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Five Questions for Umar Zakaria
Bassist and composer Umar Zakaria is one of the talented musicians bringing his music to the St Peter's Series at the Wellington Jazz Festival this June (9 - 13). His new work Sun Song Suites will bring a day of solar-inspired jazz to audiences familiar with jazz and classical music alike.
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This Theatrical Life: Jacob Rajan
Beloved playwright and actor Jacob Rajan kicked off a nationwide tour of his new show Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream in Wellington last night. In between playing seven different characters in a production the NZ Herald called "charming, engaging, often profound and beautifully crafted piece of theatre", Jacob took our inaugural This Theatrical Life questionnaire.
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Pūrākau Poto: Knowledge
In this week's Window into te Ao Māori, Tama Ale Samoa dives into how Māori customs around learning are informed by proverbs and mythology.
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Meet the Makers: Ruby Solly
Ruby Solly, composer, poet, cellist, music therapist, taonga pūoro practitioner, and general chameleon, is busy composing new music for the 2021 Wellington Jazz Festival. Her work Te Karanga o ngā Whetū (the stories of the stars) will be a new suite blending jazz with taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments), pūrākau Māori (Māori myths and legends) and Māori kōrero tuku iho (oral traditions).
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My Art Inspiration: Heather O'Carroll
New Zealand Actor, Arts Administrator and Festival Whānau, Heather O’Carroll returns to the Te Whanganui-a-Tara stage in the highly anticipated family drama Things I Know to be True written by celebrated Australian playwright Andrew Bovell in an official co-production between The Court Theatre and Circa Theatre.
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Pūrākau Poto: The Beginning
In his recurring segment A Window into Te Ao Māori, Tama Ale Samoa takes it back to the beginning, with the Māori creation story.
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A Window into Te Ao Māori: Pūrākau Poto
In his second Pūrākau poto, our Pouārahi Māori Tama Ale Samoa delves deep into the origin and etymology of tā moko.
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Meet the Makers: Callum Passells
A composer and performer based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Callum Passells has toured with the likes of Aldous Harding and Hans Pucket. For the 2021 Wellington Jazz Festival, he'll be bringing his group LCR (Left/Centre/Right) to the capital to perform a brand-new commissioned work inspired by protest marches.
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Five Questions for Joel Amosa
Joel Amosa, winner of the 2018 Lexus Song Quest, is taking on the role of Masetto in Wellington Opera's production of Don Giovanni. This production, the first for Wellington Opera, opens on Saturday 17 April.
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