the Manager for the SAPRAs.
Prior to the NZDF Mel worked for the most part in NGOs who have a focus on the response to sexual harm, including WellStop and the Wellington Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation.
She enjoys being able to take prior learning and adapt that in order to be able to support organisations which have taken on the challenge of creating safer and respectful environments.

Rachel Harrison (she/they)
Rachel Harrison comes from the Coromandel Peninsula and currently lives in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington) and works with organisations and communities across Aotearoa to help prevent sexual harassment, sexual violence, domestic violence and child abuse.
Rachel believes that harassment, violence and abuse are preventable and that the best solutions are tailored to each specific community and workplace, making use of their strengths and minimising specific risk factors.
Rachel started at Auckland Rape Crisis in the 1990’s, and since then has worked at Netsafe, the Hauraki Family Violence Network and Child Abuse Prevention Services Hauraki. She is now self-employed and works with a range of public and private sector organisations including the New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Rugby, the screen sector, performance sector and music community as they work toward making their communities safe and free from harassment and abuse.

MEC AGM
2024-04-06 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Christchurch School of Music (CSM), 100 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
We welcome you to attend Music Education’s annual brief AGM.
It’s a great chance to catch up with other music educators over a provided afternoon tea, to hear updates from local music education providers and to see what MEC’s been up to. The AGM will only last around 40 minutes, with the reminder of the time dedicated to networking and afternoon tea.
Please RSVP by filling in the AGM attendance form (Complete with links to the agenda and incoming reports).

Ableton Teacher PD workshop
2024-04-12 09:00 - 15:00 UTC | Massey University, Wellington, Wallace Street, Wellington
As part of a wider set of global events, Ableton’s Education tour comes to Massey University in Wellington on Friday April 12 9am-3pm
As part of the NZ leg of this tour, Ableton are running a day of teacher professional learning workshops facilitated by Matt Ridgway (Ableton’s Education Specialist for Australia and New Zealand) and Martin Emo (NZ Ministry of Education).
Participants will:

Access Ableton Live Intro for their school for free via the Ableton for the Classroom initiative
Identify how using Ableton Live supports the integrations of digital technologies in their school
Explore concrete strategies of how to engage young music-makers in their classroom
Understand the ways in which music is created by digital music-makers
Learn essential Ableton Live classroom tips and tricks from highly experienced educators
Access classroom resources and projects
Understand how digital music-making practices link to Level 1 NCEA

Location:
Hihi (1D12), Block 1, Massey University
Hihi (1D12) is a computer lab on the second floor of Block 1.
Block 1 is easily accessed from Entrance C on Wallace Street, Mount Cook.
There’s public transport close by, with the 3, 18, and 27 bus line running within 100m of the block.
Info on parking access TBC
Booking:
Tickets for this event are free, but require registration via the eventbrite link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ableton-education-tour-professional-development-day-for-teachers-tickets-835485368227?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tamaki Makaurau Auckland Music Education Wānanga ~ 12-14 April 2024
2024-04-12 18:00 - 2024-04-14 12:30 UTC
Ma whero ma pango ka oti ai te mahi

With red and black the work will be complete – its collaboration that will enable success.
Nau mai, haere mai
This Music Education Wānanga will be held in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa Marae from 12-14 April. Accommodation and food is included.
Kaupapa: The purpose of this wānanga is to further develop, strengthen and embed Matauranga Māori and understanding – the who, when, why, how to implement Te Ao Māori aspects into education, to build cultural competencies, composition and Te Tiriti Alignment.
Facilitators: Kelly Kahukiwa – alignment with Te Tiriti, Horomona Horo – Taonga Puoro & embedding the principles of Te Ao Māori and tikanga, learning concepts of Tika, Kawa & Pono (Ihi, Wehi, Wana), Wiremu Sarich – traditional Māori games, whanaungatanga activities, play in terms of brain development and to discern classroom energies.
The cost is $50 for MENZA members, or $85 for non-MENZA members (this includes an individual membership). Please bring a koha for the Pōwhiri at 6pm on Friday 12 April. PLEASE REGISTER HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE. Please also pay the fee to MENZA 38-9011-0410882-00 or ask for an invoice via admin@menza.co.nz. Thank you!

