FOCUS Wales tribe… deffrwch/ SERIOUSLY wake up for this sgwrs with Maori & Cymraeg top punk musicians -
FORY/ TOMORROW 10am Tŷ Pawb Cardiff University British Council CHROMA British Council Wales Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales Neal Thompson amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/may…

Come to this fab session tomorrow morning FOCUS Wales exploring the links between #Cymraeg & te reo #Māori w/ Cardiff University 👇🏼

Our Director British Council will also be there & we are looking to develop broader links w/ languages & music

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Looking forward to going to this tomorrow: sharepage.aloompa.com/8c7e2374-e3bf-… FOCUS Wales

It’s Friday and we’re thrilled to share this exciting update from Cat Southall on our recent Māori and Cymraeg SongHubs! Shoutout to our wonderful partners on this project APRA AMCOS NZ and UK in New Zealand and congrats to Cat and her collaborators on this fabulous new track!

We’re in sunny #Wrexham for FOCUS Wales! Welcoming delegates from around the world 🌎 for what will be a very cool festival✌🏼 (I’m trying my festy vibes😅)

Special Croeso to our Ukrainian friends & colleagues from British Council Indonesia & British Council British Council Music

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Kia ora e te whānau! Register now for Te Reo Māori Courses in London! Celebrating cultural exchange and inspired by Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito. Proudly supported by the British Council. Register here: form.jotform.com/240942561005853

👏Congratulations to Edinburgh writer Jenni Fagan on being selected for the inaugural Island to Island residency exchange, offered in collaboration with British Council and Edinburgh International Book Festival (@edbookfest) - Moniack Mhor Verb Wellington

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Cymraeg Songhubs: A wonderful project connecting #Māori & #Cymraeg and revitalising indigenous #languages through #music . 🎶🌏

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Love love love this wonderful collaboration between New Zealand & Wales looking at indigenous #languages through #music ! 👇🏼🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Can’t wait to catch up with our Director NZ on this FOCUS Wales next week!

#Mâori #Cymraeg

A wonderful example of UK-NZ co-operation. Songwriters and producers working together to produce new music in the Welsh and Māori languages….

Last month 13 fantastic songwriters and producers from Aotearoa New Zealand and Wales explored language revitalisation and created musical magic at @bigfan_NZ studios for the @aapramocosnz Māori / Cymraeg Songhubs. With support from UK in New Zealand.

Hello Auckland! Excited to be presenting alongside the wonderful NZSL Creative Consultant Rāhera Turner and Kaite O'Reilly tomorrow! Exploring disability arts & non hierarchical processes with the Deaf/hearing team Equal Voices Thanks British Council equalvoicesarts.com/2024/03/where-…

Time for our #Auckland presentation and hui series.. with Kaite O'Reilly , the EVA Deaf and hearing team Dr. Laura Haughey , Rāhera Turner & Arts Access Aotearoa Thanks to British Council British Council Ministry for Culture and Heritage 24th April 10am! equalvoicesarts.com/2024/03/where-…

Kaite O'Reilly have the best time. You will share wisdom and joy as you always do. British Council

Are beyond delighted to be working with the legend Kaite O'Reilly this month! Precious creative development time… co-delivering workshops.. delivering a public presentation series & making #connectionsthroughculture Huge thanks to British Council & Ministry for Culture and Heritage #aotearoa #equity

We are thrilled to again be supporting the @gasworkslondon residency for artists based in Aotearoa New Zealand. For more info and to apply please visit gasworks.org.uk/opportunities/…

📢Calling Scotland's writers!

Are you working in creative non-fiction, fiction or long-form poetry?

Make sure you apply for this amazing exchange opportunity to travel to NZ 🇳🇿 supported by British Council in partnership with Verb Wellington & Moniack Mhor

Fab story this week from British Council about Māori + Cymraeg songwriters collaborating to revitalise their heritage languages. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇿
Read more about the SongHubs 2024 project: britishcouncil.org.nz/song-hubs-2024

The world’s first Welsh-Māori language songwriting project? With support from UK in New Zealand and British Council
musicians from Wales and NZ have been collaborating at Big Fan studios, and last night we heard the songs they’ve created. (And I channelled my inner Tony Williams on drums!)

It's been a fabulous week of te reo Māori and Cymraeg songwriting at @bigfan_NZ studios for the @aapramcosnz SongHubs. We have been thrilled to support alongside UK in New Zealand