Cheryl was commissioned in the 1990s by SOUNZ, The New Zealand Music Centre, to produce nine different study guides about New Zealand works to help with the study of these works in NZ secondary schools. In 2000, she was asked to write a similar guide using a selection of NZ works for use in primary schools. Almost all these resources are still available from SOUNZ in Wellington (Some have been updated as the curriculum has been updated):

Childhood by Jenny McLeod: Childhood SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

I Hope I Never by Tim Finn: I hope I never SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Lullaby For Matthew by Gillian Whitehead Gillian Whitehead: Lullaby for Matthew – SOUNZ COURSE FOR NCEA LEVEL 1 (iQualify platform) – SOUNZ

Overture: Aotearoa by Douglas Lilburn: Overture: Aotearoa SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Pounamu by Helen Fisher: Pounamu SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Rakiura by David Hamilton: Rakiura SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

The Hanging Bulb by Anthony Ritchie: The Hanging Bulb SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Three Sea Changes by Douglas Lilburn: Three Sea Changes SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Waiting For The Aeroplane by John Psathas: Waiting for the Aeroplane SOUNZwrite study guide – SOUNZ

Ears Wide Open Taringa Areare

This teaching resource, commissioned by the Centre for New Zealand Music, SOUNZ in Wellington, provides a listening-centred approach to a selection of 23 New Zealand pieces of music ranging in style from popular through Jazz to classical, brass bands, electro-acoustic and traditional Maori. It was written to address heartily the requirements of the music discipline in the new (at the time) New Zealand Arts Curriculum, and to be used easily by primary school teachers no matter what their musical experience or confidence. It is used throughout the entire country – in over a third of all primary and intermediate schools and also in some high schools, and widely in teacher training institutions. All activities included in the resource were written and trialled by Cheryl. You can order Taringa Areare here:

Ears Wide Open Taringa Areare | New Zealand Music for Levels 1-4 – EDUCATION RESOURCE – SOUNZ

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