Increase Your Music Knowledge and Networks in NZ Music Month
NZ Music Month in Christchurch sees your opportunity to connect with local and international music heads in workshops, seminars and panel discussions.
Pat Pattison (USA) Songwriter Workshops
Town Hall & CPIT Jazz School
Fri 28 May - Tues 1 June
Pat Pattison is a Professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches Lyric Writing and Poetry. His books Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming are considered definitive in their genre and have earned many ecstatic reviews. His internationally successful students include Grammy winners John Mayer, Gillian Welch and Rob Hotchkiss (Train)... Read more
New Songs: Aotearoa NZ Music and Society Workshop
Canterbury University, Ilam Road
Thursdays from May 13 2010 - $75
In recent years, the growth of the Aotearoa music industry has left many ‘old-school’ supporters stunned at how quickly the entire nation has embraced local music cultures that have previously been ignored by mainstream media... Read more
WE Speak 2010 Youth Conference
Town Hall, Christchurch
Fri 28 May 2010
WE Speak is NZ's largest youth conference and has been running now since 2007, giving young people an opportunity to speak out on issues affecting them. Now more than ever youth need a strong voice and this is your opportunity to speak up and actually be heard... Read more
NZMM Seminar - Getting Heard in the UK
Christchurch Town Hall, Cambridge Room
Fri 28 May, 5.15pm - 6.15pm
The NZ Music Commission and the NZ Music Managers Forum have joined forces to organize the official Music Month Seminars. Starting in Dunedin on Wednesday May 26th , and stopping over in Wellington and CHARTFEST 2010 in Christchurch, the seminar series is a rare opportunity to listen to UK experts offer advice about the UK Market with Flash Taylor (A&R Manager Sony/ATV UK) & Ande MacPherson (ex Station Manager of XFM, GM of George FM& KiwiFM)...
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CHARTFEST 2010 - Music Clinics & Panel Discussions
Town Hall Complex | 86-95 Kilmore St, Christchurch
Friday 28th May 2010. 1pm-11pm
CHARTFEST takes it up a gear for 2010 with an expanded afternoon programme kicking off after lunch with the Ukulele Orchestra competition, then music performance clinics on drums, bass, guitar, vocal styles, songwriting as well as Protools and digital music creation technology clinics. Lively panel discussions on Making Music Matter, Getting Heard In The UK, Online Music Promotion and Music Present, Past & Future kick off at 4.30pm along with the industry expo... Read More
Studio Open Day
Tandem Studios
Sat 29 May 2010, 12.30pm-4pm
Want to find out more about recording? In NZ Music Month 2010 visit one of the many studios opening its doors in NZ... Read more
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events