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Felicity Williams  

Courage

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1989
Dance drama

Felicity Williams  

Dragon Kite

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1991
dance drama based on a Japanese legend

Helen Fisher  

Nga Taniwha

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1991
bicultural work for dance and school instrumentalists

  • Instrumentation
    flute, clarinet, recorders, voices, percussion, piano, rock band
  • Programme Note

    This children’s dance theatre work choreographed by Rangimoana Taylor is based on taniwha (sea-monsters) Whataitai and Ngake, a traditional Maori legend from the Wellington region.

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Helen Fisher  

Nga Tapuwae o Kupe (The Footprints of Kupe)

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1992
a bicultural work for school choir, instruments and dance

  • Instrumentation
    choir, percussion, Rarotongan drums, guitars (students), Taonga Puoro (koauau), piano, clarinet in B flat, alto saxophone, horn in F, flute, guitar (advanced performer)
  • Programme Note

    Nga Tapuwae o Kupe is a music drama directed by Rangimoana Taylor. It is based on the story of Kupe’s journey from Hawaiki to Aotearoa and his discovery of various landmarks around Whanganui-a-Tara / the Wellington region.

    While this work maintains a strong Maori theme, with karanga, haka and waiata, as well it weaves in other Pacific and European elements.

    For school choir, instrumentalists, dancers and kapa haka, this work was composed with the financial assistance of a composition grant from Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, was first performed by 140 students from South Wellington Intermediate School in July 1992 for Artsplash, the Wellington Young People’s Festival.

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Gary Daverne  

Panapa and The Mountain Fairies

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1992
children's musical, suitable for 8-12 yr olds

Felicity Williams  

The Dream Experience

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1989
dance drama

Rosemary Russell  

The Shining Light: A Christmas Musical

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1995

  • Programme Note

    A Christmas Musical of 11 short songs originally written for children ages 5 – 12, it observes Christmas events through the eyes of the animals..camels, the donkey, the stable animals..but we also enter into Joseph and Mary’s plight. The Shining Light, is the natal star and how it affects all present. The songs are short and catchy. The simple piano accompaniment can be elaborated and other instruments added.

    The Musical is published in a book of 43 songs called Songs of Life, songs to celebrate the special moments of life. It is available for purchase from Festivity Productions, PO Box 1325 Wellington or from SOUNZ.

    Two of the songs can be heard on Transmission, a CD produced by Titahi Bay Community Church www.tbcc.org.nz

Ray Twomey  

The Three Shepherds (Opus 4)

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 1962
a made-for-tv Christmas opera

Gary Daverne  

Tiddalik the Frog

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1986
a short musical for 8 -10 year olds

  • Programme Note

    This is a story from a long time ago, in what the Aborigines call the “Dreamtime”. Tiddalik is the largest, greediest and ugliest frog ever known. He endangers the lives of the other animals by drinking all the water. The animals come up with a plan hoping to make Tiddalik laugh and return the water to the land.

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Felicity Williams  

Why the Tides Ebb and Flow

Duration: 20' 00" Year: 1990
a dance drama for piano, voices and classroom instruments