Norman Meehan
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Norman Meehan is a New Zealand musician. An active composer, Norman has performed original music throughout the country and in Europe.
Since 2008 his primary musical focus has been setting poetic text as song. He has collaborated with vocalist Hannah Griffin
to set texts by New Zealand poets on Rattle Records releases. He is the author of Jenny McLeod: A Life in Music (2023);
Time Will Tell: Conversations with Paul Bley (2003); Serious Fun: The Life and Music of Mike Nock (2010); and New Zealand Jazz Life (2016).
He and his partner have recently returned to Wellington after several years in New York.