APRA AMCOS NZ Awards
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Seven Sharp Story - Why ukuleles should be in every school
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BAYSTING PRIZE RECIPIENTS 2024 The NZ Ukulele Trust is excited and proud to have been chosen by APRA AMCOS NZ as the recipient of the 2024 Baysting Prize for Children's Champion! The Baysting Prize is presented to an individual, group, or organisation each year who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the development and wellbeing of New Zealand children, through the creation of music, TV programmes, films, live shows, books, education, or advocacy. It is awarded in honour of the late Arthur Baysting, well-known children’s author, songwriter and children’s advocate. The awards were presented at the Ngā Manu Tīrairaka | NZ Children’s Music Awards on Sunday 5 May. NZ Children's Music Awards
KIWI KIDS NEED YOU!!!
BUSINESS SPONSORS Contact us if you are able to sponsor a local school with a class set (30) of ukuleles. This can cost as little as $1,250 and will make a lasting impact on children in your community. For more details contact [email protected] |
HOW CAN YOU HELP US TO HELP KIWI KIDS DEVELOP THEIR MUSICAL POTENTIAL? Since 2007 the NZ Ukulele Trust has delivered over 2,800 free ukuleles to schools through our Ukes In Schools initiative (sponsored currently by Kala Brand Music and Lyn McAllister Music) and our Kiwileles Songbank resource is being used in 269 schools in 2024. Our goal now is to ensure that every child in NZ has the same opportunity to learn a musical instrument at school. Radio Interviews
2024 Baysting Prize recipients
The New Zealand Ukulele Trust An interview with Tim Carson about the award and the NZ Ukulele Trust 95b FM - 3 May, 2024 The Baysting Prize for Children's Champion is an annual award given out in honour of the late Arthur Baysting. The prize is "presented to an individual, group, or organisation each year who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the development and wellbeing of New Zealand children, through the creation of or support for music, TV programmes, films, live shows, books, education, or advocacy." This years recipient is The New Zealand Ukulele Trust. Nicholas spoke to the Chair of The New Zealand Ukulele Trust Tim Carson about what the award means and the work that the trust does. |
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INDIVIDUALS & COMMUNITY GROUPS
Please consider donating to either our Give A Little or Giv2 page to help us get our programme, and quality instruments, into every school in NZ. |
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TEACHERS & PRINCIPALS
Register now for the 2024 Kiwileles Programme to access ukulele song sheets, lyric/chord videos & play along videos to get your students started, plus support to run collaborative events with local schools, and online workshops if requested. Let us help you to enrich your classroom programme with music. We can also help with special deals from NZ Rockshop for class sets of ukuleles to enable you to deliver a comprehensive music programme, supporting student well-being, and creating a sense of belonging through music. |
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SONGWRITERS Please contact us if you have a song or waiata we can include in our online resource for Kiwi kids. Contact Education Manager, Ali Caldwell - [email protected] |
