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Compose Aotearoa! | National Choral Composition Competition 2022
OpportunityCompose Aotearoa! is a national initiative to stimulate the creation of new and diverse New Zealand music for choirs. For over four decades our national choirs have benefitted from and contributed to the creation of new New Zealand choral works. With this competition we aim to encourage the development of choral writing in New Zealand and provide a high-quality performance opportunity for these works. We invite submissions for choral works suitable for performance by any one of the three choirs.
- Open category – prize $2,000
- Composers aged 25 years and under – prize $2,000
- Waiata Tira with substantial Te Reo Māori content (70%-100%) – prize $2,000
An additional prize valued at $1,000 will be awarded to a category winner in form of travel, per diems and other costs associated with the invitation to join one of the national choirs as Composer in Residence to progress the work for performance.
Category winners will become SOUNZ Composers. A SOUNZ composer has a profile page on www.sounz.org.nz which lists their works, commissions, performances, films/audio, etc. and provides worldwide visibility.
Click here for Competition Requirements and to submit your entry
Deadline for submission is 5.00pm October 3, 2022.
For any enquiries please contact Anna Bowron, anna@choirsnz.co.nz
Compose Aotearoa! is a national initiative to stimulate the creation of new and diverse New Zealand music for choirs. For over four decades our national choirs have benefitted from and contributed to the creation of new New Zealand choral works. With this competition we aim to encourage the development of choral writing in New Zealand and provide a high-quality performance opportunity for these works. We invite submissions for choral works suitable for performance by any one of the three choirs.
- Open category – prize $2,000
- Composers aged 25 years and under – prize $2,000
- Waiata Tira with substantial Te Reo Māori content (70%-100%) – prize $2,000
An additional prize valued at $1,000 will be awarded to a category winner in form of travel, per diems and other costs associated with the invitation to join one of the national choirs as Composer in Residence to progress the work for performance.
Category winners will become SOUNZ Composers. A SOUNZ composer has a profile page on www.sounz.org.nz which lists their works, commissions, performances, films/audio, etc. and provides worldwide visibility.
Click here for Competition Requirements and to submit your entry
Deadline for submission is 5.00pm October 3, 2022.
For any enquiries please contact Anna Bowron, anna@choirsnz.co.nz
Compose Aotearoa! is a national initiative to stimulate the creation of new and diverse New Zealand music for choirs. For over four decades our national choirs have benefitted from and contributed to the creation of new New Zealand choral works. With this competition we aim to encourage the development of choral writing in New Zealand and provide a high-quality performance opportunity for these works. We invite submissions for choral works suitable for performance by any one of the three choirs.
- Open category – prize $2,000
- Composers aged 25 years and under – prize $2,000
- Waiata Tira with substantial Te Reo Māori content (70%-100%) – prize $2,000
An additional prize valued at $1,000 will be awarded to a category winner in form of travel, per diems and other costs associated with the invitation to join one of the national choirs as Composer in Residence to progress the work for performance.
Category winners will become SOUNZ Composers. A SOUNZ composer has a profile page on www.sounz.org.nz which lists their works, commissions, performances, films/audio, etc. and provides worldwide visibility.
Click here for Competition Requirements and to submit your entry
Deadline for submission is 5.00pm October 3, 2022.
For any enquiries please contact Anna Bowron, anna@choirsnz.co.nz
At the World's Edge Festival 2022
FestivalAWE Festival 2022 | Oct 8–21
Gareth Farr, Composer in Residence
Salina Fisher, 2022 Composer Mentor
Eva Bedggood, Emerging Composer
Six powerfully intertwined programmes, thirty-one musical works, each charting a waypoint along our exploration into the roles that solitude and togetherness play in the creative process.
Featuring music by NZ composers Gareth Farr, Victoria Kelly, and Eva Bedggood.
Bloom My Heart | 8 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Tranquil Bay | 9 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Nine Seas Away | 12 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Sei Solo* | 13 Oct | Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell
Free But Lonely | 15 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Into The Night | 16 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
In addition to our six festival programmes, we are also offering multiple free events including an exhibition at Te Atamira, open rehearsals, a Composer Workshop and much more, culminating in our Emerging Artists tour through Central Lakes schools between Oct 19–21. Click here to find out more.
