Girls Rock Aotearoa

🎼PŌNEKE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW 🎼
On Saturday December 14th come along to learn about all things songwriting! This workshop is designed to give you take home skills with three sessions covering, noise making, music making and songwriting all run by local Pōneke musicians. For more information and to apply now follow this link https://forms.gle/8D3cYrWC4cjbFEuX7 Special thanks to for hosting us.

Last term, one of our talented students, Emma Ibbotson, applied for "To the Front" – a girls' rock camp in Palmerston North – and was thrilled to be accepted! Over four inspiring days, she had the chance to dive deep into the world of music, forming a band with fellow campers who shared her passion.

Choosing to focus on guitar (a new instrument Emma is keen to progress with!), she participated in lessons, band practices, and workshops on music technology and performance confidence. Before the camp, Emma had been in a String Group and some musical groups, but this was her first experience with a band. Emma learned a lot about collaborating musically with her band as they created an original song together, building friendships along the way. Emma has now joined two school bands and is grateful for all that she learned about guitar and being in a band.

A highlight of the experience for Emma was performing live on the final evening, where she felt a proud sense of accomplishment in front of a supportive audience. Plus, she had the opportunity to interview with Create Happy Media, sharing her journey and insights.
To the Front not only helped Emma develop her musical skills but also connected her with professionals in the industry, opening doors for future projects. She’s already planning to apply again next year and encourages her friends to join in the fun!
We're so proud of her achievements and can’t wait to see where her musical journey takes her next!

🎹FREE TĀMAKI MAKAURAU WORKSHOP ALERT🎹
Next Sunday November 3rd 11am till 1pm at .foundation come learn about all things synth. Facilitated by the awesome , designed for teens and young adults and open to all experience levels! RSVP by emailing [email protected] , can’t wait to see you all there! 🎹🎼✨

Our bands on the Stomach Posters 🎸

⭐️ ONE SLEEP UNTIL TO THE FRONT TE PAPAIOEA! ⭐️ Don’t forget, you’re invited to our Opening Night gig Friday 6pm at The Stomach!

4 sleeps until To the Front Te Papaioea! 🎉

We can’t wait to see what our youth participants come up with! 🎤🎶

7 sleeps until To the Front Te Papaioea! 🤩

Keep watching this space for all the updates from the weekend! 👀

🥁HAPPY TO THE FRONT LAUNCH DAY! ✨

We are stoked to announce that To The Front Tāmaki Makaurau will be held from Monday the 13th- Friday the 17th of January 2025 at SAE!

Applications for the programme are now open for participants, mentors, and volunteers.

Join us for an action-packed week of songwriting, audio production, jamming and workshops. For more info head to girlsrockcamp.co.nz

Te Papaioea! We can’t wait for the Opening Night show next Friday 4 October at .nz!

Pagan Love Song have just taken out First Place band at the Manawatū regional finals! They deliver an intense blend of gothic and industrial metal, with haunting melodies and powerful performances that captivate and mesmerise audiences.

Preeti is a solo hip hop singer/songwriter based in Palmy. Her work is Influenced by pop, r’n’b and hip hop - creating beats from scratch and layering them with vocal colouring!

Join us from 6pm | Koha entry | BBQ | 84 Lombard st Palmerston North

Te Papaioea / Palmerston North | Girls Rock Aotearoa 2024 Applications Open Now! YOUTH SIGN UP MENTOR SIGN UP TO THE FRONT TE PAPAIOEA 4 – 7 October 2024The Stomach – Palmerston North     We are proud to announce the return of our Palmerston North programme, To the Front Te Papaioea! The youth music programme will be held in the school holidays ...

We had the best time at the To the Front Te Papaioea fundraiser last night!!

Huge thanks to Ludus, Bobbi Rae and Harry Wolfe! Thanks to our amazing open mic-ers Tracey and Waihīrere! You both smashed it!

Thanks to Whanganui Tech Services for the lighting, sourbrosbakery for the pizza, and Pride Whanganui for letting us use your space!

We’re getting so excited for the show tomorrow night in Whanganui!

An all Whanganui based lineup featuring:

Ludus is a Whanganui via Wellington electronic music artist. Her music is expansive, understated, elegant, graceful, lush, naturalistic, and stately. There are lots of nice naturalistic field recording sounds as well as sumptuous, soft and spongy electronic tones.

Bobbi Rae is a Whanganui based musician who found her love for music back in her home of Taranaki. She writes her own originals which she says all start with a funky baseline then develops from there. She’s definitely got her own flavour and brings with her an energetic stage presence.

