As part of the 2022 Yellow Eye Artists In Schools Alongside Festivals & Events Te Urungi project with Ministry of Arts & Culture www.yelloweyeltd.co.nz , ARO musical duo from Pukekohe will be visiting Dunedin , Invercargill and Southland schools , marae and libraries over the fortnight June 20 to July 2 thanks to Dunedin/ Invercargill & Southland Creative Communities as well as Puaka Matariki & Tuturu Trust Festivals
FREE public performances ( with workshops )
Invercargill Library Sat June 25th 10.15 am - workshop & show
Winton Library Sat June 25th 2pm – workshop & show
Tūturu Charitable Trust Matariki Festival Queens Park Invercargill Friday 24th & Saturday 25th from 6pm
Puketeraki Marae Karitane Thursday June 30th ( workshop 6.15pm- bbq 7.15 pm- show 8pm )
Araiteuru Marae Dunedin Saturday July 2nd show 2.30 pm
For more details go to www.yelloweyeltd.co.nz or contact host venues directly ( workshop spaces are limited please book with hosts ).
Aro is made up of husband and wife Charles (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Te Ata, Te Ati Awa) and Emily Looker (nee Rice). The bilingual duo share a passion for the power of language and music to tell stories and remind us of our cultural identity. Aro’s signature playful and uplifting sound, using a plethora of instruments and taonga pūoro, including guitars, strings and saxophone. A multi-genre offering of storytelling pop, RnB, electronic and jazz, fusing vocals, tāonga puoro and chants, each song also thematically explores the ideas of kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga - looking after ourselves, looking after each other and looking after our environment. The group will present an education programme delivering workshops, informed by mātauranga Māori of our natural environment in Aotearoa New Zealand, to primary schools, libraries and kura kaupapa Māori . These participatory sessions will encourage the pre teen children to become part of the show performance that follows
Aro | Music Makers | Aotearoa (aromusic.co.nz)
Aro - Kia Mau (Official Video) - YouTube
Aro are visiting the following schools June 20-25 Bluff / St Teresa’s / Fernworth / Otatara / St Patrick’s / Waihopai / Winton / Te Wharekura o Arowhenua / SIT Music School ( workshop & industry discussion )
June 27 -July1 Fairfield / Green Island / Maori Hill / Opoho/ Puketeraki Marae with Waitati/ Warrington/Karitane & Waikouaiti / Abbotsford / Columba / Araiteuru Marae with Bradford / Concord / Kura Otepoti & St Marys.
Something like 500 pre teen primary children workshopping and then being involved in school performances to over 3500 children across the fourteen participating schools . This is our second year of the programme ( Rob Thorne- Porotiti mindfulness year one ) and all is developing to become an annual affair around this Matariki Festival time across Otago and Southland with different touring artists who have participatory workshops for children .
Along with these free workshop and performance sessions Friday June 24th and Saturday June 25th
at Invercargill Library Sat June 25th ARO
Free Childrens workshop 10.15 -11.15 am
Public Family show 11.30 – 12.15 for a koha admission
Register for the workshop through the Library Phone: 032111444 or
ARO at Winton Library Sat June 25th
Free childrens workshop 2-3 pm
Public family show 3.15-4 pm for a koha admission
Enquiries ph 0800 732732
Workshop bookings for primary school children on the day at the library from 1.30 pm
limited to thirty
Tūturu Charitable Trust presents Matariki Festival Queens Park Invercargill
ARO Free show performances On Friday June 24th and Saturday June 25th
6pm- 6.20 pm on the main stage with participating school children invites
7pm- 7.20 pm at the Rotunda with light show