NZ Music Month

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Live in Libraries

Waitakere Library and Information Services is proud to be an official supporter of New Zealand Music Month.

Drop into your library during May 2009, and enjoy our free line-up of music performances.

Check our live performance guide below for up to date listings. New performances will continue to be added throughout Music Month.

Live Performances

Date	Gig	Time	Place
Friday 15 May	Aonghas Anderson, Piano-Accordian	12.00 pm	Waitakere Central Library
Friday 15 May	Alasdair Robertson, Celtic Fiddle	12.00 pm	Waitakere Central Library
Saturday 16 May	Laura Robertson - Harp	10.15 am	New Lynn Library
Tuesday 19 May	Liston College Cook Island Drummers Group	1.30 pm	Waitakere Central Library
Tuesday 19 May	Liston College Jazz Band	1.30 pm	Waitakere Central Library
Saturday 23 May	The Nukes, Ukelele Band	11.30 am	Waitakere Central Library
Saturday 23 May	The Nukes Ukelele Band	1.30 pm	Massey Library
Wednesday 27 May	Recorder recital	11.00 am	Waitakere Central Library
Thursday 28 May	Bruce McLaren Intermediate School Bands	1.30 pm	Waitakere Central Library

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For more information, download our New Zealand Music Month flyer (Size 1822K)

Waitakere Libraries has a large collection of books, CD's and DVD's on New Zealand music, musicians and performers.

Music Month 2009 - Library Activities

7 May

Patrons at New Lynn War Memorial Library were treated to a musical surprise last Thursday morning 7 May.

About 20 students from Arahoe School Gospel choir sang and danced to the rapid beats of favourite Kiwi songs. The show was organised by Waitakere Libraries as a part of the events to celebrate New Zealand Music month.

Books on Music in New Zealand

Below are just two of many books in our Reference Room collection. There are also copies of these two books in the borrowing collection, which you can request and take home to read.

Click on the Titles beside each book cover to see other copies and place a request.

The Reference Room is located on Level 2 of Waitakere Central Library. You are very welcome to browse the collection or study the materials in depth.

	Title: NZ Rock 1987-2007 Author: Shute, Gareth
	Title: Piano in the parlour : when the piano was New Zealand's home entertainment centre Author: MacGibbon, John

More books on New Zealand Music

You can find many more books, CD's and DVD's on New Zealand music by searching the Library Catalogue

Or click on these quick links to selected library subject headings.

Music in New Zealand
Opera
Rock
Pop
Jazz
Rap

eResources

You can access and cross-search the vast resources of the Oxford University Press music reference books in one location Oxford Music Online through our eResources under the heading Arts, music & literature.

Or search for Music awards, scholarships and grants for individuals through Breakout under the heading Funding.

It's free, all you need is your library card and pin number.

Web sites

Below are a few selected web sites which celebrate or promote New Zealand music or may be of interest to music lovers of all ages.

www.nzmusic.org.nz
Home to the New Zealand Music Commission a Government funded arts agency, which is committed to growing the NZ music business, both at home and overseas.

Musical Instrument - The Piano

www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/music-month
A short history of New Zealand Music Month, plus a few other interesting links.

www.muzic.net.nz
Launched in 2001 with the concept of support New Zealand Music, a team of volunteers work hard to keep this site up to date. It has an artist database, Top 50 charts back to 2000 and a large Gig Guide.

www.lovemusic.co.nz/site
Brings together to one place news, competitions and info from the record companies, artists and music providers in New Zealand.

www.nzso.co.nz/home
Website of The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the country's leading professional orchestra.

www.cadence.natlib.govt.nz/content/index.html
A database of choral sets and orchestral parts held by New Zealand choirs, orchestras and libraries. All items in Cadence can be hired or borrowed.

www.irmt.org.nz/index.php
The Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand

www.nzopera.com
The web site for NBR New Zealand Opera offering creative workshops and profiles of people involved with the organisation and it's productions.

www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealandInBrief/CreativeLife/7/en
A short history of the recording industry and different kinds of musical expression in New Zealand.

More...

Browse through the large number of internet resources on the Te Puna Web Directory New Zealand music section.

National Library of New Zealand's directory of Internet-accessible New Zealand and Pacific information sources on the World Wide Web.