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NZ Music Month @ Te Papa

07 May 2010
Wai-Ora
An intro to Weissenborn guitars with Tony Francis and Thomas Oliver
Meghan Glue, William Jackman
Estere Dalton, Oskar Herbig
Ensembles from the Young Musicians Programme

Whatever your thing is, we’ll have some of it going on – there’ll be folk, rock, jazz, pop, country, and blues. Come and hear Estere Dalton, Best Female Musician in the 2009 Smokefree Rockquest, or Nic McGowan, if you’re into vintage synths and theremins!

All events are free!

May Music Month: Wai-Ora

13 May 2010 | 7.30pm–8pm

Join Wellington/Porirua-based M?ori electronica band WAI for the launch of their new CD, WAI-ORA. Hear WAI's unique contemporary style of music based on traditional rhythms and melodies, with a fusion of contemporary sounds and technology.
May Music Month: An intro to Weissenborn guitars with Tony Francis and Thomas Oliver

15 May 2010 | 1pm–2pm

Hear Tony Francis, boutique guitar manufacturer and repairman, talking about vintage Weissenborn guitars, and slide guitarist Thomas Oliver playing them. Then try your hand yourself!
May Music Month: Meghan Glue, William Jackman

22 May 2010 | 12pm–1pm

Come and listen to two of Wellington’s up-and-coming young singer/songwriter musical talents celebrating May Music Month!

May Music Month: Estere Dalton, Oskar Herbig

23 May 2010 | 12pm–2.20pm

Estere Dalton won Best Female Musician in Smokefree Rockquest in 2009! Oskar Herbig's biggest influences are Delta blues music, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Join them for this Music Month special.
Ensembles from the Young Musicians Programme

29 May 2010 | 11am–11.45am

Come and listen to a new generation of talented musicians from the New Zealand School of Music’s Young Musicians Programme, in a vibrant programme of European classics and popular jazz tunes.

May Music Month: Nic McGowan

30 May 2010 | 1pm–2pm

See some amazing vintage instruments rarely used today – vintage synths, vibraphones, theremins, and live looping in the void! Nic McGowan leads the musical forensic team from Island Bay Studios as they deactivate gravitational force fields.

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Te Papa | Wellington

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13 May 2010 - 30 May 2010
Submitted by Te Papa Tongarewa on Fri, 07/05/2010 - 2:51pm.

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