Te Tataitanga Masters Exhibition at Square Edge, Palmerston North, NZ.
Come and check it out!! Awesome Artworks by Masters students, in their various disciplines, studying at Te Putahi-a-Toi, Massey University. At the Square Edge Gallery, 47 The Square, Palmerston North, NZ
Artists include:
Regan Balzer; Mieka de Maxton; Liz Grant; Erena Gray; Vivienne Hohaia; Kelvin Kara; Michelle Nichols; Terri Te Tau; Kylie Tiuka.
THE FLUTES CALL… as Horomona Horo prepares for an exciting journey to a marvelous land.
Taonga Puoro travels to the World Music Days in Beijing
As an ambassador of New Zealand, Horomona will be traveling in association with Victoria University and a contingent of professional Musicians, Artists and academics, to Beijing, China.
Horomona will be attending the World Music Days Beijing, to perform with other high calabre Musicians of their respective fields. This will be happening from the 31st October 2009 until the 5th November.
Thursday the 17th September, NZ Apra awards night in Christchurch, had a huge presence of Taonga Puoro. Where, masters Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne received the honorary award for their outstanding contribution to New Zealand music and the revival of Taongo Puoro. A huge acknowledgement also went out to Brian Flintoff and Clem Mallish for their important part in the journey of Taonga Puoro revival also. It was an honour to be a part of this special night.
Kia ora whanau, I will be heading to Otautahi/Christchurch on the 16th October2009, to collaborate with organist Grant Hutchinson. Grant will be playing the St Lukes Church Organ while I play Taonga Puoro, as St Lukes Church, celebrates its 150th year.
This will be my first official performance with an organ, and no doubt the fusion of very different instruments in such an awesome venue will create an amazing acoustic environment that will be food for the ears and food for the soul. So, if you are free, come and join us as we fuse what we know as western Folk music with traditional Maori music.
The following week (22 October 2009) Grant and I will be taking our performance to another wonderful venue, the St Lukes Church in Rotorua. So you have two chances to make it to a show that can’t be missed.
