Staff

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Director—Manutaki

Deputy Director—Manutaki Tuarua

Associate Professor
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Classical Performance staff

Programme Director—Pouakorangi

Senior Lecturer · Programme Director of Classical Performance, Head of Piano Studies
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Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi

Senior Lecturer
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Lecturer in Voice
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Senior Lecturer
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Senior Lecturer
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Interested Party
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Associate Professor
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Senior Lecturer
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Teaching Fellows—Ngā Kaiwhakaako

  • Shannon Pittaway – Head of Brass and Wind, bass trombone
  • Owen Moriarty - Lecturer, Guitar

Artist Teachers—Ngā Kaiako Puoro

  • Matthew Allison – trombone
  • Patrick Barry – Clarinet
  • Nick Walshe - Clarinet
  • Mark Carter – Trumpet
  • Matthew Stein – Trumpet
  • Ellen Deverall – Clarinet
  • Bridget Douglas – Flute
  • Dr Kirstin Eade – Flute
  • Moira Hurst – Clarinet (orchestral studies)
  • Samuel Jacobs – French Horn
  • Andrew Jarvis – Tuba
  • Andrew Joyce – Cello (orchestral studies)
  • Richard Mapp – Piano
  • Douglas Mews – Early music specialist, keyboard
  • Robert Orr – Oboe
  • Joan Perarnau Garriga – Double Bass
  • Laurence Reese – Timpani
  • Kirsten Robertson – Accompaniment (wind)
  • Leonard Sakofsky – Percussion
  • Emma Sayers – Accompaniment
  • Nicola Melville
  • George Gao
  • Rueben Chin - Saxophone

Composition and Sonic Arts staff

Programme Director—Pouakorangi

Associate Professor
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Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi

Professional Teaching Fellow in Composition
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Senior Lecturer · Coordinator of Jazz Composition
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Lecturer in Composition · Film scoring and digital orchestration
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Associate Professor
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Senior Lecturer in Sonic Arts/Music Technology
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Lecturer in Composition
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Lecturer in Composition/Sonic Arts
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Emeritus Professor—Taiahorangi

Emeritus Professor
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Emeritus Professor
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Composer in Residence—Kaitito ā-noho

  • The current Composer in Residence is currently vacant. View details about the Composer in Residence scheme, including a list of past recipients.

Teaching Fellows—Ngā Kaiwhakaako

  • Salina Fisher

Typesetter—Kaiwhakanikoniko, Wai-te-ata Music Press

  • Alistair Gilkison

Jazz Performance staff

Programme Director—Pouakorangi

Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi

Senior Lecturer
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Senior Lecturer in Music
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Senior Lecturer · Coordinator of Jazz Composition
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Lecturer · Jazz drums and percussion.
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Lecturer, Teaching · Course Coordinator - Small Ensemble
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Teaching Fellow—Kaiwhakaako

Artist Teachers—Ngā Kaiako Puoro

  • Callum Allardice – Guitar
  • Jenny Bersola – Voice
  • Bryn van Vliet – Saxophone
  • Chris Beernink – upright bass, electric bass
  • Ben Hunt – trumpet, ensembles
  • Ella Dunbar-Wilcox – vocal technique, vocal improvisation, keyboard skills
  • Cory Champion – drums, ensembles
  • Jasmine Lovell-Smith – ensembles
  • Louisa Williamson – ensembles, improvisation
  • Johnny Lawrence – ensembles
  • Umar Zakaria – ensembles

Music Studies staff

Programme Director—Pouakorangi

Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology
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Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi

Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology
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Professor of Musicology
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Senior Lecturer
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Senior Lecturer in Music
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Associate Professor
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Music Therapy staff

Programme Director—Pouakorangi

Associate Professor
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Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi

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Daphne Rickson

Professional staff—Ngā tūranga awhinuku

School Manager
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Sofia Machray

School Administrator · Events
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Gabrielle Gunawan

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Alex Hoare

School Administrator
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Senior Technician
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