2017 MARIMBA BAND

Moehau Marimba Ensemble

How much?           $10 per session ( 1.5 hours tuition) 
                               Plus music book = $5.00
When?                    every Tuesday, 5pm - 6.30.
Where?                   at the Memorial Hall, Colville.
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 Instruments:
Bass marimba
2 x Alto Marimbas
Balafon
2 xylophones
Guitars
Keyboard
Ukulele
Percussion

Learn rhythm, melody and bass parts for a marimba ensemble.
Fun! Movement. Rhythm. Melody.  Harmony.
Good for the brain cells, good for the heart and soul.

Music Tuition 2017

Private Music Tuition in Colville/Coromandel 

I teach piano, beginner's guitar, singing confidence, ukulele, recorder, marimbas, songwriting techniques.
Ages 7 - adult.

Above: The Havalona Home School Marimba Ensemble playing at the Colville Arts Festival 2015.

Lessons are customised for individual levels of learning. Music literacy, ie  learning to read music notation are integrated into the practical instrumental lessons.
 
Get in touch if you would like lessons for yourself or your children.

Email scmckee@gmail.com with "Music Tuition" in the subject header. 

I love sharing the gift of music with my students. It is a joy to see their musicality develop over time, and how this brings them new confidence and self-esteem, especially when they share their music with their families. We have two family "house-concerts" a year which are delightful and heart-warming events.

Songweavers workshop at the Colville Arts Festival

Bring Out the Singer in You !

Songweaving Workshop

at the upcoming 2015 Colville Arts Festival 

on Tuesday April 7th 10am  - 11.15am.  

Please register with Ella on (07) 866 7578 or  027 487 5131 

or (07) 8666920  ( Colville Social Services Collective)  

or  email  cssc@colville.org.nz

On Demand - Prayer of the Children

Colville Songweavers

Since the Acapella workshop at the Colville Village Arts Festival in May 2013, a group of us have been meeting to continue the buzz of acapella singing.

 We do some stretching and vocal warmups to get into the zone, then plunge into learning some 4 part harmony songs. We've had those moments when we are in synch and the voices blend into one - which are so special. Then you get that natural  high feeling from all that extra oxygen and endorphins flowing around in your brain, so you might arrive tired after a day's work, but you leave with a smile and sparkly eyes. 

Songs we are learning:
Rounds: Come follow me              ( Madrigal feel)
              Music Alone Shall Live    ( Die Musici) 
SAB Jazz Waltz                              ( Composer, John Armstrong)
5 part Chant Timeless                    ( composer Maitreya Stillwater, Hawaii) 
Thuma Mina                                     (traditional from Lumko, Africa, via Brian Martin) 
One Morning Soon                          ( trad Gospel, via Tony Backhouse) 
Waiata: Ka Waiata ki a Maria        ( composer Richard Puanaki) 

Welcome to Songweavers, New Zealand.

This site aims to inspire and encourage you in your singing journey. Here you will find examples of acappella singing from many different styles and cultures.

Eastern European Songs sung by Kitka