Music of Nauru - Noted Contemporary Composer

Noted Contemporary Composer

Baron Waqa, who has also served as a government minister, has been noted for his musical composition activity.

Micronesian music
  • Guam
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesian Federation
  • Nauru
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Palau
Nauru topics
History
  • Nauruan Tribal War
  • German attacks on Nauru
  • Japanese occupation of Nauru
Geography
  • Districts
  • Settlements
  • Canals
Politics
  • Constitution
  • President
  • Parliament
  • Political parties
  • Elections
  • Human rights
Economy
  • Transport
  • Communications
  • Demographics
  • Companies
  • Phosphate mining
Languages
  • Nauruan
  • Pidgin English
Culture
  • Indigenous religion
  • Sport
  • Music
Other topics
  • Public holidays
  • Operation Weasel
  • Pacific Solution
Culture of indigenous Oceania
List of resources about traditional arts and culture of Oceania
Art
  • ahu
  • Australia
  • Austronesia
  • Cook Islands
  • Hawaiʻi
  • kapa (Hawaiʻi)
  • lei (Hawaii)
  • magimagi
  • Māori
  • moai
  • New Zealand
  • nguzu nguzu
  • Oceania
  • Papua New Guinea
  • reimiro
  • tā moko
  • tapa
  • tabua
  • ta'ovala
  • tattoo
  • tēfui
  • tivaivai
Broad culture
  • areca nut
  • Kava culture
  • kava, " ʻawa" (Hawaii), "yaqona" (Fiji), or "sakau" (Pohnpei)
  • Sāmoa 'ava ceremony
  • Lapita
  • Māori
  • Polynesia
  • Polynesian navigation
  • wood carving
Geo-specific, general
  • Australia
  • Australian Aboriginal astronomy
  • Austronesia
  • Caroline Islands, -Pwo
  • Chatham Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • Fiji
    • Lau Islands
    • traditions and ceremonies
  • Guam
  • Hawaiʻi
    • Lomilomi massage
  • Kiribati
  • French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands
  • Marshall Islands
    • Stick charts of
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Sāmoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Torres Strait Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Yap
    • navigation
    • Weriyeng navigation school
Canoes
  • Aboriginal Dugout
  • Alingano Maisu
  • Drua
  • Dugout (boat)
  • Hawaiʻiloa
  • Hōkūleʻa
  • Modern Hawaiian outrigger
  • Māori migration
  • Outrigger
  • Polynesian sailing
  • Proa
  • Waka
    • list
  • Walap
Dance
  • 'aparima
  • cibi
  • fara
  • fire dancing
  • firewalking
  • haka
  • hivinau
  • hula
  • kailao
  • kapa haka
  • Kiribati
  • meke
  • 'ote'a
  • pa'o'a
  • poi
  • Rotuma
  • siva
  • Tahiti
  • tāmūrē
  • tautoga
  • Tonga
  • 'upa'upa
Festivals
  • Australia
    • Garma Festival
  • Hawaiʻi
    • Aloha Festivals
    • Merrie Monarch Festival
    • World Invitational Hula Festival
  • Fiji
  • New Zealand
    • Pasifika Festival
  • The Pacific Community
    • Festival of Pacific Arts
  • Papua New Guinea
Languages
by area
Languages of Oceania
Sovereign states
  • Australia
  • East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories
  • American Samoa
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • French Polynesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Tokelau
  • Wallis and Futuna
by category Languages of Oceania
Literature
Literature of Oceania
Sovereign states
  • Australia
  • East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories
  • American Samoa
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • French Polynesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Tokelau
  • Wallis and Futuna
Music
  • Austral Islands (French Polynesia)
  • Australia
  • Austronesia
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • Fiji
  • Guam
  • Hawaiʻi
  • Kiribati
  • Lali
  • Māori
  • Melanesia
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Polynesia
  • Sāmoa
  • Slit drum
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
  • Wallis and Futuna
Mythology
  • Australian Aboriginal
  • Fijian
  • Hawaiian
  • Mangarevan
  • Maohi
  • Māori
  • Melanesian
  • Menehune
  • Micronesian
  • Oceanian legendary creatures
  • Polynesian
  • Rapa Nui
  • Vanuatu
People
  • Indigneous Australian
  • Austronesian
  • Chamorro
  • Chatham Islander (Moriori or Rekohu)
  • Fijian
  • Hawaiian (kānaka maoli)
  • Māori
  • Marshallese
  • Melanesian
  • Micronesian
  • Negrito
  • Norfolk Islander
  • Papuan
  • Polynesian
  • Indigenous Polynesian (Mā’ohi)
  • Rapanui
  • Rotuman
  • Samoan
  • Tahitian
  • Tongan
  • Torres Strait Islander
Religion
Religion in Oceania
Sovereign states
  • Australia
  • East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories
  • American Samoa
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • French Polynesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Tokelau
  • Wallis and Futuna
Not included: Oceanian: cinema, (indigenous) currency, dress, folkore, cuisine. Also see Category:Oceanian culture.
Music of Oceania
Sovereign states
  • Australia
  • East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories
  • American Samoa
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Easter Island
  • French Polynesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Tokelau
  • Wallis and Futuna
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