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Useful links in NZ music
Ētahi hononga whaitake ki te ao puoro o Aotearoa
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Databases and Directories
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Education
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International
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Magazines
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Māori / Pacific
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Organisations
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Performance
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Presenters / Promoters
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Publishers
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Record Labels
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Support
Databases/Directories
- Cultural funding guide - Hosted by Ministry of Culture and Heritage
- Alexander Turnbull Library - Database including the Archive of New Zealand Music
- CAFE : Community Artists for Education - Hosted by Arts Online, a directory of artists available to work with schools
- indexNZ - A searchable database containing abstracts from ~1000 New Zealand periodicals and newspapers
- NZ Music Services Directory - directory of NZ music industry contacts
- SIBMAS - International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts which has an international directory including NZ
- National Library Archive of New Zealand Music - World's largest archive of unpublished material relating to New Zealand music and musicians
- National Library Music Collections and Services - Information on services and resources offered by NZ's National Library
- National Library Music Hire Service - Database of choral and orchestral scores available from the National Library
- National Library New Zealand Music, Sound, & Audio-visual Collection - The National Library's collection of New Zealand music
- NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life - lyrics, chords, tunes and background information
- SOUNZ - Database of thousands of works by hundreds of New Zealand composers
- APRA AMCOS Works Search - APRA's database for music writers
- Wellington Local Music Collection - Wellington City Libraries' browsable portal
Education:
- IRMTNZ - Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand
- MENZA - Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (formerly NZSME)
- NZSMT
- New Zealand Society for Music Therapy
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examination boards
- ABRSM - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
- NZMEB - New Zealand Music Examinations Board
- St Cecilia - St. Cecilia Examinations New Zealand
- Trinity College London - International Examinations Board
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List of NZ piano pieces for exams
events/competitions/workshops
- Auckland Philharmonia - Community and education
- Chamber Music NZ: School Music Contest - Performance and composition contest information
- New Zealand National Singing School - Biannual singing school
- Smokefree Rockquest - Dates and information for secondary school music competition
- NZSO National Youth Orchestra - Young performers and Composer-in-residence
- The New Zealand Opera School - Annual school in opera singing
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The Big Sing - NZ secondary schools singing competition with composition competition
- National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries - The University of Auckland | Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau
- University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - Te Kura Puoro
- Ara Institute of Canterbury - Music Arts
- Christchurch School of Music | Te Kura Pūoro
- University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato - Music
- Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand - MAINZ
- Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (formerly Nelson School of Music)
- New Zealand School of Music | Te Kōkī - Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, Wellington
- Massey University | Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa - Commercial music, Wellington
- University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo - Music
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Southern Institute of Technology | Te Whare Wananga O Murihiku - SIT, Invercargill
- Arts Online - An online community with teaching resources for dance, drama, visual arts, art history, music and drama teachers in primary and secondary schools
- Chimaera - Learning guides for NZ music, CD-ROM, free online lesson
- Discover - The National Library's services to schools
- Hofnote (Music Teacher Support Ltd) - Helping music teachers to build aural skills in their students
- Kids Music Company - CDs of original NZ songs with handbooks for teachers
- Learning Ideas Limited - Quality resources designed specifically for NCEA music
- New Zealand Folk Song - Home-made songs about life in New Zealand
- Musicnet - New Zealand High School Music Teachers community page
- New Zealand Music for Recorders - Compiled by Nicholas Lander
- Noteable - Music education resources
- Pandemonium Percussion - Christchurch percussion ensemble who provide NCEA resources
- Promethean Editions - Learning guides, workbook scores for NZ music (years 11-13)
