Free Public Lecture
‘Chinese music performance in colonial New Zealand’
Professor HENRY JOHNSON
University of Otago
Sunday 15 September 2019, 2pm
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
Please join us for the third talk in our 2019 Global Migrations Public Lecture Series when our member Professor Henry Johnson discusses Chinese music performance in colonial New Zealand.
New Zealand’s Chinese musical history is an important cultural contribution in the making of the nation. This talk examines how and why social action and confluence between the Chinese and other communities were key aspects of musicking in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand.
