Staff
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Director—Manutaki
Director NZSM
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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
Associate Professor
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Senior Lecturer
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Interested Party
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Lecturer in Voice
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Lecturer
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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

Daphne Rickson
Professional staff—Ngā tūranga awhinuku
School Manager
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Sofia Machray
School Administrator · Events
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Gabrielle Gunawan

Alex Hoare
School Administrator
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Senior Technician
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Senior Technician
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