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Young Artists Festival - NZ Music Competition
2020-12-11
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
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Violin Category:
Competition Date: January 28 – 31, 2021
Competition Venue: TBC, Christchurch
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Description of Groups – age on 01 Jan 2021
A: Age: 7 – 8 Max. 5 minutes
B: Age: 9 – 10 Max. 8 minutes
C: Age: 11 – 13 Max. 10 minutes
D: Age: 14 – 18 Max. 12 minutes
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Prizes:
• 1st prize trophy and $50 for A and B
• 1st prize trophy, and $100 for C and D
• 1st prize winners of each group will be invited to perform at the gala concert
• Each group will have two 2nd prizes with medals, three 3rd prizes with medals, and five commendable prizes with certificates
• Each group will have one prize with certificate and $50 for The Best Performance of a Chinese Work, and one prize with certificate and $50 for The Best Performance of a New Zealand Work
• In addition, all 1st prizes will be supported by one of the arts organisations in New Zealand, details will be announced later
• The actual number of prizes will be determined by the adjudicators depending on the number of applicants
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Repertoire Requirement:
• Free choice of repertoire
• A maximum of 3 pieces
• Choice of repertoire is at the discretion of the competitors (however, we encourage students to perform both New Zealand and Chinese works)
• Once submitted, the repertoire cannot be changed
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Adjudicators:
• Two to three adjudicators per group
• Details of the adjudicators will be announced later
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Other Information:
• Applications will be closed on the 11th of December 2020
• The order of performers will be in alphabetical order by surname
• The decision of the adjudicators is final
• The organisers reserve the right to make any changes to the event if necessary
• Rights to any competition performance, whether broadcast, televised or recorded, belong to the competition, and no fee is payable for any transmissions, recordings or broadcasts of them
• The organisers will not accept any responsibility for any accident, loss or injury, which may occur to any competitor or to his/her property whether arising out of negligence or otherwise at any time in relation to the competition.
• In the event of fewer than 5 entries being received for the age group, the organisers reserve the right to cancel the competition for that group and change the format to non-competitive performance

2020/2021 National Concerto Competition
2020-12-08 10:30 - 2020-12-09 22:00 UTC | The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch, 8140, 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 FINAL
The Final is being held on Saturday 6th March 2021 at the James Hay Theatre, Christchurch Town Hall. The chosen 3 finalists will play their Concertos accompanied by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young. Ticketing and further information will be available from 25th January 2021.

Creating Taonga Puoro in the Classroom
2020-11-16 09:00 - 15:00 | Newlands College, 68 Bracken Road, Wellington, Wellington, 6037, 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 Taonga Puoro and how our student can create soundscape pieces in the morning and in the afternoon, we will have a look at the Taonga Puoro Unit Standards and look at them as alternatives to the Achievement Standards in Music. There will also be an opportunity to discuss Music at Secondary Level in the afternoon.

Cost: FREE for MENZA Members – $30 for Non MENZA Members
Newlands College, 68 Bracken Road, Paparangi, Wellington
This event will be followed by a MENZA Wellington get together at 3:30pm – all welcome

REGISTER HERE
Ben Lau is the Head of Music at Newlands College. He believes in an inclusive classroom where students are at the centre of their learning. Recently he has been developing his skills in creating Taonga Puoro and teaching them to his ākonga with success at Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11.

Popular Music and Semiotic Analysis - a Method for School Educators
2020-11-13 09:30 - 15:00 | 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, melody, rhythm, form etc. Semiotic analysis is useful in the study of popular music as it looks at both the sociological and musicological features of any given musical text. I teach semiotic analysis to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Musical Arts degree at MAINZ as a means to understand song and songwriting, and this workshop will be a practical way to look at popular music analysis taking into account denotative and connotative components.
Mark Baynes is a jazz pianist with a contemporary leaning. Mark’s doctoral research has provided an analytical lexicon that can be used to understand music in terms of what is defined as consonance and dissonance found in western music as a whole. Although informed by academia, Mark is primarily a performer, composer and accompanist residing in Auckland, New Zealand. Mark is a presenter of 95bFM’s The Jazz Show, and writes the X-Factory column for NZMusician Magazine.
Mark currently works as a Programme Manager and Senior Lecturer of the Bachelor of Musical Arts Degree at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand / Southern Institute of Technology.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Uploaded Songwriting Competition (entries due 11 Nov 2020)
2020-11-11
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 committed to the charity – raising vital funds to help grant wishes to seriously ill children.
The competition runs from June 15th – November 11th. Each month, more prizes will be revealed, and all finalists are invited to perform live in Dublin at a special Andrson event in February 2021!