- SOUNZ - NZ music resources for educators including NCEA SOUNZwrite guides
- TKI - Te Kete Ipurangi: The Online Learning Centre
- UCA - Universal Childrens Audio, tapes and CDs
associations
music schools
resources
International
- ACMA - Australasian Computer Music Association
- IAMIC - International Association of Music Information Centres
- IAML - International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
- IAWM - International Alliance of Women in Music
- ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music
- Living Composers Project - Information provided by composers about themselves
Magazines
- APRAP New Zealand - APRA's publication
- Canzona - Official yearbook of the Composers' Association of New Zealand
- Middle C - Articles and reviews about NZ classical music and musicians
- Music in New Zealand - Archive of magazine for composers, players, listeners and students
- New Zealand Opera News
- NZ Musician Magazine - Equipment, reviews, profiles, news, education and info
- SOUNZ News - Journal of the Centre for New Zealand Music
- Tune Me In - The MENZA magazine, making Education brighter through Music
Māori/Pacific
- Archive of Maori and Pacific Music - The largest Pacific ethnographic sound collection
- NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life - lyrics, chords, tunes and background information
- Puatatangi - Contemporary Maori Music Committee of Toi Maori Aotearoa
- Traditional Maori instruments - Pictures and sound as demonstrated by Richard Nunns
- SOUNZ database - List of Māori composers registered with SOUNZ
Organisations:
- APRA AMCOS NZ - Australasian Performing Rights Association
- The Audio Foundation - The Audio Foundation
- CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
- Independent Music New Zealand - group of indie recording labels and distributors
- NZ Music Industry Commission - trust for contemporary popular music industry
- NZ On Air - funding agency supporting local content on television and radio
- PANNZ - Performing Arts Network of New Zealand
- Radio New Zealand Concert - Fine music network of Radio New Zealand
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Recorded Music NZ - (Formerly RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand & PPNZ Phonographic Performances NZ)
- Creative NZ - Arts Council of New Zealand
- DANZ - Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
- Lilburn Residence Trust
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Lists music awards, scholarships and residencies
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - (NZ Film Archive) Aims to collect, protect and project NZ's moving image heritage
- Playmarket - Playwrights' agency & script advisory service
- Te Papa Tongarewa : Museum of New Zealand
- Toi Maori Aotearoa - Maori Arts New Zealand
- The Arts Foundation - Promoting and supporting the arts
music
general
Performance:
- Auckland Choral Society
- Cecilian Singers
- Christchurch City Choir
- City Choir Dunedin
- The Graduate Choir
- Hamilton Civic Choir
- Bach Musica NZ
- Orpheus Choir of Wellington
- Southern Consort of Voices
- New Zealand Youth Choir and Voices New Zealand
- New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir
- The Tudor Consort
- Viva Voce
- 175 East
- Brass Band Association of NZ
- From Scratch
- Jade String Quartet
- New Zealand String Quartet
- NZTrio
- Okta
- Saxcess
- Strike Percussion
- Stroma
- Auckland Chamber Orchestra
- Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
- Auckland Symphony Orchestra
- Auckland Youth Orchestra
- Canterbury Philharmonia
- Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
- Dunedin Youth Orchestra
- Manawatu Sinfonia and Youth Orchestra
- Manukau City Symphony Orchestra
- NZSO - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- NZSO National Youth Orchestra
- Orchestra Wellington
- Southern Sinfonia
- St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra
- TWSO - Trusts Waikato Symphony Orchestra
- Wellington Chamber Orchestra
- Wellington Youth Orchestras
- New Zealand Opera
- Opera Factory
- Operatunity
choirs
ensembles
orchestras
opera
Presenters/Promoters
- Adam Chamber Music Festival
- Auckland Festival
- Chamber Music NZ - Largest presenter of chamber music concerts throughout NZ
- Christchurch Arts Festival
- Christchurch Schools' Music Festival
- Dunedin Arts Festival
- New Zealand Festival of the Arts
- Southern Lakes Festival of Colour
- Taranaki Arts Festival Trust
- Tauranga Festival
- Vitamin-S - A community of musicians engaged in the dialogue of creative improvised music
- Wellington Jazz Festival
- WOMAD - World Music Festival
Publishers
- Bellbird Publications - the works of composer Anthony Ritchie
- DBH Music - the works of composer David Hamilton
- Promethean Editions
- Wai-te-ata Music Press
Record Labels
- Atoll
- empreintes DIGITALes
- Fiff Dimension
- Independent Music New Zealand
- Kiwi Pacific Records
- Naxos
- Ode Records
- Rattle
- The Sound Room
- Trust Records
- Yellow Eye Music
Support Sites
- CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
- The Music - NZ music industry Hub
- Musicweb International - CD and concert reviews and composer profiles
- Muzic.net.nz - Artists, charts, gigs, releases, discussion, downloads
- The New Zealand Opera Society - Supporting Opera in New Zealand
- The Big Idea - Online community of New Zealand's creative industries