Limited spaces left! Register now!

For further queries, please contact:
Email: admin@menza.co.nz

Travel subsidies are also available – click here to apply.

Please bring:

Koha ~$20
A compositional instrument that is valuable to you, can be cultural, western, eastern, indigenous etc.
Blanket, Pillow and Sheet

HŌTAKA

Friday
Pōwhiri 6pm
Late Afternoon Tea
Session 1 – Whanaungatanga – Wiremu
Break – Jamming & Tikanga
Dinner – 7.30pm
Session 2 – 8.30pm Connecting to the roots – Pepeha, thinking Maori, Whakapapa, Whanaungatanga
Split into 3 groups Music Making – feedback
Horo:
Kelly:
Wiremu:
New NCEA Composition 1.4 External
Toitū te whenua , whatungarongaro te tangata.
Mate atu he toa, haere mai rā he toa
Tuakiritanga
TIKA
PONO

Saturday
Karakia/Tauparapara
Breakfast-8am
Session 3 9am- Matauranga Māori & Puoro
Lunch 12.30pm
Break – Jamming & tikanga
Session 4 2pm – Composition & Te Ao Puoro (improvised music)
New NCEA – Understand Music in relation to Contexts 1.3 External
Split into 3 groups – feedback
Afternoon Tea 3.30
Session 5 – 4.30pm Explore Barriers to Te Ao Maori
Dinner 6.30
Break – Jamming and tikanga
Session 6 8pm- Composition through storytelling – use of the Taiao
New NCEA – Using Music Skills in a Music Style – Internal 1.1
Split into 3 groups Music Making – Feedback
Horo:
Kelly:
Wiremu:
Jamming as a method of embedding learning through rhythms, melodies, composition
Wairuatanga

Sunday
Karakia/Tauparapara – Oro ora
Breakfast 8am
Session 7 9-11am – takeaways – poroporoaki- resource development and sharing .
CLEAN & PACK UP
Transition through karakia

Travel Subsidies

Applications for travel subsidies can be made here: https://forms.gle/fjot7V65Fwm1FKQo8

NZ Musicological Society Conference - Call for papers
2024-05-26 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
CALL FOR PAPERS
2024 Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society
Musicology Matters Today Saturday 7th — Monday 9th December, 2024
New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī,
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Keynote address: Emeritus Professor Peter Walls
Public concert opportunity: Orchestra Wellington, “A Modern Hero”
Deadline for proposals: Sunday 26th May, 2024
The past few years have been challenging for musicology in New Zealand and around the world. This conference aims to affirm the importance of musicology and establish credible pathways for its future.
Questions related to the conference theme might include:

How is musicology in Aotearoa promoting knowledge and rewards for performers,composers, and listeners?
How can tertiary music programmes articulate their worth in non-financial terms?
What new pedagogical and research approaches might widen musicology’s appeal and contribution?
How is musicology moving forward in its research involving place, race and gender?
How might musicology’s engagement with the past be reconceptualised in forward-looking terms?
How is musicology building its relevance to other musical and broader disciplines and practices? How can these relationships be deepened?
What challenges does musicology face in an increasingly digital and online world, especially given the social and physical foundations of music and its performance?

All music research is welcome, with a suggested coda of commentary or points of meta- cognition allied with any of the conference questions. We also welcome abstracts from disciplines outside of music where the paper has a music focus and relevance to the conference theme.
Conference presentations may take the following forms:

Formal conference papers (20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion)
Interactive workshops (30 minutes)
Lecture recitals and demonstrations (20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions anddiscussion)
Panel sessions (30 minutes per participant. May be proposed by applicants or academic committee.)