Giving Direction 2020 - professional development for choral directors
2020-11-07 10:00 - 17:00 | 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 directors are warmly invited to attend Giving Direction workshops where they will be given ‘hands-on’ instruction on conducting gesture and other vital aspects of choir direction, as well as the opportunity to take part in a choral forum. This is a great opportunity to hone your choir directing skills and share knowledge or experiences with fellow conductors.
If you are a conductor, we’d really love to see you there.
If you are a singer, please encourage your music director to take part!
About the workshops
The workshops have a very practical focus, and are aimed at all conductors, regardless of experience or type of choir. The workshop will run on Saturday, 7 November from 10am to 5pm at Hastings Girls’ High School 508 Pakowhai Rd, Frimley, Hastings.
Each workshop comprises four sessions, led by Brent Stewart, and with input from our region as to the final format.
Session 1: Rehearsal technique
Session 2: Score preparation
Sessions 3 & 4: Conducting gestures
During the afternoon sessions, local invited choirs will be present as the demonstration choirs, and conductors will have the chance to work with them on the choir’s own repertoire.

KIWILELE FESTIVAL
2020-11-07 08:00 - 17:00
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 and special celebrity guests.
There will be plenty of joy and fun for all, with food stalls, ukulele workshops,
instruments and merchandise for sale, competitions, prizes and giveaways.
Contact Christina Reid, admin@nzukulele.org.nz for more info

DAYTiME 2020 Sydney
2020-11-06 08:30 - 16:30 | Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, Sydney, New South Wales, 2114, 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 peers and share ideas and resources.
The No.1 conference in the region
focusing on technology in music education.
As a music educator, DAYTiME will help you to:

gain understanding about existing and emerging technologies that can enhance music teaching practice and improve student engagement
keep informed about evolving pedagogical approaches and the relevant use of technology in meeting curriculum achievement standards
remove intimidating barriers surrounding certain areas of music technology
learn from examples of best practice and develop strategies for more effective planning of appropriate resources within your school context
gain inspiration to continue professional learning beyond the conference and expand opportunities for professional networking

Professional Development certificates are provided to all attendees following the conference.

Dr Ethan Hein – USA
Keynote presenterHip-hop Creativities for the Post-Performance Age.We are delighted to have Ethan Hein presenting the Sydney Keynote. Ethan is a highly regarded educator and author and a Doctoral Fellow in music education at New York University, USA. Ethan is also an adjunct professor at NYU and maintains a widely followed blog.
The day’s program follows with a wide choice of sessions delivered by leading educators and industry experts, from Australia and overseas. Sessions cover a range of relevant topics for delivering music in primary, middle and secondary school including current and emerging pedagogical approaches as well as ever-evolving technologies and curricula.
A day of professional learning, highly regarded by hundreds of attendees annually …DAYTiME is a “must attend” event for all music educators.

