Now that we are back in Hamilton, a bunch of interesting things have been taking place. First, I am now working at the School of Media Arts, Wintec as an Academic Staff Member in the Music Department and Research Leader for the School. It is an exciting challenge, and is great to be working in [...]
Tag: taonga puoro
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As a bit of creative fun I decided to create a piece using some taonga puoro recordings I had made with Alistair Fraser. I listened through the recordings, and then started to create a piano piece that would allow Alistairs musical gestures to flow naturally and create a sense of balance between the taonga puoro [...]
He korokoro tūī (remix)
At the end of last year I had the opportunity to create a soundscape for a new contemporary dance work "Whenua" by Karen Barbour. The work was premiered at a conference at Waikato University. In the recording and creation of this piece I had the privilege of working with Alistair Fraser playing his selection of [...]
The Long White Cloud (video)
This is the final video from the concert recordings. At the concert this piece was performed under the title "They say a word is dead". But after some discussions, and a long timing thinking about possibilities... the piece was re-worked, re-arranged and had some new parts written to make the piece better suited to support [...]
Jeremy Mayall 