This year’s conference will be live and in-person. Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent in PDF format to conference point of contact, Hamish Robb: hamish.robb@vuw.ac.nz (deadline: 26th May, 2024)
Proposals for panel sessions should include abstracts for individual papers (where applicable) as well as a proposal for the overall session.The submitted file should have a filename as follows: LASTNAME_first_few_words_of_title.pdf
Please include a title and up to five keywords beneath your abstract. Please omit your name and other identifying information from the text of your document. In the body of the email, include your full name, status (academic staff, postgraduate student, independent scholar, etc.) and institutional affiliation where appropriate, and your place of residence.
Details for the student paper competition will be announced shortly.
The academic committee consists of:
Hamish Robb (Victoria University of Wellington),
Chair Peter Adams (University of Otago)
Allan Badley (University of Auckland)
Nick Braae (Waikato Institute of Technology)
Gregory Camp (University of Auckland)
Sunhee Koo (University of Auckland)
Nancy November (University of Auckland)
Polly Sussex (Independent Scholar, Auckland)
Francis Yapp (University of Canterbury)

He Waiata Whakataukī workshop with Sean O'Connor
2024-06-15 13:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Christchurch School of Music (CSM), 100 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
Enrich your music education, singing and Te Reo with new songs from the wisdom of whakataukī – Māori proverbs.
Learn round singing, movement and instrumentation with Sean’s Waiata Whakataukī compositions – crafted for children’s voices and playability on ukulele, guitar, pitched percussion and orchestral instruments.
Add to your existing music teaching or build a whole new music programme around these songs, resources and methods, as creator Sean O’Connor has done in two schools. An immersive experiential workshop with detailed written and audio/video resource support during and after the workshop.
For all levels of musical expertise.
Sean O’Connor 2024 MEC poster

MENZA 2024 AGM and Workshops
2024-06-15 13:30 - 16:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Marist College, 31 Alberton Ave, Auckland, Mt Albert, 1025, New Zealand
1.30-2.30 Workshops
2.30-3pm Afternoon tea
3-4.30pm AGM
We would appreciate your RSVP so that we know how many people to expect and to organise the afternoon tea 🙂
Workshop 1: NCEA 1.1 Use music skills in a music style Workshop
In this workshop, we will unpack how to assess NCEA Music 1.1, Use music skills in a music style, and prepare students for the assessment.
RSVP for workshop
Workshop 2: Taonga Puoro Workshop
This workshop will look at how to create Taonga Puoro using clay. The workshop will be facilitated by Rapua Timoti, Trevania Walbaekken and Ben Lau. Suitable for Kaiako teaching at all levels.
RSVP for workshop
AGM: Agenda
ZOOM link

Proposed changes to MENZA
Due to the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, MENZA (Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa) has to update its Constitution. The Board has been working hard on this with the assistance of Maude and Miller and is asking the membership to adopt the new constitution at the next AGM.
The draft constitution was first presented to the membership at last year’s AGM, and feedback was received. Another draft version was presented at the Special General Meeting in Oct 2023, where more thorough feedback was sought. After consultation with the membership and advice from lawyers, I will put forward the following motion:
I propose that the MENZA membership adopt the new Constitution presented to the membership on the 15th of June, 2024.
Please find a copy of the constitution to have a read-through.
I would also like to propose a change to our membership fees. Unfortunately, there are costs involved in running an organisation like MENZA. Although the board tries to seek funding from other external sources, we also heavily rely on membership fees. The proposed changes are as follows:
MENZA Membership Fees Review

Membership Type

2023 (including GST)

2024 (Including GST)

Individual

$34.50

$35.00

Student Teacher

$0.00

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All subscriptions come with two free digital Tune Me In Magazines. MENZA will also add a processing fee for credit card payments.
If you have any questions regarding what is proposed with the constitution and the review of membership fees, please do not hesitate to contact me via admin@menza.co.nz
There are many changes that are important to our organisation and our membership, and attendance in person or through Zoom would be greatly appreciated. I look forward to seeing you at our AGM on June 15th, 2024.
WORKSHOPS 15 June 2024, 1.30-2.30pm
Workshop 1: NCEA 1.1 Use music skills in a music style Workshop
In this workshop, we will unpack how to assess NCEA Music 1.1, Use music skills in a music style, and prepare students for the assessment.
Workshop 2: Taonga Puoro Workshop
This workshop will look at how to create Taonga Puoro using clay. The workshop will be facilitated by Rapua Timoti, Trevania Walbaekken and Ben Lau. Suitable for Kaiako teaching at all levels.
RSVP here

