Dexter Stanley-Tauvao

Born in Lower Hutt and of the Samoan villages Vailoa-Faleata, Tāga i Savai'i and Neiafu, Dexter Stanley-Tauvao graduated from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington with a conjoint degree in Music and German. After finishing his Honours year, he was invited to join a band that moved to Berlin in 2019. This year, Dexter was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and is now in New York studying towards a Master of Jazz at the Aaron Copland School of Music.