What teachers are saying
“The speakers were amazing and the sessions were mind bending for most of us!! Definitely there next year.”
Keryn Hastie, Music Teacher, Tuart Forest Primary School, WA

“Thank you again to you and your team for the work you put into the Daytime Conference. As always it was an excellent day that was very stimulating … Honestly, Daytime is consistently one of the best PDs that I attend.”
Nick Knijnenburg, Head of Department – The Arts, Immanuel Lutheran College, Qld

Details

When
Friday, May 29, 2020
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
E. Australia Time

Where
Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club
117 Ryedale Road
West Ryde, New South Wales 2114
Australia

Planner
Keith Huxtable

Wellington Orchestra Festival 2020
2020-11-05 | Scots’ College, 1 Monorgan Road, Strathmore Park, Wellington, 6022, 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 well as guitars, keyboards and recorders.
$50 for MENZA members
$80 for non-MENZA members (includes 12-month subscription)
Register here
For further information, please contact maryhorner5@gmail.com

AMIS Music Educators' Online Summit
2020-11-02 08:00 - 2020-11-15 17:00
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. These workshops are available to all registered Summit participants, and can be viewed at any time from any place in the world. Workshops will be categorized according to the following strands:

High School
Middle School
Upper Elementary
Early Years / Kindergarten
General Music
Music Technology
Composition
Curriculum & Instruction
Choral
Band
Strings
IB – PYP, MYP, and DP

SYNCHRONOUS PROGRAM
Live, interactive online weekend gatherings with keynote webinars and opportunities for discussion and Q&A with workshop presenters. All sessions will run from 1pm to 5pm GMT.

Music Curriculum Design for Deep Learning (Zoom Version)
2020-10-24 13:30 - 17:00
REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM WORKSHOP
In this workshop for secondary school music teachers, the elements of the Curriculum Design Coherence Model (CDC) will be used to design a unit of work.
The CDC model is currently being utilised in a research study in New Zealand and England and is proving very useful in enhancing teachers’ curriculum design knowledge. Teachers will work in groups to design a music topic using the model. The model directs teachers towards a deep understanding to a topic’s ‘epistemic’ structure and how this can be utilised to enable deep learning and appropriate assessment.
A zoom link will be emailed to the address you use in this registration form prior to the day.

Christchurch Big Band Festival
2020-10-22 12:00 - 2020-10-26 17:00
NZ’s only Big Band Festival kicks off with Junior Jazz Jam, an event for primary school jazz bands, and works through the long weekend with bands of all ages playing outdoor gigs in cool venues around the new Christchurch central city. It also offers workshops, dancing, concerts and surprise events!
Register your big band here www.chchbigbandfest.com

Junior Jazz Jam
2020-10-22 12:00 - 18:00 | Tūranga Central Library, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, Canterbury, 8011, New Zealand
An event for Primary School Jazz Bands (up to year 8).
Bands perform for each other and get written feedback from jazz lecturers from ARA Music Arts.
The Registration link will be added here soon and also to the Christchurch Big Band Festival Website.

Free Music Therapy Webinar: Musicking and Cultural Identity
2020-10-20 19:30 - 20:30
Keeping Community in Mind: Musicking and Cultural Identity
Have you ever seen a pipa or heard pipa music? The pipa is a four-stringed pear-shaped lute, one of the oldest Chinese musical instruments with over 2000 years of history. Cici will share some of her pipa music and reflect on the relationship between music, culture, identity and wellbeing, and invite you to experience a therapeutic sound-making journey.
The gayageum is a Korean traditional string instrument. Hyunah will introduce this instrument, which is one of the geum family, along with the zheng (China) and the koto (Japan). She will discuss the diasporic identity of Koreans in relation to gayageum performance, with an understanding the meaning of gayageum music to Koreans in Dunedin. This presentation includes a gayageum demonstration.
The presentations will be followed by an opportunity for comments and questions.
Cici Kong was born in Dalian, a beautiful Chinese coastal city where she started her musical journey when she was four, singing in a children’s choir and later learning to play the pipa. She graduated with a Bachelor in Music Performance (Traditional Chinese Instruments) from Xiamen University of China in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, she worked for the Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington as a Mandarin language assistant, offering Chinese language classes, music workshops and music classes in schools and communities, and performed in many quality events. Since 2018, she has worked as a Registered Music Therapist, after training at the New Zealand School of Music. Cici is passionate about helping children and adults to reach their potential and to build connections through positive music-making. She has worked with children with special needs at schools and adults with dementia and mental health issues in rest homes and daycare centres. Cici’s music therapy approach is person-centred and strengths-based. Cici loves the positivity when people and music come together, and feels that she now has a better understanding of how to care for them with patience and compassion.
Hyunah Cho is a PhD candidate in music therapy research at the University of Otago. As a Korean Certificated Music Therapist (KCMT), she worked as a music therapist at a Korean psychiatric hospital and a Steiner school in South Korea before coming to New Zealand in 2016. Hyunah is interested in a holistic approach by understanding the cultural context of music therapy. As a New Zealand Registered Music Therapist, Hyunah is providing music therapy sessions in Dunedin while finishing her thesis.
Registration closes on Sunday 18th October, at 5pm