Harry Wolfe is a celebrant, MC, podcaster and singer! She has been singing in the band Rua but it will be one of Harry’s first gigs solo and we can’t wait to see what she has in store for us!

Big Thank you to our amazing sponsors for helping us put on To the Front Pōneke this year. We had a blast 🎸

🎉 We’ve got a FUNdraiser gig coming up in a couple weeks! Whanganui // All ages! With the talented Ludus, Bobbi Rae and Harry Wolfe!

We’ll also have an open mic for any youth who want to showcase their talents!

Saturday 21st September at Pride Whanganui, 64 St Hill st

WE'RE COMING TO ŌTEPOTI!!!

TTF's first foray into Te Waipounamu and we're stoked to be here!

We're running a two-day songwriting workshop with our good friends NZ Young Writers Festival with the support of AMPED Music Project, St Hildas Collegiate School and APRA AMCOS NZ at the NZ Young Writers Festival on September 14th & 15th!

We still have a couple spots open for participants, so if you know a young person in Ōtepoti who wants to get involved with To the Front fill in this application form and read the description at the top of it: https://forms.gle/mrz5Ab2ZT3YWca7J7 ! All information is available here: https://youngwritersfest.nz/2024-programme/opportunities-for-teens/ .

We are so lucky to have three incredible local artists facilitating this workshop:

LUCY PO***CK

https://beet-wix.bandcamp.com/
https://riotgull.bandcamp.com/

Lucy Po***ck is an Ōtepoti-raised musician currently based in te whanganui-a-tara. They played in the ōtepoti bands RIOT GULL, Porpoise and Fairuza and currently make music on a Nintendo DS as beet-wix. They also compose contemporary classical music, writing pieces based on astrology.

ELIANA GRAY

Eliana is a musician and writer living in Ōtepoti. They have been involved in To the Front since its inception and are involved in the national body of the organisation. They spend their time working on TTF and writing poetry. They think having fun is one of the most important things in the world.

XANTHE ROOK

Xanthe is a multi-disciplinary artist currently residing in Ōtepoti. Professionally Xanthe works as an Archivist and Preservation Technician but in their spare time they love to make jewellery and play music! You may have seen them rocking out in seven piece 'Recitals' or maybe playing bass for folk rock band 'Mystery Waitress'.

See you soon Ōtepoti!!

Want to support To the Front Te Papaioea? Donate to our Givealittle page today to help us put on another amazing programme this October!

Girl Rock Aotearoa presents: To the Front Te Papaioea 2024! The kaupapa of Girls Rock and To the Front is to empower youth by giving them practical skills and role models in a safe, supportive space.

Big thank you to Wellington Regional Community Awards and for this amazing achievement. Go Pōneke, you rock!! 🎸

New Album just dropped 💜 link in bio

First-ever Kirikiriroa programme is such a vibe! Here's some highlights of the week so far at Wintec School of Media Arts 🎉 Our students have been treated to special guest lunchtime performances by Halcyon Birds, Static Band NZ and Kyla Greening! Stay tuned for more to come...

Our Pōneke programme is on next week and we need a little more help from you.

Donte to our givealittle https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/girl-rock-aotearoa-presents-to-the-front-poneke

To the Front Pōneke presents a Songwriting and Music Making Workshop. Join local Wellington Musicians in learning song writing techniques and try out new instruments. Open to all young women, transgender, intersex, takatāpui and gender diverse youth between the ages of 12-18.
APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDaWCHeEf79b311FRXqX4LXMk5r4fwIesWnVlrmq6-Kim06Q/viewform

🥁 Another successful To The Front Te Papaioea! 🥁

To The Front Te Papaioea is over for another year and we had a fantastic time!

For 2023, we continued our partnership with Creative Sounds - The Stomach, holding the programme at their venue, and allowing us to access their state of the art practice studios and equipment.

Some feedback we got from campers...
“I got to learn important social skills and how to communicate more easily with people.”

Their favourite part of band practice was...

“Matching everyone’s vibe and creating together”

“Being able to get to know each other and make music together”

They liked the showcase because...

“It gave me an opportunity to expand my prior knowledge in music production and expanded my social environment.”

We are super excited to announce an electric guitar care workshop with our pal Emerald Audio next Month. BYO guitar or bass and join us for an afternoon of guitar maintenance including restringing!!
For applications and more information visit https://girlsrockcamp.co.nz/poneke-2/

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