MENZA NCEA Music Significant Learning Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga
2024-06-25 18:00 - 2024-08-13 19:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
Facilitators: Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa
Hosted by: MENZA and NEX
Embark on a more profound learning journey through a Te Ao Māori lens with Taonga Puoro practitioners Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore the rich musical histories and tikanga (customs) inherent in Te Ao Māori. Participants will gain insight into key concepts such as ‘ihi’ (pride), ‘wehi’ (fear), and ‘wana’ (excitement) and deepen their understanding of traditional composition techniques and tikanga. Moreover, the workshop will delve into essential Te Ao Māori concepts within Te Ao Puoro (the Māori musical world).
Through Zoom-facilitated kōrero, each lasting 60 minutes, participants will engage with two Significant Learning Areas (SLAs) per session. The overarching aim is to provide a comprehensive exploration of Te Ao Māori perspectives within the realm of music, fostering understanding and appreciation among participants.
Click here for the MIRO board with all the notes (updated each time)
Workshop 1: Tuesday 7th May, 6pm. Recorded Session

Explore the musical histories of their whakapapa – Pepeha, Themed, National/Tribe/Cultural Significance. *Taonga Puoro history, birth of kapa haka, whalers.
Experience how music can communicate stories, knowledges, and ideas

Workshop 2: Tuesday 14th May, 6pm. Recorded Session

Explore how identity can be expressed through music
Understand how music is a waka to explore diverse worldviews

Workshop 3: Tuesday 21st May, 6pm. Recorded Session

Understand how diverse contexts inform creative musical output
Develop an understanding of how music from te ao Māori is guided by tikanga

Workshop 4: Tuesday 28th May, 6pm. Recorded Session

Develop insights into how te ao Māori concepts such as ihi, wehi, and wana are experienced in Māori music contexts
Consider how ihi, wehi, and wana may relate to personal music making

Workshop 5: Tuesday 4th June, 6pm. Recorded Session

Explore how music styles from different contexts are expressed in unique ways through combining and shaping music concepts
Experiment with music tools and concepts when composing or performing music, for intended effects

Workshop 6: Tuesday 11th June, 6pm. Recorded Session

Engage in different ways of creating original music
Practise aural skills and develop listening repertoire

Workshop 7: Tuesday 18th June, 6pm. Record Resource

Explore technological skills for music-making
Strengthen instrumental or vocal skills through reflection, practice, and dedication

Workshop 8: Tuesday 25th June, 6pm. Recorded Resource

Engage in creating and performing music within a range of contexts and settings
Explore visual representation styles and aural systems to preserve or pass music on.

If you accessed this series of wānanga in any way, either online at the Zoom calls or watching it afterwards. We would greatly appreciate it if you completed the feedback form below. Feedback Form

Level 1 Orff Course - Christchurch
2024-07-08 - 2024-07-13
Level 1 Christchurch

Date: Mon 8th- Sat 13th July 2024,
8.45 – 4.15 pm Monday to Friday,
8.45 to 2 pm Saturday
Venue: Christchurch School of Music,60 Ferry Road,Christchurch
Orff New Zealand Aotearoa is offering a Level 1, 6-day workshop, the successful completion of which achieves ONZA certification (Level 1) in Orff Pedagogy. The Level 1 workshop is a gentle, experiential introduction to the practices and principles of the Orff approach. The approach is appropriate to the needs of both specialist and generalist teachers working in early childhood, primary, intermediate and lower secondary school and community settings

Inquiries re the course: Jo Charman, Dr. Millie Locke

Celia Stewart lives in Christchurch where she is Music Director of the Christchurch School of Music and runs music classes for preschoolers and junior school children. She provides professional development in early childhood and primary music throughout Aoteroa and is co-director of a local children’s music festival Strum, Strike and Blow. Celia has been involved on the board of both MENZA and MEC and is South Island rep on the ONZA committee. She has completed four levels of Orff Schulwerk training, Level 1 of Kodaly training and is a member of the Orff Levels teaching team. In 2019 she was awarded an MNZM for services to music education. Celia plays flute in the Christchurch Concert Band, recorder in the Christchurch Recorder Ensemble and sings in local world music choir Acapellago.

