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New
Project: Waitangi CD Single
An exciting
project has grown out of the Tussocks Dancing CD. A group of
singer- songwriters is rehearsing the Waitangi Day song (Track
11) for release as a CD single. Jane met them in September on
a Songwriting and Performance course at the Christchurch Polytech.
They immediately saw the potential to re-record the song for
use in schools and on television and a wide range of radio stations.
Three different versions are planned: acoustic, rock and reggae.
The co-director is course tutor, Andy Thompson.
Christchurch
M.P. Tim Barnett has made many helpful suggestions. He says
of the song: ‘I haven’t heard it done so well before
– the sweep of history and the strong ecological theme.’
We hope
to release Windborne in the week leading up to Waitangi Day
2004.
Any gifts
towards the initial pressing costs of $6,000 will be gratefully
received. Otherwise the project must wait another year for release
on 6 February 2005, subject to gaining funding from the Waitangi
Day Fund or from Creative Communities.
Review
comments on Tussocks Dancing
The Rev.
Dr Susan Werstein, The School of Ministry, Dunedin:
‘Tussocks
Dancing is a CD filled with a vast range of music: Christmas
carols and Communion hymns, wedding and funeral pieces, anthems
for Church seasons and songs for children. Dr. Simpson's talent
and devotion fill the hearer's heart and mind to overflowing.’
See the
full review at: http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/spanz
/musicreviews/simpson.htm
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Poiema
Voices at the launch of Tussocks Dancing at St Michael's
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Boyack, Music in the Air, Summer 2003:
‘The
suggestions for when and where to use the different tracks is
a helpful stimulus for choir directors and worship leaders ...
I didn't always agree with Poiema Voices' interpretation of
particular tracks but this is positive, an indication that the
music has depth and potential for choral directors and vocal
groups to explore.’
Christmas
music
Advent is
often an ideal time to try something new and refreshingly different.
A number of churches throughout the country have recently ordered
one or both sets of the sheet music, in particular for their
Christmas services. Last year three choirs, including Poiema
Voices, sang Wisdom Shouts! at the Advent Sunday evensong at
St. Barnabas in Christchurch.
The one-off
fee pays for your customised set of the hymns published each
year (10 in 2001 and 9 in 2002) and your licence, allowing you
to make unlimited copies for your own use. People find the fee
very reasonable.
For the
order forms, please write, email or phone us or order on-line
(see contact details below).
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Composers’
Workshop
19–20 March 2004
Many community
choirs from Canterbury and the West Coast will take part in
a weekend workshop hosted by the New Zealand Choral Federation.
The aim is to introduce choirs to new works by local composers.
Four composers
have been chosen. Participants will learn four songs from the
Tussocks Dancing collection and works by the other composers.
Hear them at the public concert:
Oxford Terrace
Baptist Church, Chch
Sat, 20
March 2004, 6.00pm-7.00pm.
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