KaipatikiSounds

After having to cancel our 2020 event due to COVID-19, we were stoked to be able to bring Kaipātiki Sounds back to life in 2021! We facilitated mentoring sessions for our talented local youth and presented an almighty showcase of emerging musicians, met with a sell-out crowd! Thanks to all our supporters who helped us create this wonderful event in 2021.

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Our Mentors

Mike Booth - 2019 &2021

Michael Booth is an accomplished trumpeter and composer, and has taught up and coming musicians around the world. He has recorded and toured with Netherworld Dancing Toys, Cats Away, Dave Dobbyn and Howard Morrison, and currently teaches trumpet and composing at Auckland and Massey University's School of Music.

Eve de Castro-Robinson - 2019 & 2021

A woman of many talents, Eve is a musican, composer and graphic artist. Eve was the first person to receive a DMus at Auckland University and has only recently retired as an Associate Professor of Music there. Eve is now a freelance composer. music consultant and writer

Jon Pickford - 2021

Jon has been a working musician for nearly 30 years, playing across a variety of bands as a vocalist, drummer, guitarist, bass player and keyboardist. After a 20-year career in education, Jon's teaching is now focused on running the contemporary music programmes at Northcote and Glenfield Intermediate Schools. Jon also initiated the Intermediate Schools Battle of the Bands in 2007, giving performance opportunities to thousands of students.

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