Renee Morin The Orff approach was part of Renée’s music education training in the 1990s in Canada. She completed postgraduate study in the Orff approach to music and dance education at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria in 2010-2011. She is an experienced Orff facilitator with a particular interest in movement and dance. She holds a Masters degree in music education from Canada and she lives in Wairoa, Northern Hawkes Bay where she teaches music part-time and also privately.

Jo Charmanhas been a Music and Drama specialist in primary, early childhood and tertiary environments, and currently teaches music at Wakaaranga Primary in Auckland. Singing in choirs and musical theatre from an early age fostered a love of performing Arts, and the creative and integrated approach of the Orff Schulwerk drew Jo in. Jo tutors in the Orff teacher training courses, the ONZA mentoring programme, and facilitates Primary Schools Workshops, enjoying every opportunity to see teachers supported and music programmes developed in schools

Fees: (A deposit of $200 needs to be paid on enrolment with the balance fully payable by 1st July )

Members: $600

Non-members: $640

Late fees (from 1st June, 2024):

Members: $710

Non-members: $750

To apply for or renew ONZA membership go to the Membership page.
To register and pay for Level 1
Register your name and details online

Level 1 course July: click HERE

Then, use your own Internet banking facility to make a direct deposit into the ONZA account at BNZ 02 0248 0073940 097 (Reference: Your surname; Code: L1CH24). Entering your surname means you will be registered. Payment by credit card is also available during registration.

Strum Strike and Blow 2024
2024-08-15 | Wolfbrook Arena, 55 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, 8042, New Zealand
Strum Strike and Blow
Thursday August 15th, 2024
Strum, Strike and Blow is an exciting amalgamation of the ChCh Marimba Festival and ChCh Uke Fest which will feature over 1,200 students playing marimbas, ukuleles and recorders. The Festival is run by Music Education Canterbury and Christchurch Civic Music Council and is in its 12th (and 11th Festival) year and is held in the Wolfbrook Arena (formerly Christchurch Arena).
Once schools have registered they are given access to the music which will generally involve 5 individual pieces for ukuleles, recorders and marimba and a massed item for all three groups of instruments.
The music caters for all levels of experience and when performed live at the festival event, is backed by a professional band.
We run workshops for teachers and have plenty of rehearsal material available.
We have a full rehearsal on the day between 9:30am-1:15pm at the arena for all participating schools with the accompanying band.
Schools will have the opportunity to perform together in a 75 minute family-friendly concert on August 15th 2024 from 7pm-8:15pm.
Schools can register for this festival through the registration page (click here).

Aurora Festival
2024-09-05 - 2024-09-07 | The Aurora Centre, Greers Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8053, New Zealand
Orchestras and Concert bands Sept 5, 6
Big Bands Sept 7
Aududicators
Dr Rob McWilliaims
Dr Patrick Shepherd
Vincent Hardaker
Pablo Ruiz Henao

Music Therapy NZ: 50th Anniversary Conference: Looking Back Moving Forward
2024-09-13 17:00 - 2024-09-15 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
This year’s conference marks a significant milestone for Music Therapy New Zealand Te Rōpū Puoro Whakaora o Aotearoa (MThNZ) and celebrates 50 years as a professional practice. Friday night’s Anniversary Celebration also marks the 20-year anniversary of the Master of Music Therapy course, jointly hosted by MThNZ and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. A further milestone will be the launch of a book detailing the history of Music Therapy in New Zealand. Conference attendees will receive a copy as part of their registration (in person attendees only).
With the ethos of bringing our wider global community together in inclusive ways for dialogue and celebration, we are proud to present Music Therapy New Zealand’s first hybrid conference which includes a weekend of 49 presentations and 64 presenters from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, India, Japan, USA and Canada.
We welcome music therapists, allied health professionals, government and non-government representatives, users of music therapy services and anyone who would like to learn more about this powerful medium that brings about positive change.
Early-bird registrations close on 30 July!

