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KAWITI WAETFORD COMPLETES A GOOD YEAR
Twenty-one year old New Zealand baritone, Kawiti Waetford is about to complete his second year of study at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He is studying for a double degree in music, linguistics and languages, under Isabel Cunningham and Professor Terence Dennis.
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read moreANY MUSIC STUDENT TAKING PART IN A MASTERCLASS WITH A TOURING SUPERSTAR LIKE KIRI TE KANAWA WOULD CONSIDER THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF THE REWARD (The Australian, October 12, 2011)
So Carlos Barcenas, a Colombian tenor currently studying in Melbourne, was still stunned that such an opportunity had come his way. On Sunday one of the world’s most famous sopranos was holding a public masterclass with six students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music when the moment came for Barcenas to perform. He sang Puccini's E lucevan le stelle from Tosca and Te Kanawa, currently on a tour of Australia, was blown away.
MARKETING EFFORT CREATES INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
‘Talent is a gift…to be nurtured and developed’ is the theme of a campaign aimed at creating awareness for the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation and its objectives. The full page colour advertisement and associated editorial has so far appeared in programmes for the 2011 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and all Dame Kiri’s recent concerts and recitals in Australia and New Zealand. To view the advertisement >>>
TALENT IS A GIFT
Those who have been blessed with it deserve the opportunity to nurture and develop it to the full. We need your help, to help them ... to live their dreams.
YOUNG SINGERS APPRECIATE UNIQUE MENTORING OPPORTUNITY
Back in 2004 when the Foundation was created the original focus was naturally on raising funds. It did not take Dame Kiri and the trustees too long to realize that in addition to financial support most young singers need judicious mentoring, help with vocal technique and voice maintenance, advice about media and agents and stage craft.
HAWAII MASTERCLASS & FUNDRAISER
During a recent concert tour in Hawaii Dame Kiri took time out to help local students and some fundraising activity. Aria asked Karen Tiller, Executive Director of Hawaii Opera Theatre to describe what happened … “Hawaii opera patrons were thrilled by the recent appearances of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in Honolulu and on the island of Maui. Though her public concerts were the highlight of her time here, she also participated in two events that were educational in nature... something truly dear to her.
UNITED KINGDOM FOUNDATION NEWS
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation (UK) is a Charitable Trust established by Dame Kiri in the United Kingdom as a separate organisation with no legal connection to the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation based in New Zealand.
MASTERCLASS AT OPERA STUDIO MELBOURNE
A message from the Opera Studio Melbourne.
KA MATE – A MAORI WAR SONG BREATHES NEW LIFE
During World War I over 2000 Maori soldiers became part of the New Zealand army. Known initially as the Native Contingent, they joined the NZ Mounted Rifles and the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli, then the Somme, Messines and the Rhine. In 1915, news film of the NZ troops was shown in NZ, and in that coverage Maori soldiers could be seen chanting the fearsome haka of the Maori chief Te Rauparaha.
BEQUESTS – LEAVING A GIFT IN YOUR WILL
Few people today will be familiar with the name Dorothy Francis Craig, yet this little known New Zealander played an important role in the establishment of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation. At the time that the Foundation was being established a bequest of £20,000 was received from the executors of her estate – Dorothy had been a great fan of Dame Kiri. So Dorothy provided the Foundation’s first bequest and what better way is there to reflect your love of music.