AWE Festival 2022 | Oct 8–21
Gareth Farr, Composer in Residence
Salina Fisher, 2022 Composer Mentor
Eva Bedggood, Emerging Composer
Six powerfully intertwined programmes, thirty-one musical works, each charting a waypoint along our exploration into the roles that solitude and togetherness play in the creative process.
Featuring music by NZ composers Gareth Farr, Victoria Kelly, and Eva Bedggood.
Bloom My Heart | 8 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Tranquil Bay | 9 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Nine Seas Away | 12 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Sei Solo* | 13 Oct | Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell
Free But Lonely | 15 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Into The Night | 16 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
In addition to our six festival programmes, we are also offering multiple free events including an exhibition at Te Atamira, open rehearsals, a Composer Workshop and much more, culminating in our Emerging Artists tour through Central Lakes schools between Oct 19–21. Click here to find out more.
AWE Festival 2022 | Oct 8–21
Gareth Farr, Composer in Residence
Salina Fisher, 2022 Composer Mentor
Eva Bedggood, Emerging Composer
Six powerfully intertwined programmes, thirty-one musical works, each charting a waypoint along our exploration into the roles that solitude and togetherness play in the creative process.
Featuring music by NZ composers Gareth Farr, Victoria Kelly, and Eva Bedggood.
Bloom My Heart | 8 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Tranquil Bay | 9 Oct | Rippon Hall, Wanaka
Nine Seas Away | 12 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Sei Solo* | 13 Oct | Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell
Free But Lonely | 15 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
Into The Night | 16 Oct | Te Atamira, Queenstown
In addition to our six festival programmes, we are also offering multiple free events including an exhibition at Te Atamira, open rehearsals, a Composer Workshop and much more, culminating in our Emerging Artists tour through Central Lakes schools between Oct 19–21. Click here to find out more.
NZ Chamber Soloists | Czech Mates
ConcertThe New Zealand Chamber Soloists have been performing throughout New Zealand and internationally for more than 15 years since first forming in 2006. Based around a core piano trio, the founding artists combine the talents of Katherine Austin (piano), Lara Hall (violin), and James Tennant (cello).
Since its inception, the New Zealand Chamber Soloists have celebrated the unique voice of New Zealand’s new generation of composers, alongside the works of the classical and 20th century traditions. The group embodies a unique blend of virtuosity, colour and a full-on, spontaneous energy to music old and new.
The programme is titled Czech Mates.
Bohuslav Martinů | Piano Trio No 2 in D minor
Helen Bowater | Fekete Folyó (Black River)
Leoš Janáček | Violin Sonata
Antonin Dvořák | Piano Trio No 3 in F minor, Op 65
The concert is presented in association with Chamber Music NZ.
Also Wellington (19 June) and Upper Hutt (20 June).
The New Zealand Chamber Soloists have been performing throughout New Zealand and internationally for more than 15 years since first forming in 2006. Based around a core piano trio, the founding artists combine the talents of Katherine Austin (piano), Lara Hall (violin), and James Tennant (cello).
Since its inception, the New Zealand Chamber Soloists have celebrated the unique voice of New Zealand’s new generation of composers, alongside the works of the classical and 20th century traditions. The group embodies a unique blend of virtuosity, colour and a full-on, spontaneous energy to music old and new.
The programme is titled Czech Mates.
Bohuslav Martinů | Piano Trio No 2 in D minor
Helen Bowater | Fekete Folyó (Black River)
Leoš Janáček | Violin Sonata
Antonin Dvořák | Piano Trio No 3 in F minor, Op 65
The concert is presented in association with Chamber Music NZ.
Also Wellington (19 June) and Upper Hutt (20 June).
The New Zealand Chamber Soloists have been performing throughout New Zealand and internationally for more than 15 years since first forming in 2006. Based around a core piano trio, the founding artists combine the talents of Katherine Austin (piano), Lara Hall (violin), and James Tennant (cello).
Since its inception, the New Zealand Chamber Soloists have celebrated the unique voice of New Zealand’s new generation of composers, alongside the works of the classical and 20th century traditions. The group embodies a unique blend of virtuosity, colour and a full-on, spontaneous energy to music old and new.
The programme is titled Czech Mates.
Bohuslav Martinů | Piano Trio No 2 in D minor
Helen Bowater | Fekete Folyó (Black River)
Leoš Janáček | Violin Sonata
Antonin Dvořák | Piano Trio No 3 in F minor, Op 65
The concert is presented in association with Chamber Music NZ.
Also Wellington (19 June) and Upper Hutt (20 June).
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