New Zealand/Aotearoa
2013; Volume: 60; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2471-156X
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Music Education Insights
ResumoOur 32nd IAML (NZ) Conference was held in Auckland at the University and also at Auck land Central City Library on 16th and 17th October 2014. Members from Wellington, the South 1sland and Whangarei had travelled to join us. Our first session was an inspiration and set the tone for the conference. Joe Harrop, Ros Gifney and Joanne Hedge talked about their work with the Sistema Aotearoa programme in South Auckland. Sistema Aotearoa uses orchestral music-making as a model for social development. There are currently around 240 children, aged 6 to 11 years drawn from seven primary schools serving decile 1 communities in Otara, attending three times a week after school and in the school holidays. What fabulous work they are doing and what fantastic results! Next Rae de Lisle from the University of Auckland talked about the research she has been doing to complete her Doctorate on Focal Dystonia. She showed us some excellent videos which captured so well the problems and the solutions which brought about amazing results. She is doing much to reveal the triggers that lead to this condition, techniques to overcome it and also prevention techniques. The afternoon was a mini digitization symposium. We started off with Chris Caddick from Recorded Music NZ who told us about his latest digitization project. He is digitizing as much NZ music as possible by working with recording companies. They are making this music more available and accessible through 1tunes and Spotify. Then we moved to a commercial digital product with Alexander Street. They brought us up to date with their music products and they are moving forward in leaps and bounds. Probably the best news was that the classification of videos has been exempt for their online music and dance and education videos so this really opens the doors for libraries. Nigel Champion from the University of Auckland presented for us the necessary equipment and criteria to digitize material ourselves--no simple task! We concluded the day with a panel discussion on digitization projects chaired by Libby Nichol. On the panel were Amanda Mills from Hocken Library in Otago, Melinda Erceg, Digital Access manager from Auckland Libraries, and Keith McEwing from National Library. They shared about digital projects that have been happening in their institutions especially around WWI and about future projects they will be undertaking. After the AGM on Friday Peter Watts delighted us with a whimsical session, with demonstrations on the piano about music and why it captures us in the way it does. Elizabeth Smith reported back on her experience at the IAML Australia Conference in Melbourne. It sounded like she had an inspiring time. Elizabeth also talked to us about the re-development project at the Massey Wellington Library, how it was implemented and how it is working for them. Melanie Johnson, copyright officer at the University of Auckland, opened up the world of copyright for us and explained some new developments in NZ and overseas. Our conference concluded with PHD student Rob Tedesco who has been researching about the economics and history of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. It was enlightening to see how they have developed into an essential part of the fabric of Auckland cultural life. …
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