PANAPA AND THE MOUNTAIN FARIES: Co-writers
Phil Mark and Rosemary Daverne
This tale is about Panapa, a wise old village elder, who tends the sick and
elderly of his village with a special Fairy Juice. This juice comes
from a vine growing in the mountain forests, the domain of the Mountain
Fairies. One day, Panapa takes a young boy, Te Pou, with
him to collect the Fairy Juice. Things go terribly wrong for these two.
Seven songs
arranged for piano accompaniment with chords, lead line with guitar
chords, tuned and untuned percussion.
Suitable for
8-12 year olds. Duration 25 - 30 mins.
A commercially recorded
CD including backing tracks and a video version is available.
MP3 Music Samples
No. 1 Told through the mists of time
No. 2 Incantation
No. 3 Angry fairies’ song
No. 4 Villagers’ song
No. 5 Te Pou’s rap
No. 6 Ancestors’ song
No. 7 Panapa’s speach
No. 8 Finale
PDF Music Sample
* Panapa and the Mountain Fairies
THE FLOATING ISLAND: Co-writers Phil Mark and Rosemary Daverne
This is
the second tale about Panapa, a wise old village elder
and a young girl called Rona, who had an unusual dream about a Floating
Island. The people of the village would not believe her dream.
Dreams are not always what they seem.
Seven songs
arranged for piano accompaniment with chords, lead line with guitar
chords, tuned and untuned percussion.
Suitable for
8-10 year olds. Duration 30 - 35 mins.
A
commercially recorded CD including backing tracks is available.
MP3 Music Samples
No. 1 A Strange dream
No. 2 Please can you help me
No. 3 The dream is true
No. 4 Ancient Spirits’ song
No. 5 Ancient Spirits’ rap
No. 6 Pushing Shoving
No. 7 Tell us what is there
No. 8 Finale
PDF Music Sample
* The Floating
Island
THE BROTHERS THREE: Janet Grierson and Rosemary Daverne
The story
is based on the classical fairy tale idea, with a King, a kidnapped
princess and her rescuers, The Brothers Three. All with
a happy ending.
Five songs
arranged for piano accompaniment with chords, lead line with guitar
chords, tuned and untuned percussion.
Suitable for
7-10 year olds. Duration 25 - 30 mins.
A commercially
recorded CD including backing tracks is available.
Tom Stone is young man of uncertain age. He is a music teacher. A good music teacher
who loves talking about the fun of making music. He loves travel, but
he can also be a dreamer. In this musical adventure, Tom meets young
Mozart. Was it a dream or was he mystically transported back to another
time and place?
Seven songs
arranged for piano accompaniment with chords, lead line with guitar
chords, tuned and untuned percussion.
Suitable for
8-12 year olds. Duration 25 - 30 mins.
A commercially
recorded CD including backing tracks is available.
This is a story from a long time ago, in what the Aborigines call
the "Dreamtime".
Tiddalik is the largest, greediest and ugliest frog ever
known. He endangers the lives of the other animals by drinking all the
water. The animals come up with a plan hoping to make Tiddalik laugh and return the water to the land.
Five songs arranged for piano accompaniment, guitar chords, lead line,
tuned and untuned percussion.
Suitable for 8-10 year olds. Duration 15 - 20 mins.
(Instrumental backing CD included)
PDF Music Sample
Tiddalik
the Frog
ROBYN HOOD: OUTLAW PRINCESS: Co-writer John Reynolds
Robyn Hood: Outlaw Princess is a ‘pop’ musical, based
loosely on the traditional tales of Robin Hood, with Robyn portrayed
as a female leading a female band of outlaws. It is essentially a fantasy,
the setting is timeless. The characters can be played by actors from
any ethnic or cultural group and is written for unlimited cast numbers,
predominantly female.
Instrumentation is for rhythm section (piano – with chords, guitar,
bass and drums) with optional woodwind and brass or synthesizer. It
is possible to perform this work with any combination of these instruments,
or piano only.
Sixteen songs, some solo, all written in low singable keys.
Suitable for 10 years and over. Duration 100 mins. Approx. HIRE
ONLY
THE CATS OF PONSONBY: Co-writer Rae Prowse
This popular musical takes place in the courtyard at the back entrance
to a restaurant. A gang of hungry Alley Cats waits outside the back
door hoping form some scraps of food. Frustrated that the three Burmese
House cats are pampered, Kitten is kidnapped for a ransom of food. This
sets off a chain of events that involves the rival cat gangs of Big
Tom’s Thugs and the Media Mob. Complications, skirmishes and a romance
arise. All’s well that ends well.
Fifteen songs with optional solos, suitable for large or small cast.
Arranged for piano accompaniment only, or with guitar, 4 tuned and untuned
percussion, two flutes, bass and drums.
Suitable for 8-12 year olds. Duration 60 mins. Approx. HIRE ONLY
DIDDIKAI (Gypsy Girl): Co-writer Ruth Hamilton
Richi is a ‘half-gypsy’ orphan girl. When her Aunt dies, she is
left destitute. At school the children dislike her. She is too different
from them. Their dislike leads to hatred and violence. The children
mob Richi and think that they have killed her. Later full of remorse
they try to make amends only to find Richi too stubborn, too proud,
perhaps too deeply hurt.
Diddikai can be presented entirely as a choral work with
a narrator or alternatively may be staged as a full production with
either small or large groups.
The story is narrated with ample opportunity for extensive dancing and
acting.
Nine songs with optional solos, arranged for piano accompaniment only,
or with guitar, tuned and untuned percussion, two flutes, bass and drums.
Suitable for 8-12 year olds. Duration 35 mins. Approx. HIRE ONLY>
Recorded on CD with Billy T. James as the narrator
JOHN HOBBS – A MAN WITH A MISSION: Librettist: Dorothy Tomlinson
This Two Act Opera is a historic story of a young man who
travels from England via Australia, in the early 1820's, to become anordained
minister and set up a Wesleyan Mission in the Hokianga, in Northland,
New Zealand.
The story portrays the relationships, frustrations, conflicts and troubled
times with the early settlers, the native Maori people and their Chiefs,
especially Chief Te Aara, Tamati Waka Nene and Patuone, culminating
in the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi at Horeke, in the Hokianga. The New Zealand song comes from this Musical.
Suitable for mature performers. Duration 2 hours Approx.
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