Kei a te po te timatatanga o te waiatatanga mai a te atua, ko te ao, ko te ao marama, ko te ao turoa – It was in the night where the gods sang the world into existence, from the world of light, into the world of music.
The traditions and performance techniques of taonga pūoro – traditional Māori musical instruments – will be taught through two courses at the University of Waikato this year.
Led by composer and practitioner Horomona Horo, the courses will utilise the instruments from the taonga pūoro collection commissioned in 2016 by the University's Conservatorium of Music and created by master carver Brian Flintoff.
Waikato's Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and Faculty of Māori & Indigenous Studies will conjointly offer the courses Te Ao Oro: The Māori World of Sound and Ngā Taonga Pūoro Mai I Te Ao Tawhito Ki Te Ao Hou: Ancient and Contemporary Music of the Māori in the A and B semesters of this year.
'These papers offer a wonderfully warm, open and welcoming pathway into the world of traditional Māori music,” says the University's Conservatorium of Music Associate Professor Martin Lodge.
'They are suited to anyone who is interested in this unique world of sound, regardless of background. No previous musical or cultural knowledge is needed, just an open heart, an inquiring attitude and a willingness to contribute.”
With strong practical elements in both courses, students will have the opportunity to make their own instruments, learn the history and create their own compositions.
The courses will be taught in English, with Māori terminology introduced as needed.
They may count towards the Tikanga Māori major or minor within the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Sciences and students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music may take these papers towards the ‘Māori Musical Instruments in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts' stream.
They can also be taken as interest papers and are open to all students.
For more information about the University of Waikato's new taonga pūoro – traditional Māori musical instruments courses visit: www.waikato.ac.nz/go/maori-music
2 comments
wondering
Posted on 26-01-2017 11:01 | By dumbkof2
since when did mayori have these things
Well dumbkof2...
Posted on 26-01-2017 18:14 | By The Jimmie Rustler
The pukaea is actually one of two wooden trumpets commonly used by Maori. They'd often be used by iwi/hapu to warn others of approaching war parties, as well as for ceremonial rituals like those associated with the planting of crops such as kumara. So I assume pukaea have been around ever since Maori have been having scraps, and/or planting kumara. But I'm gonna go out on a limb and hazard a guess that you don't actually give a s*** how long the pukaeas been around for. I believe you've deliberately misspelt Maori (the 'Y' key is nowhere near the 'A' or the 'O' for it to be a mistake) and are insinuating Maori are too dumb or intellectually inferior to other races to be able to hollow out a piece of wood. Then again, dumb does appear in your login, so perhaps you are the walking embodiment of onomatopoeia.
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