Tekee Media is primarily a music-based organisation whose members internationally-renowned composer: Martin Wesley-Smith and clarinettist Ros Dunlop - have travelled and performed extensively on the international concert circuit. The concerts have a central focus around social justice and human rights issues, and are multimedia performances.

In the course of their tours, Ros and Martin travelled to and presented concerts twice in East Timor in 2002. Since 2002 a project evolved which has become the central focus of Tekee Media’s particular interest in East Timor. The Music Recovery project evolved from those memorable trips. Tekee Media is now committed to helping the East Timorese revive their indigenous music and to put it to practical contemporary use through the education system in East Timor, and in schools presentations throughout Australia, creating cultural exchanges and exploiting existing historical bonds between the two countries. Also to promote its performance in Australia and elsewhere.

The main projects of Tekee Media include:

Tekee Media Music Performances
Concerts by Dunlop, and/or Wesley-Smith. In 2002, Dunlop and Wesley-Smith toured East Timor twice, giving concerts and making contact with local people. On their return they gave three concerts of, mainly, multimedia pieces about East Timor. In 2003 Ros and Martin toured the UK and the USA. In 2005 they toured to England, Holland, Ireland, Lithuania, Scotland and the USA. In 2006 they toured New Zealand, going to both North and South Island. In 2008 a return to the USA is planned.

In March/April 2004 Ros Dunlop toured the USA doing the East Timor presentation and performing East Timor-inspired multimedia concerts. Gigs include a high school in Los Angeles; a New Music Festival at Michigan State University; a “Fresh Ears” family concert at the Music Gallery Institute, Toronto, Canada; the University of Carbondale, Indiana; Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan; and MIT, Boston.

Go to the Music Performance page here.

Tekee Tokee Tomak - School Presentations
An audio-visual presentation about East Timor to school students, involving video and live performance.

Go to the School Presentations page here.

Tekee Tokee Tomak - Music Recovery Project
The ambitious Tekee Tokee Tomak Music Recovery Project, designed to collect (record, transcribe), arrange, publish and perform traditional music of East Timor, especially nursery songs.

Go to the Music Recovery page here.

Hadahur - Music School in East Timor
Hadahur, is the first music school in East Timor. It is being established in 2008 under the auspices of the Mary Mckillop Institute for East Timorese Studies. Ros has been asked to be a consultant in setting the school up, and Tekee Media will be assisting with support for the school.

Go to the Hadahur Music School page here.

Art Student Support - José de Jesus Amaral (”Tony”)
Tekee Media Inc is also supporting a young art student from East Timor. José de Jesus Amaral (”Tony”), from Arte Moris in Dili, has been offered a place in the Bachelor of Fine Art degree course at the National Art School in Sydney, to commence in 2008. In preparation for this, had to undertake an intensive English course at TAFE for 6 months, which he has now passed. No mean feat, Tony’s education in East Timor was very basic and he found this course challenging and committed himself to that challenge most conscientiously. Tony studied at Arte Moris, a free art school in Dili.

Go to Tony’s page here.

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