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Associate ProfessorTe Oti Rakena

Te Tumu

Arts and Education Admin

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  • Te Tumu
    Arts and Education Admin
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  • FISHER BUILDING - Bldg 804, 18 WATERLOO QUADRANT, AUCKLAND CENTRAL, AUCKLAND, 1010, New Zealand

TEACHING INTERESTS

Current Teaching:
- Studio pedagogy
- Applied Voice
- Collaborative performance research
- Diction for singers: International Phonetic Alphabet
- Vocal Anatomy
- Community Music Research

Postgraduate Supervision (in progress):

2025: Beyond the Classroom: Exploring the Impact of Community-Integrated Music Education
2024: The Value of Co-Authorship in the Indigenisation of Tauiwi/Pākehā Compositional Practice in Aotearoa

2024: Exploring Cultural Integration in Music through Creative Works: A Comparative Study of Chinese and New Zealand Musical Traditions

2022: Enhancement of the choral singing experience and outcomes through teaching of vocal and other skills to community choir members
2021: The Portrayal and Perception of Masculinity in the Vocal Techniques of Male Popular Narrative Singers in Contemporary Western Music
2017: Voices in harmony: How can music therapists work collaboratively with communities to maximise the benefits of community singing for people with communication difficulties related to a neurological condition?
(Completed)
2019 : Female Adolescent Voice Change: Exploring Tools for Instrumental Singing-Voice Analysis
2017: Music Learning Theory and Music Braille: A new pedagogy for learners who are blind
2016: New Zealand Biculturalism in Music and Music Education