Music Curriculum Design for Deep Learning (Face to face workshop)
2020-10-17 13:30 - 17:00
REGISTER HERE FOR FACE TO FACE WORKSHOP
In this workshop for secondary school music teachers, the elements of the Curriculum Design Coherence Model (CDC) will be used to design a unit of work.
The CDC model is currently being utilised in a research study in New Zealand and England and is proving very useful in enhancing teachers’ curriculum design knowledge. Teachers will work in groups to design a music topic using the model. The model directs teachers towards a deep understanding to a topic’s ‘epistemic’ structure and how this can be utilised to enable deep learning and appropriate assessment.

World Singing Day
2020-10-17
Greetings from Scott Johnson, Boulder, Colorado in the US

I wanted to invite your MENZA members to join thousands around the world in singing on World Singing Day (Oct. 17). This annual event that takes place around the world on the third Saturday in October is for everyone — singers and “non-singers” alike — to build community and celebrate our common humanity.

New Zealand is one of the few places on earth right now where people can gather in public to celebrate WSD, but most of the world will most likely not be able to gather in October so this year it will be more of an online, virtual experience.

Here are some things people will be doing on, and before, WSD this year:
https://worldsingingday.org/sing/

I hope MENZA members can join us this year to sing together and celebrate our global family.

Sing together with family and friends on World Singing Day and be a part of something big.
This year’s 9th annual World Singing Day (WSD) global sing-along on the 17th of October will look a little different in most places due to the pandemic this year. It’s going to be a global singing party online. Like New Year’s Eve but with tons of singing!
Here are things you can do on, and before, WSD:

Send us a video for our “Around the World in 80 Songs” global video project by Sept. 12, 2020.
Particiapte in our “To me, a wonderful world looks like…” video/photo project by Oct. 1, 2020.
“Sing it Forward” on the 17th of October 2020 by singing with whomever you live with, wherever you are, and then sharing your short singing videos on social media and tagging friends and challenging them to “sing it forward.” Use the hashtag #worldsingingday.
Sing this year’s WSD Song of the Year “What a Wonderful World” and send us your video.
Sing our simple WSD Theme Song “Till the Whole World Sings” and send us your video.
Click “Going” on the global Facebook event, “I’m singing on WSD 2020.”

If you can gather in person where you live, learn about hosting a sing-along in your area here.

Teacher Training in Music Technology MUSIC & VIDEO PRODUCTION Auckland
2020-10-13 09:30 - 14:45
Producing quality videos for online submissions

As a result of COVID19 many school competitions such as Rockquest and the Chamber Music NZ Competition are now inviting video submissions of school bands and ensembles.
​While these competitions don’t require a top quality studio recording of your school groups, wouldn’t it be nice to know how to get much better quality video and audio than just recording on someone’s phone or sticking up a handycam for the group to perform to?
​In 2019 one of groups from St Andrew’s College won the national Bandquest competition with this video recorded in their music room. If you would like to make videos which sound and look like this, then these workshops are for you.
​Topics covered:

Equipment required including what software to use, what microphones to buy, the best audio interfaces for a high school budget.

How to setup DAW templates for fast recording and mixing

What is the best way to record experienced and inexperienced bands

How to mix quality recordings within the ‘rules’ set out by the Rockquest, Bandquest and Chamber Music competitions

What are the best software plugins to buy (including highlighting the latest trends in the mixing world that greatly simplify the mixing process).

