Dear Inspired Song Leaders,
Our membership is a place to share methodology and pedagogy of song leading from across Aotearoa New Zealand with our unique voice.
We invite you to join us in a membership to Song Leaders Network Aotearoa.
Many of us feel a sense of isolation, disconnection and a lack of resources, sometimes even a sense of overwhelm with all the tasks a song leader has to hold. When in fact there is a place where we can grow, exchange and have the support of a network of people.
Song Leading on your own or feeling a bit of disconnect in your region or area
Wanting to reach out and connect with others and not sure how to?
Want knowledge and research about industry standards
Want more professional development opportunities, regionally and nationally.
To have practical leadership experiences and a place to grow skills
To exchange ideas, challenges and win’s
To have a place to share your work, events, a place to share more about you and your work
A place to promote compositions, books, articles, vision about song leading and your passion for it.
Don’t despair, we are here for each other.
Song Leaders definitely “Lead with Love”.
Lead with Love by Melanie DeMore
Video Tapestry Virtual Choir featuring Song Leader's from around Aotearoa. New Zealand. A special project presented by Song Leader's Network Aotearoa.
Made with the generous assistance of a grant from Otago Community Trust.
In this joyful video from “The Muppets” it shows when song leadership happens how joyful and permission giving it can be for everyone else to cut loose and join in. We naturally spread our joy through song leadership.
A place to platform your artistry and the work you do in community as a song leader: Build a profile page for you, in our Connect with Song Leaders Database.
Post your events and gigs during the year to our website, Facebook page/group and national newsletter
Access to private membership area with member only resources, news articles, Symposiums and content from Lead in from 2013 - now.
Specialized training opportunities regionally and at our National gathering Lead In
Regular communication via newsletter about song leading, jobs and opportunities happening around Aotearoa New Zealand
Opportunities to publish articles, compositions and papers on Song Leading and music theory in Aotearoa New Zealand
Access to resources from current and previous Lead In and symposium National Gatherings
Resource articles about song leading issues that we face in practical and realistic situations
A place to share and expand on methodology and pedagogy about Song Leading - the joys, the challenges and the next steps with peers who understand and who have been there before
Relationship building though live events both Regionally and Nationally
Opportunity to practice and expand ideas.
Is a private members area with resources, articles, audio, video and people sharing ideas with passion about Song Leading in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a place to fill your cup.
We are taking a stand for some leaders from around Aotearoa New Zealand to have a place for them to connect, advocate for the arts, see each other share their work, talk about what's important, ask for what they need and to promote our unique voice to the world.
For Song Leading to go from strength to strength in Aotearoa, New Zealand
For there to be no pockets of isolation
For communities and people to know where to reach out and find support
To know there is a place where resources can be accessible
Where knowledge can be gained
Where support can be found
That we have our own voice on the world platform of song leading.
If that sounds like you join us in our membership and share to someone you know. Let’s make a difference.
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For a long time our membership has been $50. The new increase accommodates a shift to $60 + a percentage of the website over the year, the domain fees and processing fees from Squarespace and Stripe .
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We are very conscious of copyright and permission seeking for use of music, lyrical and compositional content.
Most of our content is in the private area of our membership and is respectful of already pre-agreed permission and copyright use. However if there is something that we are not doing appropriately please do let us know and we are happy to amend this.
To support this area of membership we will be recording and documenting at regional and national gatherings so that we can share this information in our membership area.
We will be keeping content as unlisted videos and putting in documents as photos unless they are given as freely shared items and then we will make them accessible for downloading. We will also share audio file where appropriate.
For the sake of time and consideration of the people who have to manage this footage we are going to sometimes do a best of version and sometimes leave a raw version for you to navigate yourselves.
We would like to acknowledge and thank all of those people who edit, present and purpose content for SLNA. It is a very time consuming job.
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People and making real connections are of value to SLNA. In live events, but in between those for purposing connectivity and feeling seen and witnessed there are a few ways to reach out.
Our primary way is email songleadersnetwork.aotearoa@gmail.com.
We also have a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SongLeadersNetworkAotearoa and Private members group. We will send details of this when you become a member.
We are always looking to continue to develop seamless ways of interacting with each other. Please let us know if you have successful ideas through your experience.
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Song Leaders Network Aotearoa was formed in 2012 to:
(a) To foster and encourage song leading in New Zealand;
(b) To promote, protect, support and enhance the interests of members in their song leading work;
(c) To provide peer support to members by sharing knowledge and current research;
(d) To organise professional development opportunities for our members, including tours by overseas song leaders;
(e) To support leaders in starting a choir and promote opportunities for singers to experience the work of our members in choirs, singing groups and workshops;
(f) To foster and encourage public support and appreciation of song leading in New Zealand;
(g) To promote workshops and forums on song leading, and all matters relating to it;
(h) To publish compositions, books, articles and papers which in the opinion of the Committee are relevant to any of the aims and objectives of the Network;
(i) To assist in the publication of music, books, articles and papers by members of the Association, either with financial help or in any other manner;
(j) To do anything necessary or helpful to the above purposes;
(k) To join with any person or persons, or with any organisation
(whether or not an incorporated organisation) to carry out any of the aims or objectives of the Network.
“Can’t resist being with this bunch of caring, interesting, and dedicated folk. Learning so much too”
“SLNA supports the oral tradition of teaching and learning songs.
At my first Lead-in event, (a fair while ago now), I experienced teaching a song, line by line, with a group of amazing song-leaders from across the country. I sensed they wanted me to succeed. I realised that it didn’t matter that I could not really read music, it would not hold me back.
I started to believe that I could really be a community song leader.”
“SLNA is an vital part of my life as a Song Leader. Being able to connect and share with others from our community has supported and inspired me. It has also boosted my self confidence and my sense of belonging.”
“Joining SLNA has helped me find my tribe - a rich and diverse community who are also following a similar path to my own. People who bring their passion of singing and songs to Aotearoa.”
“Song leading has meant there has been a true home for me too stand in my leadership and share my unique voice, often told I was the loudest voice in the room and to shush. I was also able to compose music for the first time and have that into our national songbook “Songs from the Land” that was such a proud moment. My methodology is so different to others and there’s space for me to grow and flourish in this community and that’s really precious. Space for us all. ”
“I came to song leading later in life. A third career? I could call it my metamorphosis. I allowed myself to acknowledge an irresistible need to sing in harmony with others and if group singing was going to happen in my community, it fell to me to get it going. I could sing in tune, had a good memory and a group interested locals but couldn’t read music or play an instrument. ‘To cut a long story short’ I spent many years seeking to experience successful song leaders in their various contexts in order to become one myself. This is almost the definition of the utility of the Song Leaders Network Aotearoa. From emerging leaders to ‘old hands,’ every SLNA event offers a multitude of ways to song lead and multiplicity of songs. Joining the SLNA committee gave me the opportunity to take greater initiative and responsibility as a song leader, the chance to share what I love with others, and learn from them in turn.”
Is a private members area with resources, articles, audio, video and people sharing ideas with passion about Song Leading in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a place to fill your cup.