Sally Jamila

Sally Jamila is a vocalist, performer, composer, and arranger living in West Auckland. Her improvisational and instrumental harmonic style reflects her journey through jazz and world music. Born in New Zealand, Sally's Cook Islands–Tahitian roots have woven together with Croatian influences and blended with her Indian heritage, creating a rich tapestry of cultural inspiration. Her music is diverse and interdisciplinary, revealing treasured fragments through the artistry of tapu taonga. Among her current projects, ACAPOLLiNATIONS, Sacred Offerings, and the Crucibulum, she also collaborates in SAJA Project, which released its debut album in 2026.

Sally’s passion is using her craft as a means for exploring narratives of universal meaning and profundity. In acknowledging the power and emotional force of music, she dedicates her life to the living practice of transformation through art.

SAJA Project

SAJA Project is a collaboration with Jamie Gabriel (AUS) blending their areas of interest in music and technology through multi-disciplinary exploration. A co-lab of live performance, recorded song and lush soundscapes.

Sacred Offerings

A collaboration with other artists creating a diverse catalogue of sacred works that include song, chant, soundscape with recitation and other instrumental works.

The Crucibulum

Co-created with Robert Mignault, the crucibulum Experience is the Alchemy of Transformation. This large-scale, immersive and ‘performed’ art installation powerfully underscores the critical need for cultural and societal transformation and climate action.

Invocation

A rich soundscape through meditative invocation, weaving together eclectic world music with the tradition of a spiritual practice. A debut album.

Acapollinations

A multi-lingual, compelling collection of folklore songs, where archaic musical systems are reimagined for three vivacious voices. Evocative melodies, stirringly close harmony and stories of longing, harvest and transcendence.