Motueka Music Network website goes live

August 2nd, 2013
[by David Armstrong]

A website designed to further develop Motueka's musical culture was launched this week to enable musicians, students, teachers, performers and venues to network and collaborate.

The website, called the Motueka Music Network, was created by a committee of Vision Motueka under co-ordinator Eugenie Piozin-Belloir (pictured right).

With funding of $800 from Creative Communities Tasman and additional donations from private individuals including so far about a dozen music teachers, the site was built at a discounted rate by Andre Ismael, who also created the Our Town Motueka site. Some other specialist contractors also contributed expertise at a discount rate.

Motueka is well known for the quality and range of musicians based locally. The idea for the website came from Eugenie who was finding it hard to locate a suitable music teacher for her eldest child.

She approached Vision Motueka with her idea of a website that would profile all music teachers in the area and eventually form a supportive network of local musicians and performers.

The site will also provide an online calendar of music events coming up, allowing venue providers to post notices about their events, as well as performers to profile and promote themselves to event organisers.

Already a good number of teachers have entered their details, and organisers are urging others to use the website to fill out and send forms detailing their interests, offerings and contact details, including - if they wish - a short profile article about them.

Eugenie says the aim of Motueka Music Network is to grow as "an informal network of people living in and around Motueka who play, teach or learn any form of music, or who entertain or host music events".

She says the aims of the website are:

To create a database of all music teachers (of all genres), facilities, venues and events that are available in and around Motueka, enabling people interested in learning music, using facilities or attending events to easily find the information they need.
To enable and encourage all teachers and promoters of music to network more effectively with each other.
To help music facilities in the town to be used more efficiently.
On occasions, to mount musical events or festivals.
To promote Motueka as a community with a strong and supportive musical culture.

Motueka is well known for its involvement in and support for music over a wide range of genres. Its schools and several community groups are active in fostering young and established talent, and performances by top-flight entertainers of all types feature regularly among public events around town through the year.

Vision Motueka says this project is an inexpensive but effective way of strengthening community ties and building on Motueka's human capital, and is a great example of how community-led developments can benefit the town.

Any musicians or music teachers who have not been approached about the network and website, and who would like to be part of the network, can email Eugenie at , contact the group through the website, or visit the Motueka Music Network Facebook page.

Comment by Marion Edwin:
[Posted 5 August 2013]

Congratulations team, what a fabulous website and wonderful resource! Well done.

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