https://www.musictherapy.org.nz/
https://www.musictherapy.org.nz/mthnz-50th-anniversary-conference/
Conference registration

https://www.facebook.com/MusicTherapyNewZealand

MENZA WOF 2024 (Wellington Orchestra Festival)
2024-09-23 09:45 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Wellington College, 15 Dufferin St, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
A day of orchestral rehearsal and performance for Primary and Intermediate-aged students who can read music and play an instrument.
WOF 2024 is happening as a precursor to MEFA at the end of Term 3. A huge thanks to Wellington College and Musicworks for supporting the 2024 festival.
We have six pieces arranged by Richard Oswin, ranging from classical favourites to film scores and pop hits.
This is an ideal opportunity for students who practice mostly on their own to join other students and make music as an ensemble. The technical difficulty of the music is suitable for students in their second or third year of learning onwards. Along with the four orchestra sections, there are parts for drum kit, hand percussion, guitar, bass, keyboard, Orff xylophone and recorders. Students can work on their parts with instrumental tutors leading up to the day, preparing to play all six pieces. Schools are also welcome to use the repertoire in their own ensembles during the year.
WOF is conducted by Mike Ashton. The day begins with a massed rehearsal, followed by sectionals led by musicians from Orchestra Wellington and finishes with a concert of the six pieces, which whanau can attend. The concert will also include a guest performance by Orchestra Wellington musicians.
Schools registered for WOF will also get the opportunity to take part in Orchestra Wellington’s Education in Schools Programme – Orchestra Wellington will come to your school to help prepare your students! Schools registered for WOF can sign up for this by contacting Hannah Neman.
Contact Joanna Calvert if you have any questions. We encourage new schools and students to participate in this event… come and join the fun. Sign up for WOF using the link below and then you will get sent the sheet music to start practising!
Register here.
MENZA members $100 per school
non-MENZA members $130 (includes membership to MENZA).
Invoices will be sent on registration.

MEFA 2024
2024-09-24 - 2024-09-26 | Wellington College, 15 Dufferin St, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
Who does MEFA cater for?
MEFA warmly embraces a wide spectrum of school-aged musical groups, including Jazz Bands, Symphonic Bands, Concert Bands, Stage Bands, Orchestras, Chamber Groups, Choral Ensembles, Small Instrumental Ensembles, and beyond. With each passing year, we expand our horizons and continually evolve. Our mission is centred on creating a festival the opens doors to opportunities, bringing together the school music community under a shared passion for ensemble music. Join our musical family today and be part of this journey.
Exploring the MEFA Experience
MEFA offers a diverse range of activities to enrich your experience:
Clinics and Workshops

Dive into over 40 instrumental workshops in 2024.
Explore clinics covering improvisation from beginner to advanced levels.
Learn about music courses available at Victoria University.
Engage in ensemble workshops tailored to different sections of the ensemble.
Collaborate with mentors in a comprehensive ensemble workshop with your school group.
Embrace the opportunity to join a festival band consisting of students from various schools.

Performance Opportunities

Showcase your talent with up to a 20-minute concert on the main stage.
Participate in massed ensemble groups for a collective musical experience.
Jam alongside fellow young jazz enthusiasts.
Perform at pop-up concerts in Wellington or at a local school.
Be a featured ensemble at a prestigious Gala Concert or during a captivating Lunchtime Concert.
Shine in our Showcase Concerts at Te Papa.

Highlights from 2023
In 2023, alongside our adjudicated performances, where each instrumental group received personalised mentoring, we achieved:

Conducted over forty workshops, focusing on individual instruments and enhancing various music skills
Presented three captivating evening gala concerts with world-class performers.
Hosted two showcase concerts at Te Papa featuring out of town participants.
Held several engaging lunchtime concerts featuring our student musicians.
Treated our attendees to a morning mini-concert by members of the NZ Army Band
Facilitated combined festival bands and a mass choral workshop
Successfully launched the 2023 Wellington All-Stars Youth Big Band
Organized off-site after-show jam sessions, bringing together mentors, teachers and students in a social atmosphere.

