KAITAIA MUSIC FESTIVAL is ON!!!From Wednesday Sept 27th - Sept 30th, the Kaitaia Music Festival will be happening. It is a small but exciting start to what will hopefully bring NZ & the World to Kaitaia in years to come. It aims to provide some excellent music events for the community to get together and celebrate and enjoy! COME ALONG - Most events are FREE. Click on the link provided to buy your TICKETS to the opening GALA CONCERT produced by Abundant Life School, Kaitaia. 

                                                           To BUY your tickets to the OPENIN GALA CONCERT - Please follow this link. All other events for the Festival are FREE to attend : For further information - contact Opeloge at [email protected]  

Opeloge was named CreativeNZ's Artist in Residence with the National University of Samoa (NUS). Opeloge will be working with the music department at NUS to develop a show called SIVA MAI which will see it's premiere at the NUS Fale Samoa on Wednesday Oct 18th before it travels to NZ. Opeloge will be giving guest lectures and workshops as part of the project at National University of Samoa over the 3 months he is in Samoa. 

A Scene from Opeloge's recent PhD recital - piece called SIVA MAI composed by Opeloge. Featuring dancers Candice Falkland, Theresa Sa'o, Gina Williams and Saia Folau on vocals and Jo Walker on saxophone 

Will see Opeloge perform music from his PhD compositional folio called MUSIKA. The performance is free to the Public and will be held at the Windsor Park Baptist Church, Mairangi Bay - Auckland. Entry is free. Please be seated by 2.15pm.

Opeloge's MVE choir were part of the male singers accompanying Adele on her recent concerts in Auckland, NZ. 15 members of MVE choir enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime singing with one of the World's leading best selling artists. 

Opeloge Ah Sam recently featured on a 7 Sharp / TV 1 NZ story about his Kristin School Politest group performing for the first time at the World's Biggest Polynesian Cultural Dance festival at Manukau Valedrome March 17th, 2017. 

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/im-really-proud-auckland-school-just-four-polynesian-students-rocks-polyfest

Recent feature on Opeloge Ah Sam, written by Education Journalist Michelle Curran. 

Recent Performance of "Siva Mai" composed by Opeloge Ah Sam Quintet at the Auckland Urbanesia Festival 2015 (with guest vocalist - Gina Williams)

Performing & running workshops at the American Samoa Community College

Opeloge Ah Sam (keys), Dexter Stanley Tauvao (drums), Saia Folau (vocals), Hannah Elise (bass) and Jo Walker on saxophone. 

With special guests Ms South Pacific & 2015 Miss World Samoa Latafale Auva'a (vocals) & Edwina Thorne (trumpet)

July 11th, 2015 : Was fantastic to hear my work 'Aua e the tag' performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra featuring soprano Leila Alexander & conducted by Ray Chan. The piece was composed to mourn the loss of my late grandfather who was my first music teacher in Samoa when I was 5yrs old. Here is a video of the sound check before the actual performance at the Vodafone Events Arena (Manukau, Auckland) 

   

A Quick thank you to the talented Valerie Fasavalu, Wesley Lomu, Alastair Ferris, Olivia Just, and Alparslan Semiz for jamming 2 great sets at the Tauranga Jazz Festival Easter Weekend 2015. Check out the photos in the Gallery PLUS my original songs composed and now available on iTunes which we featured at the Festival. 

The Latest release from Opeloge Ah Sam on iTunes is now OUT -

Click the link below to BUY the new track STEPPIN'

Thank you for your support! 

Opeloge will be performing with Samoan soprano DAPHNE COLLINS, Cellist JESSICA PORTER, AUCKLAND GOSPEL CHOIR & Andrew Faleatua at the AUCKLAND MUSEUM - Saturday Aug 30th

1.30pm START - Level 2 of MAIN FOYER (through MAIN ENTRANCE) of Auckland Museum : FREE ENTRY 

http://aucklandartgallery.blogspot.co.nz/2014/03/new-compositions-tusalava.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE ARE PASIFIKA - A great success

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW ROLE for Opeloge - Opeloge has just been nominated and voted onto the MUSIC THERAPY NZ Council as a Lay member. Opeloge is a true believer in the power of music to help others and heal so this is a very important role for Opeloge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composition & Video below was created for the 2013 AWATEA PACIFIC JAZZ COLLABORATION celebrating International Jazz Day - featuring some of our Pasifika music students from Te Koki - NZ School of Music (Victoria & Massey Universities - Wellington) 

 

 

 

 

International Lyric Tenor Ben Makisi (4th from the left) spent time inspiring and sharing with Pasifika music students at the NZ School of Music. The students enjoyed hearing about Ben's career and journey. Ben is of half Samoan/Half Tongan descent.