How to use free video editing software to create multi-angle music videos

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Duncan Ferguson will be running two days of workshops in July (prior to the Rockquest submission date) where you can join in on the recording of his year 7-9 band “Black Wired” (featured in the video linked to above). On Saturday 4 July the day will be a hands-on session showing how to select and setup all the gear, and run a recording session while videoing the performance. Sunday 5 July will be dedicated to mixing the performance and creating the final video.
​The Christchurch workshops will be the best and most hands on days and teachers are encouraged to attend these first and foremost. Please note, while the main focus will be recording rock bands for Rockquest we will also be covering recording other ensembles such are Chamber Groups and Choirs.
​However, for those that are unable to travel to Christchurch Duncan will offer one-day versions of these workshops in Auckland and Hamilton on 13-14 October. Note, there will be no ‘live’ recording session for the Auckland and Hamilton workshops, but we will do our best to cover all the same material in one day, including giving hands on lessons on how to do all the post-production mixing and video production work.
​These days will be suitable for beginner and experienced teachers including primary and intermediate music specialists. For those that haven’t done any recording of music before Duncan will send out some guidelines for what you need to know to prepare for these workshops so you can get the most out of them.

VENUES AND DATES

CHRISTCHURCH

Saturday 4 July
St Andrew’s College
Recording and videoing

CHRISTCHURCH

Sunday 5 July
St Andrew’s College
Mixing & Post Production

AUCKLAND

Tuesday 13 October
Venue TBC

HAMILTON

Wednesday 14 October
Venue TBC

$159 + GST per day for Auckland and Hamilton.
$270 + GST for both Christchurch workshops (or you can attend just one of the days in Christchurch for $149 + GST)
All workshops run from 9.30am–2.45pm.
Payment is due on receipt of invoice and must be paid
in advance. No refunds will be given for non-attendance.
Please note: morning tea will be provided but you will need to provide your own lunch.
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Please click here to register for these workshops

Weaving the cultural perspectives into Pūoro - Secondary PLD
2020-10-09 08:00 - 17:00
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 Rosemary Hipkins on the NZ Curriculum, Rim D. Paul on the Māori performing arts standards, Jeni Little on the current standards review along with sessions on tools for assessing and creating an engaging curriculum with cultural perspectives.
There is accomodation arranged for the night before, and the first 20 paid registrations will be reimbursed by the TRCC.
Registrations close on the 11th Sept.
Any questions, please contact kaiarahibelinda@gmail.com directly.

Free music therapy webinar: Evaluating how a music therapy service is valued by its community
2020-10-07 19:00 - 20:00
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 RMTT services.
In this webinar, Adrian Field from evaluation company Dovetail and Jen Ryckaert from Raukatauri discuss the process of the evaluation and its findings. They will share reflections and learnings for both Raukatauri and the wider music therapy profession in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly around public understanding of music therapy and the value of relationships within music therapy and the wider disability community.
Jen Ryckaert is the Clinical and Centre Director of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, and a practising Registered Music Therapist. During her time as Director, Raukatauri has realised unprecedented growth and currently serves over 500 clients across the lifespan each week in Auckland, Northland and Hawke’s Bay. Jen originally joined the Raukatauri team in 2015, following work as the Music Therapy Clinic Manager and Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Music Therapy at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Jen enjoys being a part of the larger music therapy community in New Zealand and currently serves on the NZ Music Therapy Registration Board.
Adrian Field is the director of Dovetail, an Auckland-based research and evaluation company. Adrian’s work helps organisations uncover the difference they are making, and support positive change in communities and systems. Adrian was trained as a social science researcher and has been evaluating services and programmes for some 20 years. Adrian is an honorary academic at the School of Population Health (University of Auckland) and the national co-convenor of the Aotearoa-New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA).
Registration closes on Monday 5th October, at 5pm

