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Kiwi Treasures: Music by New Zealand Composers and Collaborative Performances (86987)
Session Chair: Kira Omelchenko
Monday, 6 January 2025 10:45
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 317B
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Join a 2024 US Fulbright Scholar, musician, and conductor as she shares her Fulbright research project which took her to New Zealand (Aotearoa) for to conduct orchestras, mentor music students, collaborate with local composers, and conduct research on symphonic New Zealand composers.
The main goals and objectives of the project was to broaden the orchestral literature curriculum to include music by New Zealand composers and symphonic scores she researched and observed at the National Library of New Zealand and at Sounz Organization for New Zealand New Music. Creating a more global platform for symphonic orchestral repertoire is necessary. There is a great need for updating the Orchestral Literature course content and to include more diverse music in the Symphony Orchestra concert programming, which has historically and primarily featured works by European deceased male composers. This project helped her to diversify the materials in the course, introduce new works by living New Zealand composers, and include orchestral works by both classical and Indigenous New Zealand composers in the orchestral repertoire.
The presenter will share orchestra pieces she discovered by New Zealanders (affectionally nicknamed “Kiwis”) while diving into original manuscripts in the National Library. The session will highlight musical gems the presenter finds approachable, assessable, and valuable for University orchestras. The presenter will also highlight a collaborative music project she performed with Māori composer, Philip Brownlee, during her residency in New Zealand. Stay for the Q&A at the end of the session to learn more about the Fulbright program.
Authors:
Kira Omelchenko, James Madison University, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Kira Omelchenko is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada
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