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A month of New Zealand music

ryanyouens — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:46:00 +0000

New Zealand Music Month is here again. Make sure you get out and enjoy some New Zealand Music – well, more than usual, I hope! You may remember for last year’s Music Month I wrote 31 microscores in 31 days. … Continue reading →

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Checking out the pipes

ryanyouens — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:07:58 +0000

The Auckland Town Hall Organ is mightily impressive, mind-blowing, even enough to take your breath away! Hours before the first drafts of my APO + Auckland Town Hall Organ composition were due, Kerry Stevens gave me a tour. Amazing. Here … Continue reading →

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Making music in Rotorua

ryanyouens — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:09:28 +0000

It is always fun gathering at the beginning of a weekend with a new group of people and by the end of it presenting a concert of great music. That was the case this weekend at another Bay of Plenty … Continue reading →

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Opening up an orchestra

ryanyouens — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:04:23 +0000

Last Sunday we had loads of fun at the first of the Auckland Philharmonia open days for 2012. We were at the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland and you would have found me in the “meet the composer” room. Loads … Continue reading →

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BOP music school hits Rotorua!

ryanyouens — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:46:21 +0000

The Bay of Plenty Music School is about to make some music once again! This year the school is happening between April 13th to 15th in Rotorua. It is an opportunity for choral, orchestral and band musicians to work on … Continue reading →

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An opportunity to make the floor rumble

ryanyouens — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:38:13 +0000

It’s not often that you can make the floor rumble but when the powers of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Auckland Town Hall Organ combine, I might just have that opportunity! I am very happy to be one of the six … Continue reading →

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Working on workshops

ryanyouens — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:41:59 +0000

It has been an enjoyable start to the year presenting some workshops around Auckland. “Sibelius in education” – professional development day On Friday 24th February I had the first session at a professional development day for secondary music teachers. We … Continue reading →

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iOS apps for music professionals

ryanyouens — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:00:33 +0000

iOS (iPad and iPhone) apps. They are often enough to quite simply blow your socks off! There is one for pretty much anything, especially with music. In June and September 2010 I wrote two posts titled “iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad apps for … Continue reading →

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Digital music stands vs iPads

ryanyouens — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:39:49 +0000

In May 2010 I wrote a post about digital music stands (or electronic music stands) and what looked like a fantastic new product that very soon would be widely used. 22 months on, the development has been very average and so … Continue reading →

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Preparing for education

ryanyouens — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:37 +0000

Schools are back this week, and to celebrate I am introducing a new service aimed specifically at helping school music departments. Are you a school music teacher? You will want to read on! Music preparation, notation and arranging tasks come up … Continue reading →

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