Biography
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Garth
Real name: Garth Whitcombe
Effective period / Period of releases: 1984
Education1976-1979 Auckland University Kenneth Maidment Center Theater Arts Program, Diploma Audio Engineering
Recordings
1981-90 various productions for New Zealand labels Ocean Records, Ode Records, Ika Records
1981 Composed New Zealand Conservation Week National Song
1981 Returning to Love
1983 Morning Light
!984 Summer Christmas
1986 Ao Rangi
1986 Te Rerenga Wairua/Spirit Voyage
1990 islands Rising
2000 Shades of Appalachia
2004 Dream Time
2007 Well of Ancestors
2008 Flow – Healing Dance Series
2012 Stillness- Song of Creation
Staff Producer
Sun Energy Records 1985-1990
1987 Founding Member Independent Music Producers Association NZ
Performance
1977-1979 Maidment Theater Arts Program
1978 Kenneth Maidment Theater Solo show
1978 Main Stage performance Nambassa Festival
1979 Main Stage performance Sweetwater Festival
1981 Main Stage performance Nambassa Festival
1984-87 Keyboard player Pacific Highway Polynesian Reggae
1983 -87 Keyboard player Pacific Salsa Jazz band
1982-84 Art Work Community Performer
1985, 1989 Sydney Australia out door performance series
1988 Arts ambassador and feature performer for NZ Americas cup challenge San-Diego, Ca
1989 Convention Center Sydney Australia
Film
1981 Patu Auckland
1985 TVNZ Auckland
1985-1987 David Wray Productions Auckland
1986 David Hannay Productions Sydney Australia
1993 Steve Roberts Productions Nashville TN
2007 Pen Point Productions Nashville TN
2011 Be the Jam Stop Human Trafficking Soundtrack
Arts Administration
Auckland City Council - 1981-1988 People in Parks Arts Program
New Zealand Arts Council - 1983-89 Arts Co-ordinator Norther Regional Arts Council
Creative Director Te Rere Moana Arts Trust - 1983-1990 Tangata Whenua Arts Programs
1992-1994 Blue Sky Court Performance Cafe Nashville
2005 Helping Children Heal Benefit at County Music Hall of Fame for Vanderbilt Chlldrenʼs Hospital Nashville
2005 Music Co-ordination for American Massage Therapy Association National Convention
Musical Direction
1979 Limbs Music for Dance
1981 Brigid OʼHalloran Dance Company
1982-1983 Imagine Mime Troupe
1983-1990 Tangata Pasifica