Luckily, I got a ticket from Teresa to join Christchurch Schools Music Festival yesterday. Teresa's daughter, Doris, also attended the performance the night. We went to support Doris and on the other hand, i was rather curious about New Zealand schools music education.

 

Doris & Mum                                                                        Town Hall

 

 

To be honest, both I and Teresa didn't expect too much from the show. However, it was definetely awsome! Those students were absolutely not professional, thoug they seemed to enjoy the music so much. I was especially attracted by a little boy in yellow top who would shake his head and open his mouth as wide as possible with passion whenever he sang. Maybe the difference between western and eastern culture, we also found most of the conductors were rather energic and cheerful compare to reserved, serious eastern conductor style. Whereas, it does not mean that the music standard of Taiwan or other Asian countries would be not as outstanding as the students' performance here. On the contrary, i feel confident with the high standard of student chior in Taiwan. Believe it or not, I do think so!

 

A conductor with powerful action~                                             Another conductor dancing on the stage~

 

學校為我們請來一位老師為我們講解毛利文化。毛利人是紐西蘭的原著民，和台灣的原住民同屬南島語族，記得去年還看到電視上他們還特地跑到台灣去專訪台灣的原住民，雖然對原住民文化沒有深入的研究，但對毛利人和台灣原住民都同樣有著美妙的歌喉印象深刻。

 

這位毛利專家真不是蓋的，一邊講解毛利歷史，一邊揮動手中的木棍並不時露出毛利爭眼吐舌的標準嚇人表情，搞得前排同學們冷汗直流，哈...只慶幸沒選坐在第一排的位置。以下約略介紹一下毛利文化：

 

 

毛利Māori：意謂當地人或原住民