Most importantly, we thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it.
MEFA is more than a competition; it’s a platform for you to engage, develop, perform, learn, and most importantly, have an unforgettable time!
Register at www.musicworks.co.nz/mefa-registration

BOP wānanga taonga pūoro for practitioners day in Te Puke
2024-09-29 09:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Makahae Marae, 20 Te Kahika Road, Te Puke
This wānanga taonga pūoro for practitioners will be held in Te Puke at Makahae Marae, 20 Te Kahika Road, Te Puke on 29 September 2024. Resources and food are included. Some travel subsidies are also available.
Facilitator: Jo’el Komene
The intent is to establish a group to help share expertise, to provide PLD, and to support and grow a network of practitioners across the wider Bay of Plenty. This allows the identification of practitioners and supports the revitalisation of taonga pūoro. This allows the development of expertise in music educators as they will have access to practitioners. All kura would have access to these practitioners.
Programme (outline, flexible on the day): FREE to attend

900-1030 Powhiri and morning tea
1030-1230 Session 1 – General discussion (logistics of the group/membership/membership fee?)
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Session 2 – Taonga Pūoro workshops
1530-1600 Afternoon tea and poroporoaki

Some travel subsidies are also available, click here to apply.
Click here to register – please register by 23 September.

For further queries, please contact:
Email: admin@menza.co.nz

PLEASE REGISTER BY 23 September so we are able to organise catering and resources.

SECRET SONG - MEC celebrates 50 years
2024-09-30 17:15 - 20:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Lumiere Cinemas, 26 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8013, New Zealand
You are invited to a movie night
Monday September 30th (the start of the school break!)

as Music Education Canterbury (MEC) celebrates 50 years 1974-2024
5:15pm mix and mingle
6pm “The Secret Song” (brought back to show in NZ by popular request)
Tickets available from lumierecinemas.co.nz/movie/the-secret-song
$10 tickets (MEC/MENZA price)
$20 full price

About the movie
For over four decades, Doug Goodkin nurtured the innate musicality in children as a pre-k through 8th grade music teacher in San Francisco. Dropping in on what would turn out to be a tumultuous final year of teaching, “The Secret Song” gives an intimate view into Goodkin’s teaching approach, the vibrant impact it has on students and alumni, and the value of musical improvisation in navigating real-world challenges.
A lifelong musician, Goodkin “loved learning, but hated school.” He seeks to teach children differently than the traditional lessons he was raised with. After a chance exposure with an alternative approach to music education in college, Goodkin would devote his life to teaching music in an accessible and enjoyable way. Goodkin’s time-tested methods are thrown into disarray as the COVID-19 pandemic forces the school into remote learning three months before Goodkin’s planned retirement. A program which once prioritized group-learning, movement, dance, and instilling music “through the ear, not through the eye” has to adapt to an online format. Goodkin’s close colleagues and friends, James Harding and Sofia Lopez-Ibor, who will take over the music program in his wake, share his heartbreak at the possibility he will not get a proper send off.

Christchurch Big Band Festival 2024
2024-10-24 00:00 - 2024-10-28 23:59 (Pacific/Auckland) | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
The Christchurch Big Band Festival is a five day music festival held every Labour weekend in Christchurch.
• It brings fresh musical vibrancy to the streets and venues of Ōtautahi, Christchurch in spring, attracting thousands of listeners to exciting toe-tapping entertainment all around the city.
• Running since 2006, the CBBF is run by the community for the community and is the only Big Band Festival in New Zealand.
• Accessibility is a kaupapa of the festival with mostly free performances.
• Bands from all over New Zealand gather in Christchurch to play Big Band style jazz providing performance opportunities for around 500 musicians in 20 – 25 groups across 60 scheduled performances.
As well as all the performances, there are workshops for youth and all ages. Run by Rodger Fox and his special guests.
Junior Jazz Jam, an event for Primary school aged jazz bands runs on the Thurdaay afternoon.
There is an early childhood interactive jazz education show on Thursday morning with ECE experts and a live jazz band.
There’s a parade led by Ambush Brass that anyone is welcome to join in with, and jazz jam nights.
See details, registration at https://www.chchbigbandfest.com/. Specific event details will be updated from May on.
Registrations close April 30th for big bands, but workshops and ticketed events will be live until the event unless sold out prior.

