Performer Composer Researcher
Te Pari o Auahatanga, The Flood of Inspiration: Songs recorded on the Whanganui River. Featuring Ariana Tikao, Alistair Fraser, Matiu Bartlet, Sacha Keating, Te Paerata Tichbon, Charles Ranginui, Brad McMillan and Elise Goodge. Auaha (meaning ‘to inspire’) are a group of musicians brought together by a flood. In 2015 Whanganui experienced its worst flood in... Continue Reading →
I'm happy to announce the launch of my latest album of recordings. These are recordings of taonga pūoro that are held in museums in the U.K. In 2016 I was made a Churchill Fellow to travel to the U.K. and Ireland to inspect, photograph and record when allowed collections of taonga puoro held in museums... Continue Reading →
Stroma meets New Zealand's masters of taonga puoro. New directions in indigenous musical forms. FEATURING Ariana Tikao (voice & taonga puoro) Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro) Hamish McKeich (conductor) PROGRAMME Philip Brownlee/Ariana Tikao Ko te tātai whetū for ensemble and taonga puoro Dylan Lardelli Musical Box for ensemble and taonga puoro Tristan Carter Tohoraha for strings... Continue Reading →
Chamber Music New Zealand, Wellington Museum, and Pātaka Art + Museum are joining forces this Matariki to present family concerts that weave the hauntingly beautiful music of taonga puoro and traditional chamber music instruments in a unique homage to Matariki. Cultures will meld in a beautiful sound fusion as we join internationally acclaimed New Zealand... Continue Reading →
Al Fraser 