ANZARME (Australian & New Zealand Association for Research In Music Education)
2020-10-03 - 2020-10-04
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. While we are disappointed that we cannot go ahead as originally planned, we are excited to announce that we will be going ahead with ANZARME 2020 as an online event.
The online conference will run over October 3 – 4 (in line with original conference dates) and we are grateful to The University of Melbourne for their kind offer of hosting the online conference. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts now, and successful presenters will then be invited to create a 15 – 20 video of their presentation for uploading into the conference platform at least 2 weeks prior to the event. Presentations will then be available for viewing by conference delegates from this time. The conference will then comprise a series of themed online sessions over the two days October 3 – 4. Details as follows:
What to do
If you are interested in presenting, the call for abstracts is now open. Abstracts up to 250 words must be registered and submitted via the ANZARME website https://anzarme.com.au/ before August 21. Abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed, and successful presenters will be notified as soon as possible. This process complies with current conference arrangements
Once accepted, presenters will be asked to create a 15 – 20 minute video of their presentation and upload it via the link on the ANZARME website. A slide template will be available for presenters on the ANZARME website, and videos can be in any format. Technical help will be available through the website, and presentations must be uploaded by September 17 at the latest.
All wishing to access the online conference will be asked to register through the ANZARME website, whether presenting or not. We are pleased to announce that the cost of the conference will only be $50 for delegates, and $25 for students.
Further details on the actual online format will be forthcoming soon. At the moment, a lot of work is going on behind the scenes finalising the technical arrangements and I am grateful to ANZARME committee members Dr Emily Wilson, Dr Brad Merrick, Martin Emo and Associate Professor Annie Mitchell for their work at relatively short notice to get this event up and running. The website is currently being updated and should reflect the above within the next two weeks.
Importantly, ANZARME 2020 will be going ahead. Please make sure you submit your abstracts as soon as possible if you interested in presenting in this exciting new format.
I am also pleased to announce that ANZARME 2021 is planned for the Gold Coast, and ANZARME 2022 for Invercargill in New Zealand.
Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you to ANZARME 2020 online.
Best wishes
Dr Geoffrey M Lowe
President, ANZARME
Senior Lecturer in Music Education
Edith Cowan University

Cancelled - Kodály Aotearoa Professional Development
2020-10-02 - 2020-10-10, 2020-09-11 - 2020-09-14
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 and Secondary 2 courses (for credit or for audit) the dates are as follows:

Friday 11 September and Saturday 12 September (Part 1 – to be held in Christchurch)
followed by 2-10 October (Part 2 – to be held in Hawkes Bay).

We are implementing a new course structure in 2020 which Dr James Cuskelly and I believe will be a very successful model for New Zealand moving forward. In Part 1 (2 days) you will come together, go through all of the cultural materials repertoire, be presented with the conducting materials, choir materials and begin musicianship. You will also make a start on the first lesson plans so that you are ready to begin practicum early in Part 2 of the course. This will give you a head start for preparing materials (e.g. sing and plays, ensembles, conducting etc) prior to the October course. The October course will have four teaching days then one day off followed by another four teaching days – a total of nine days.

If you are enrolling for Primary 3 for credit (not audit), please remember that you will need to have your song file completed and ready for assessment from 2 October. More information to come in 2020.

I am very excited that the Primary 3 course will be offered for the first in New Zealand! Thank you very much to those eligible participants who have been waiting a number of years for this to happen.

We will also be running a Primary 1 course in 2020 so if you have colleagues who you are keen to encourage, the dates for that course are below. There are two locations for Part 1 for those interested in Primary 1.

Sunday 13 / Monday 14 September Christchurch. This two-day course will be offered as taster-days for those keen to find out more. Those who are interested in continuing on to complete an accredited course would then also attend the 2-10 October course in Hawkes Bay.
Saturday 6 June and Sunday 7 June – Auckland. This two-day course will be offered as taster-days for those keen to find out more. Those who are interested in continuing on to complete an accredited course would then also attend the 2-10 October course in Hawkes Bay.

