Tips, guides, and knowledge

New Zealand music about war

Below you will find a list of New Zealand music dealing with the subject of war.Works marked with * have full length audio or video available for free stream...

Tips, guides, and knowledge

Selected chamber music with double reed instruments

This list contains a selection of chamber music including double reed instruments: oboe, cor anglais, oboe d'amore, bassoon.Most works have online score and ...

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Retrospective II

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Part 2 of our series exploring past winners and nominees of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha.Salina Fisher: Tōrino, echoes on pūtōrino improvisat...

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Quartets

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

This week’s SOUNZ Concert features diverse quartets for various lineups by New Zealand composers, from the expressionism of Watson and Bowater, to the medita...

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Gillian Whitehead

'Time steps out of line' and 'Weaving time and distance'

Dame Gillian Whitehead will have two new works premiered in coming weeks. 'Time steps out of line', for baroque orchestra, will be played by Juilliard451 in ...

Tips, guides, and knowledge

Repertoire Ideas for Taonga Puoro and Western Instruments

This list contains a selection of works available for taonga puoro and western instruments.Most works have online score and audio samples. Those marked with ...

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New Zealand Shorts

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

United by their brevity, this diverse collection of contrasting works showcases the range and vitality of New Zealand composition.

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Kōrero

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

I always enjoy watching a performance where the musicians are engaging on multiple levels- both with the other musicians in their ensembles, and with the mus...

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Composer Spaces | Leonie Holmes

In our Composer Spaces series, we ask composers to share a bit about their working environment and to give us a brief insight into their process. This week w...

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Meet Composer Alissa Long

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Alissa Long.

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Rotterdam in the digital age

SOUNZ Executive Director Diana Marsh attended Classical:NEXT followed by the IAMIC Annual Meeting and General Assembly in Rotterdam in May 2018. Approximatel...

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Still Burning Bright

Jenny McLeod at 80

Jenny McLeod delivering the 2016 Lilburn Lecture. Photo: Mark BeattyBy Michael Norris(Untitled)MostlyI am no poet,am little bewitchedby melodious babble;I w...

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Seascapes

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Being an island nation, there is no shortage of New Zealand music inspired by the sea, in all its moods. Gareth Farr’s ‘Te Tai-O-Rehua’ is a dark-hued portra...

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Observations

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Ross James Carey’s Toccatina (Elegy) was written in memory of Australian songwriter Ruby Hunter. Melodies are overlaid on a busy hocketing texture, reaching ...

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Reminiscence

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Four friends join the New Zealand String Quartet for this virtual concert of works by New Zealand composers. The programme celebrates the collaborative spiri...

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Meet composer

Dale Vail

Please tell us about yourself and what you do. I am a Trombonist and Composer. I am currently working with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as the Trombone Fell...

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Meet composer

Micah Thompson

 Please tell us about yourself and what you do.Hello!! I am Micah Thompson and I'm a young Wellington composer/musician and devotee of English literature. I ...

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ISCM & ACL Festivals

Interview with Glenda Keam

We caught up with composer Glenda Keam, current President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), who is undertaking the mammoth task of ...

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John Ritchie, composer, at 100

On September 29 this year my father, John Ritchie, would have turned 100. Being a cricket fan, he would have appreciated the century milestone but, as it is,...

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Thomas Botting

On His Latest Work

I’m Tom Botting, I’m a double bassist and composer working primarily in the jazz genre. I grew up in Hamilton before moving to Auckland to study jazz at Mass...

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Margaret Nielsen

ONZM

It was great sadness that we learned of the death on 20 April of pianist Margaret Nielsen, a few months short of her 90th birthday.Margaret, from Hawera, att...

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Meet Composer

Jessie Leov

Please tell us about yourself and what you doI am a composer and musician, originally from sunny Nelson, currently based in Waikato. My background in the art...

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Meet composer

Nicholas Denton Protsack

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Nicholas Denton Protsack.Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I work primari...

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Meet the Board

Brendan Smyth

In our Meet the Board series we invite you to sit down and learn more about each SOUNZ board member. Today we introduce Board member Brendan Smyth.Give a bri...