MENZA speaker series Term 4 2024
2024-10-30 16:00 - 2024-11-28 20:30 (Pacific/Auckland)
Online guest-speaker sessions in October and November: including Dr Martin Emo, Rio Hemopo, Brenda Oakley, Chris O’Connor and Jade Wrathall. These will also be recorded to watch later if you can’t make it on the day. But they are interactive, so you can have your questions answered if you attend in person.
Online hui for ITMs and Music HODs about 2025 non-contacts for ITM teachers.
Thursday 28th Nov 3:30-4:30pm. Click here for the recording.
MENZA board member Brenda Oakley will be facilitating the discussion alongside PPTA team members Lauren Hourigan and Jo Brunskill, for questions around the impact of the introduction of non-contacts for ITM teachers in 2025.
Please complete this google form before Thursday 9am to give us your questions, queries or discussion points.
https://forms.gle/3JyZYvN2t5uwpRuy5
The online hui will be recorded for members to view at a later date if you are unable to attend.
Wednesday 30 October, 4-5pm
Dr Martin Emo on the NCEA RAMP for 2025 (L1, 2, 3 and Scholarship). Click here for the recording and notes of the session.

Dr Martin Emo is a former secondary school teacher with extensive experience in curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and digital technology in Music through contract roles in public, private and tertiary education. His most recent position was the Learning Area Lead (Dance, Drama, Music) for the New Zealand Ministry of Education, focused on developing and implementing the new NCEA Achievement Standards. Drawing on a range of perspectives and opportunities, he developed and led education strategies for music technology companies Melodics, Serato, and Ableton. In his spare time he grows giant agave flowers, blogs and spins records which you can listen to for free via www.martinthomasemo.com.
Tuesday 12 November, 4-5.30pm
Jade Wrathall’s online presentation: The politics of teaching “the basics” brilliantly. Click here for the recording and notes from the session.

Jade Wrathall is an emerging academic from the University of Waikato. She graduated with a Master of Arts with First Class Honours and has held various teaching and management roles across early childhood and primary sectors. Jade lectures in the Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education and works with a range of undergraduate and postgraduate students in both initial teacher education and education and society. Her research focuses on policy enactment and the position of the arts within the New Zealand Curriculum.
Tuesday 19 November, 4-5pm
In this presentation, Rio Hemopo-Hunuki talks about his experiences in the creative industries and about opportunities for rangatahi to engage in the digital creative sector. Click here for the recording of the session.
Rio Hemopo – Hunuki

Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa, Niuē
I have over 20 years of experience in the creative industries – professionally as a recording artist/musician/producer, and in the digital creative arts via our company, Koi Digital Ltd.
My current focus is to address new opportunities in the Interactive Media space (Gaming, AR/VR, Apps), specifically developing projects for Māori and Pasifika talent/rangatahi to engage in the exciting opportunities of the digital creative sector.
Wednesday 20 November, 7-8.30pm
In this presentation Chris O’Connor unpacks how the humanistic, strength-based approach of his music therapy training and ongoing learning has transformed his music teaching, moving increasingly away from the deficit approach to music education that he experienced in his music learning journey. Click here for the recording of the presentation.

Chris O’Connor is a registered music therapist and freelance performer, educator, composer and recording artist specialising in drum set and percussion. Based in Tamaki Makaurau, Chris works as a music therapist in a variety of settings for the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust, as well as performing and recording with the likes of The Phoenix Foundation, Don McGlashan, Sjd, and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

NZ Ukulele Trust Songwriting competition
2024-11-01 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
Uke-Can-Do-It-for-MENZA
The New Zealand Ukulele Trust invites all Year 5-13 students in NZ to enter our songwriting competition which closes on Friday 1st November 2024. With time running out quickly and school holidays around the corner, we are asking Head of Music Departments (or any lead teacher who can talk to the appropriate age groups for their school) to share this competition with their students. Students do not need to be in a ‘Kiwilele’ school to enter. There may be budding vocalists, poets and musicians who aren’t experienced in the ukulele, but who may be able to submit an amazing song with basic chord progressions that would suit beginner ukulele players.
Further details can be found on our website: https://www.nzukulele.org.nz/uke-can-do-it.html and the attached flyer which we would appreciate if you could share either in school newsletters, assemblies or in class.
Thank you for any support you can give us in encouraging the imagination and creativity of your tamariki through this musical competition.
Nga mihi,
Sean Dean
New Zealand Ukulele Trust.