MAHI TAHI - Music Education Symposium
2020-10-01 - 2020-10-02 | 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 more registrations are welcomed (although no more presentations can be accepted at this stage). If you would like to come along please register at https://forms.gle/Ps7UfpzA5ti3oHLG6
Any questions please get in touch with Sally (sally.bodkin-allen@sit.ac.nz)

Kodály Australia Virtual Summit
2020-09-28 08:30 - 16:00
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 with workshops and Q and A sessions presented by each state as well as live and recorded presentations from our guest choirs.
Full Program Information is here: http://kodalynationalconference.org.au/program/
The cost for the day is $20 for members and $90 for non Members (including 1 year membership) – Bookings are now open here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=645809&
Remember to pass the word around and help us make this day a wonderful day of connection with colleagues! There is a link here (https://mcusercontent.com/4afd3c18d2748f9307fb48dc1/files/bad89d46-1ddb-4c13-a82d-41b753aaa4a3/Flyer_Virtual_Summit.pdf) to help you promote this as well!

Sing, Say, Dance and Play: Orff Around the World Whangarei 2020
2020-09-14 15:30 - 18:00 | 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.

Wānanga Puoro - Teachers’ Music PD workshops
2020-09-12 10:00 - 13:00
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 explore their creativity through the arts, resulting in powerful learning and personal growth.
Come and join me for a fun, hands-on PD workshop to learn activities and ideas that will help you to bring more music and movement into your classroom, along with te reo & tikanga Māori. Music is for everybody in this nurturing, child-centred approach, so whether you’re a rock goddess or a bit nervous about the idea of trying it, you will find this wānanga very worthwhile.

Sat 15th August 10am – 1pm at Westreap for ECE (ages 3-5) to Year 2
Sat 22nd August 10am – 1pm at Westreap for Years 3-8
Sat 29th August 10am – 1pm at Buller Reap for ECE (ages 3-5) to Year 2
Sat 12th September 10am – 1pm at Buller Reap for Years 3-8

Cost: Participation in the workshops is free for members of MENZA (Music Education NZ Aotearoa), and only $30 for non-members, which also gives you the benefits of a year’s membership. Alternatively, if your school joins MENZA for just $30 (in total), all staff can attend for free!
Please register via this link:
Feedback from previous workshops:
I had fun with the activities you had chosen to do with us. Thanks for showing me (who feels I’m not musically inclined at all!!) that it need not be scary or hard to include in my daily timetable.
Api Nathan, AP, Otari School.
Absolutely enjoyed myself, time well spent. Will definitely be recommending your wānanga to others. Raureka Gray, TKKM o Te Rito
I enjoyed everything! I am not usually coordinated but the delivery and simple yet effective kēmu were easy and enjoyable enough to join in. I can see how these tools can be used within my own classroom and will be beneficial for all tamariki Sharron Handscomb, Koraunui School
Mīharo e te tohunga!! Ngā mihi nui Makaira! I learnt lots of different ways to incorporate our taonga into our programmes – papaki ā tinana, ngā kupu hou me ērā mea. Thought straight away of our tamariki who would possibly benefit from this. Will implement and use some of these amazing ideas āpōpō. Teresa Kenny, Koraunui School
I would like to invite Makaira back to present the workshop to all kaiako. Cordry Huata, Tumuaki, Te KKM o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga
I am terrible with puoro, but this wānanga was fantastic. Kaihou, TKKM o Te Whare Tapere o Tākitimu
I would like him to take our Kōhanga Reo staff through this wānanga. Huia, Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whare Tapere o Tākitimu

For more inspiration, check out this UNICEF article, the Te Ara Whānui sound garden, or the Hā Ora resource in Te Rito Toi.

Ngā mihi mahana, nā

Makaira Waugh
Te Atiawa

Cancelled - Kodály Aotearoa Professional Development (Taster)
2020-09-11 - 2020-09-14
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 restrictions, but it could be useful to have in your calendar.
For those of you who are looking at completing Primary 2, Primary 3 and Secondary 2 courses (for credit or for audit) the dates are as follows:

Friday 11 September and Saturday 12 September (Part 1 – to be held in Christchurch)
followed by 2-10 October (Part 2 – to be held in Hawkes Bay).

