Kua hāpai atu te Pirimia i te tuku a ngā piana e rua ki te kura waenganui o Kōwhai ki Tāmaki Makaurau, hei whakaemi i te kaupapa Piana Rau a Play it Strange.
He mātua a Kawana Pihama (Tainui), hei tāna, “Hei akiaki me kī te hinengaro ki te whai atu i ngētehi atu ara mātauranga, kia uru atu te hunga tamariki ki ngā mahi puoro ka taea e rātau te aha.”
Nā Mike Chun o te rōpū Split Enz a Play It Strange i whakarewa i runga i tōna ngākau nui ki ngā mahi puoro, arā kia tohatohaina ki ngā tamariki.
“The piano is the great launching instrument in life. I started when I was eight, and all of a sudden songs came into my world because you can do the backing like a guitar would but that's all it can do, and then you play the tune,” te ki a Mike Chun.
Kotahi rau ngā piana kua tuku ki ngā kura waenganui maha i raro i te maru o te kaupapa Play It Strange, arā hei whakaāhei i ngā tauira kia whai i ngā ara auaha o te puoro i roto i te ao mātauranga.
“So songs evolve out of your experience and your adventures on the piano that's what I found. So I think that it'll catch on someone will write a song perform it at a show kids watching will be empowered and inspired and go yeah I want to do that too,” says Chun.
Kai te harikoa ngā kaiako me ngā mātua o Te Kura Waenganui o Kōwhai i ngā taonga hou nei.
Ko tā Kawana Pihama, “Ko te tumanako mena ka uru tika nei ngā tamariki ki roto i ngēnei mahi, tērā pea a ngā rangi tū mai rā ka kite atu rā tētahi Chopin tētahi Mozzart, Tchaikovsky rānei, Mike Chun pea ka puta atu rā i ngā mahi puoro a ngā tamariki nei nā.
Kai te akiaki te Pirimia kia tuku a Play It Strange i ngā ukulele a tērā tau.
