SOUNZ champions the music of Aotearoa New Zealand

At SOUNZ we believe that New Zealand music enriches our world and our vision is to make New Zealand music widely heard and valued.

SOUNZ maintains and develops a diverse collection of quality New Zealand music resources and makes them available for loan, hire and sale, accessed through SOUNZ online or by visiting us.

We connect performers, presenters, teachers, composers, artistic directors and broadcasters with New Zealand music through our activities and projects.

Our key projects include the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, Resound project, NZ Composer Sessions and SOUNZ Community Commission. We also collaborate with NZ orchestras, ensembles, composers, musicians and other music organisations.

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is a charitable trust, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees.

SOUNZ is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres IAMIC.

He kōrero mō SOUNZ

Ko tā Toi te Arapūoru he kōkiri i ngā puoro o Aotearoa.

E whakapono ana mātou o SOUNZ he whakahaumako tonu tā ngā puoro o Aotearoa i tō tātou ao. Ko tō mātou wawata, kia rangiwhāwhā te rangona me te kaingākautia o ngā puoro o Aotearoa.

E tiaki ana, e whakawhanake ana a SOUNZ i tētahi kohinga matahuhua o ngā puoro o Aotearoa, e tuku ana anō hoki i ngā mea nei hei taonga taurewa, hei taonga rīhi, hei taonga hoko, mā runga i te ara tuihono o SOUNZ, mā te toro ā-tinana mai rānei i a mātou.

Ko mātou tēnā e tūhono ana i ngā tāngata puoro, i ngā kaiwhakatū mahinga puoro, i ngā kaiako, i ngā kaitito, i ngā kaitātaki taha toi me ngā kaipāpāho ki ngā puoro o Aotearoa, mā roto i ā mātou kawenga me ā mātou kaupapa.

Arā ētahi o ā mātou kaupapa matua, ko te SOUNZ Contemporary Award, ko te kaupapa Resound, ko ngā NZ Composer Sessions me te SOUNZ Community Commission. Ka mahi tahi hoki ki ngā rāngai puoro, ngā kāhui puoro, ngā kaitito, ngā ringapuoro me ngā rōreka, me ētahi atu whakahaere puoro.

He rōpū ohaoha a Toi te Arapūoru, he Poari Kaitiaki tūao kei te arataki i āna mahi.

He huānga a SOUNZ nō te International Association of Music Information Centres IAMIC.

SOUNZ staff
Ngā Kaimahi o Toi te Arapūoru

Executive Director | Tumu Whakarae: Diana Marsh

Māori music | Puoro Māori
Kaihautū Puoro Māori | Director of Māori Music: Toni Huata
Kaiāwhina Puoro Māori | Māori Arts Intern: Keri-Mei Zagrobelna

Marketing and Communications | Te tuitui muka tangata
Marketing Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Whakatairanga: Leoné Venter

Collection and curation | Te kohikohi me te taha rauhī
Cataloguing and Office Administrator | Kaiwhakarite Whakarārangi, Tari: Jonathan Engle
Curation and Collection Administrator | Kaiwhakarite Taha Rauhī, Kohinga: Karlo Margetić

Projects and administration | Ngā hōtaka me te taha whakarite
Projects Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Hōtaka: Roger Smith
Financial Administrator | Kaiwhakarite Pūtea: Alpana Chovhan

Resound project | Te hōtaka Resound
Resound Project Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Hōtaka Resound: Chris Watson
Resound Audio Curator | Kairauhī Oro Resound: Phil Brownlee

Board of Trustees
Te Poari Kaitiaki

Elizabeth Kerr - Chair | Toihau
Eve de Castro-Robinson - Deputy Chair | Toihau Tuarua
Vicki Allpress Hill
Anthony Healey
David Hutton
Noma Sio-Faiumu
Clare Somerville
Brendan Smyth
Tama Waipara

Composers Advisory Panel
Te Pae Whakamaherehere Kaitito

Michael Norris - Chair | Toihau
Horomona Horo
Jasmine Lovell-Smith
Alex Taylor
Ariana Tikao
Flo Wilson
Ken Young

Centre for New Zealand Trust trading as SOUNZ is a Registered Charitable Trust: CC22488
He Rōpū Ohaoha Rēhita a Toi te Arapūoru, ko SOUNZ tōna ingoa tauhokohoko, koinei tōna tātai: CC22488

Policy for SOUNZ staff and board members entering projects and competitions

Ngā mihi nui
SOUNZ would like to thank all the New Zealand composers, performers, artists, arts organisations and venues, that make our work possible through allowing access to their works and performances.

If not by SOUNZ, the continuously changing images on this website have been provided for use with the kind permission of generous individuals and organisations including:  Adam Chamber Music Festival, Aroha String Quartet, Brass Band Association of NZ, Composers Association of New Zealand, Choral Federation, Chamber Music New Zealand, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Gisborne International Music Competition, Horomona Horo, National Youth Jazz Competition, NZTrio, Orchestra Wellington, Rob Thorne, Screen Composers Guild of New Zealand, Stroma, The Big Sing, The Troubles, Wallace Piano Competition, Wellington Brass Band, Wellington Jazz Festival, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, St Matthew's Orchestra, National Library, Westlake Symphony Orchestra, Gareth Watkins and the many other composers, performers, and related organisations and presenters, whose profiles and works are available for browsing on our website.