We are implementing a new course structure in 2020 which Dr James Cuskelly and I believe will be a very successful model for New Zealand moving forward. In Part 1 (2 days) you will come together, go through all of the cultural materials repertoire, be presented with the conducting materials, choir materials and begin musicianship. You will also make a start on the first lesson plans so that you are ready to begin practicum early in Part 2 of the course. This will give you a head start for preparing materials (e.g. sing and plays, ensembles, conducting etc) prior to the October course. The October course will have four teaching days then one day off followed by another four teaching days – a total of nine days.

If you are enrolling for Primary 3 for credit (not audit), please remember that you will need to have your song file completed and ready for assessment from 2 October. More information to come in 2020.

I am very excited that the Primary 3 course will be offered for the first in New Zealand! Thank you very much to those eligible participants who have been waiting a number of years for this to happen.

We will also be running a Primary 1 course in 2020 so if you have colleagues who you are keen to encourage, the dates for that course are below. There are two locations for Part 1 for those interested in Primary 1.

Sunday 13 / Monday 14 September Christchurch. This two-day course will be offered as taster-days for those keen to find out more. Those who are interested in continuing on to complete an accredited course would then also attend the 2-10 October course in Hawkes Bay.

Writing Songs for Children - A workshop with Kath Bee
2020-09-08 15:45 - 17:45 | 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 and why, talk about different types of children’s songs, the basics of song structure, to rhyme or not to rhyme, then brainstorm themes/topics and settle down to write.
Bring your instrument if you play, but it’s not necessary – we will mostly focus on lyrics and touch briefly on melody/chords. I’ll attempt to answer your questions and play some of my songs for you as examples. Then we can sit back and listen to what unfolds!
This is a 2-hour workshop and the last 1/2 hour will be performances.
Please register by Friday 4 September using https://forms.gle/L97HSJEMdfYFmopD9 or by contacting Alison Caldwell at acaldwell@stclair.school.nz
Please note: participants will be required to adhere to Ministry of Health Guidelines for COVID Alert Level 2.

2020 ONZA Marimba Festival: Songs from Papatūānuku
2020-09-05 12:00 - 16:00 | 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 to suit their music curriculum goals. On the day of the festival itself, hundreds of students rehearse and perform the set in a mass celebration of music education.
If you are interested in this exciting event, you should contact Philippa Drake Auckland, Jeremy Hantler Taurange or Ali Caldwell Dunedin.
As with recent events, the Auckland Marimba Festival will take place in the ASB Stadium in Kohimarama. The 2020 date is Saturday, 5th September. To register your school or organisation for this wonderful event click on the Auckland Registration Form
Auckland Playthrough Dates:
First get together: Sunday 16th February 2.00 – 4.00 Wairau Intermediate – (recording all pieces)
Playthough 1: Saturday 29 February 2.00 – 4.00 Wairau Intermediate
Playthough 2: Saturday 9 May 2.00 – 4.00 TBA [Either Kristin or Wairau Intermediate]
Playthough 3: Saturday 1 August 2.00 – 4.00 TBA [Either Kristin or Wairau Intermediate]

Tauranga Rehearsal Venue
TBA
Tauranga Rehearsal Dates
TBA
Please contact Jeremy or Cherrie for any further queries.

Dunedin Rehearsal Venue
TBA
Dunedin Rehearsal Dates
TBA
Please contact Ali Caldwell or any further queries.

To get a taste of the 2015 occasion, click on Marimba Festival Youtube clip, or visit the ONZA Media page to view a range of thrilling videos based around the 2016 festival.

Fine Arts Academy: Integrated Fine Arts Learning in a Blended Program
2020-09-03 05:00 - 06:00
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 will answer your questions about how schoo may look different and way to adapt to the ‘new normal’ of blended learning.
