Staff Profiles for:

Certificate in Contemporary Music Performance Level 4

Alan Brown Alan is the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand’s programme leader of the Diploma in Contemporary Music Performance. He has vast experience as a jazz musician, performer and teacher. Alan led the successful jazz-funk band Blue Train in the 1990's, and has been a core member of the soul/funk Grand Central Bandsince1998. He gigs with popular soul/jazz musician Nathan Haines and Bex Nabouta, and has his own original group, the Alan Brown Quartet. Alan holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz (honors) from Massey University and a Certificate in Tertiary Teaching from Auckland University of Technology. “I love seeing the students grasp the concepts, develop and progress,” says Alan. Alan is enrolled in post-graduate jazz studies at Massey University. He likes to cycle and work out sudoku puzzles.

Title: PROGRAMME LEADER - DIPLOMA IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PERFORMANCE Directorate: MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland

John Quigley Originally with the Bongos and Big Sideways, John won the New Zealand Music Award for best song and new group in 1987. These days John continues his passion for performing and writing original acoustic music and songs with his group the Nairobi Trio of which he is a founding member. John’s qualifications include an MBA and several years teaching experience, and as guitar player and manager for the well known Nairobi Trio, he has the practical experience that MAINZ likes to bring to all its programmes.

Title: ASSOCIATE DEAN - MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland

Johnny Fleury Johnny is one of New Zealand's top guitarists, and a specialist on the Chapman stick. He joined the teaching staff of MAINZ in 2002. He has played with Greg Johnson and Dave Dobbyn.

Title: TUTOR - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PERFORMANCE Directorate: MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland

Josh Sorenson Drummer - King Kapisi, Nathan Haines, Grand Central Band, Alan Brown Trio, Hello Sailor, Hammond Gamble

Title: TUTOR - CERTIFICATE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PERFORMANCE Directorate: MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland

Tom Ludvigson Tom is a musician whose experience covers most dimensions of music production. He is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (guitars, basses, saxophones, flutes, percussion, keyboards), and has written, played on, produced and released multiple albums for Alloy, Bluespeak, the Inner City Jazz Workshop, and Trip to the Moon (new album "Lucifer’s Intemission" out in February 2010). In recent years he has composed and produced music for multiple documentary films broadcast on national television. When not teaching at MAINZ he runs the Jazzscore label and website. Among the resources Tom brings to MAINZ is a Ph.D. (Auckland 1981) and 15 years experience as a university teacher.

Directorate: MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland

Tony Waine Tony was founder of NZ band 'The Narcs' who earned five RIANZ Awards including 'Single of the Year' for their Top Ten hit 'Heart and Soul'. Tony wrote the single 'Abandoned By Love' which won the 1986 APRA Silver Scroll. The 90s saw a move to Australia where he continued to play and record with artists such as Wayne Gillespie, Nigel Gavin and Mal Green (Split Enz). Setting up his own marketing company Tony won various awards including two 'International Marketing' awards from USA Pro Audio manufacturers Mackie, and PreSonus. Tony is an in-demand bass player and has also produced the 'Best of the Narcs' album and the double CD 'Christchurch The Music' compilation.

Title: PROGRAMME LEADER - CERTIFICATE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PERFORMANCE Directorate: MAINZ Campus: MAINZ Auckland