LOOPY TUNES PRESCHOOL MUSIC

​Loopy Tunes Preschool music are Christchurch-based sister music duo, Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington.  They started releasing their children’s music in June 2019, with their debut children’s music album, 'Kākāriki: Simply Us', which is the first of what they intend to be a ‘Rainbow Collection’ of children’s waiata/songs.  Aptly named ‘Simply Us’ to create the same acoustic sound of a guitar and two harmonious vocals that they are known for. They had their start in children’s music through running community-level, weekly, outreach music sessions for preschoolers (and their caregivers) – going strong now, for eleven years. 

They also released twelve children’s music singles, all in digital form only, for now.  Between October 2019 and November 2020, they released their ‘Rainbow Collection’ of bilingual Māori children’s picture books, based on five of their original waiata.  

To kick off 2021, they were working with the Whānau Āwhina Plunket’s ‘Pasifika Beatz’ team, to release an ambitious 10 albums, in 10 different Pacific Island languages, with 10 children’s song, per album – funded with huge thanks, by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. The intention was to provide an opportunity for tamariki and families of these ten cultures to hear and experience waiata in their own reo, and to share these languages with the world!  This amazing resource is now out.

​Siu and Leah are currently working on another project, taking their music to schools in Ōtautahi. Early last month, they released a single ‘The Māui Dolphin’ and have new songs are in the pipeline.  So, it’s been a very busy time for the duo and there are more exciting times ahead, but, thankfully, they LOVE what they do, and couldn’t imagine doing anything else!! 
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