Search SOUNZ Toroa Toi te Arapūoru Find music, resources, composers and artists Find news, interviews, podcasts and videos Search Showing results for: Clear all × Catalogue Works People Library Films & audio Shop Content 63 Refine ▼ Filter content Show all content News Articles Visual stories Podcasts Tips, guides & knowledge Concerts General information Show: 10 25 50 News New Zealand music tops this year’s classical chart SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is thrilled to share that, for the first time, a work by a New Zealand composer has been voted the most popular piece acco... News SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project recipient announced 2020 SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a SOUNZ recipient announced.Thomas Botting and his group ‘The Tom Botting Home Ensemble’ have... News SoundCheck Aotearoa Announcement Kia ora e te whānau, we have some news to share.Today organisations from across the Aotearoa music community are announcing the creation of a new action grou... News When 1+1 (concerts) = 1 (rehearsal period) When Opus Orchestra was asked by the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival what we might present in their 2021 programme, we decided that what we would really like ... News SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra winner announced 2021 SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra | Te Tono Mahinga a SOUNZ mā te Rāngi Puoro me te Rāngi Puoro Taiohi a Sistema – winner annou... News Linda Dallimore wins inaugural CMNZ Commissioning Prize Chamber Music New Zealand is pleased to announce composer Linda Dallimore as the winner of the first CMNZ Commissioning Prize. Linda will be commissioned to ... News Merwyn (Merv) Norrish: SOUNZ founding Chair Merv Norrish: SOUNZ founding Chair in 1991 News E te rangatira, e te pāpā Richard Nunns QSM (1945-2021) Credit: Tim Cuff E te rangatira, e te pāpā, moe mai rā. Nā te hau e pū mai nei, kia māharahara mātou tō oro aroha, nō reira moe mai, takoto mai, okioki atu ... News Gillian Whitehead: Tribute to Richard Nunns Kua hinga te tōtara o te wao nui a TāneAs a trumpet and flute player from a jazz and brass band background, and a teacher with an enquiring mind and thirst f... News SOUNZ Hui Wāhine Wānanga Aku nui, aku rahi, ngā mareikura me ngā whatukura, tēnā tātau katoa. Many thanks to everyone for giving energy, support and aroha to our Hui Wāhine on the Sa... News Aotearoa Music Industry Calls On Government For Immediate Assistance (📷 Mark Roach)The music industry is seeking immediate assistance from government in the face of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.Since the start of the August... News Orchestra Wellington | SOUNZ readings CALL FOR SCORES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED! News SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project recipient announced. Bryn van Vliet and his group ‘The Bryn van Vliet Quartet’ with special guest Callum Allardice have been selected for the 2021 SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | ... News Lucy Mulgan receives Wakatipu Music Festival Commission A collaboration between the 2022 Wakatipu Music Festival and SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, this commission is an opportunity for a composer to create a... News Music industry bodies call on government to urgently reinstate financial support. On Thursday music industry bodies wrote to the Prime Minister and Ministers Grant Robertson, Carmel Sepuloni, and Kiritapu Allan, on behalf of Aotearoa’s con... News Tribute to Jonathan Besser Jonathan Besser 1949 - 2022 News Tribute to Lyell Cresswell Lyell Cresswell. Born Wellington 1944, died Edinburgh 2022.The Aotearoa New Zealand music community is in mourning for one of our most significant and most l... News Meet Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo is a digital creative from Takaanini, South Auckland. SOUNZ engaged Kenedy and his team at Manatao Productions to create two pacif... News Two SOUNZ podcast series shortlisted in prestigious 2022 NYF Radio Awards! SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is thrilled to announce that two SOUNZ podcast series, The Magpie House and Sounds of the Moana, have been shortlisted in ... News SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra winner announced Te Tono Mahinga a SOUNZ mā te Rāngi Puoro me te Rāngi Puoro Taiohi a Sistema – winner announced. SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley are delighted to announce that Wellington-based composer ... News NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa 2022 NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoain association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert and SOUNZ News Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava appointed as Moana Pacific Musics Specialist | Kaiārahi, Ngā Puoro o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Arapūoru is delighted to announce the appointment of Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava as the Moana Pacific Musics Special... News SOUNZ Brass Composition Prize 2022 results L to R: John Elmsly (winner), Jacob Barrett and David Woodcock (highly commended)SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, together with the Brass Band Association... News Hitting the High Notes Victoria Kelly’s Requiem was to be a highlight of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid had other ideas. After the concert was cancelled, the composer spoke with... News ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYSTāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtautahi Christchurch23–30 August 2022ASIAN COMPOSERS LEAGUEŌtautahi Christchurch28–31 August 2022Te Rō... News Call of the Ocean A look back at the collaborative process For a period of nine months across 2020 and 2021, composer Jessie Leov and community group Nelson Bays Harmony Chorus worked together to create a new piece f... News 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 ... News SOUNZ appoints Jerome Kavanagh as Chair | Toihau of Composers Advisory Panel SOUNZ is delighted to announce the appointment of Jerome Kavanagh as the new Chair | Toihau of our Composers Advisory Panel (CAP).Jerome Kavanagh is a Grammy... News SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, with APRA AMCOS NZ, is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, celebrat... News Neville Hall | SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2022 Neville Hall is a finalist for the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for the work ‘more full of flames and voices’ for clarinet, accordion and ce... News Community project for the Virtuoso Strings Orchestra chosen as the 2022/23 SOUNZ Community Commission. The winning project for this year’s SOUNZ Community Commission Commission | Te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a SOUNZ will see composer Sarah Ballard work alongside V... News Reuben Jelleyman wins the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha with Catalogue. SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is delighted to announce that Auckland based composer Reuben Jelleyman has won the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu... News Tama Waipara, SOUNZ Co-Chair | Toihau Matarua, awarded Kiwibank Local Hero in Te Tairāwhiti region Hurō hurō, kia whakanuia tō tātau Toihau Matarau a Tama Waipara.SOUNZ Co-Chair | Toihau Matarua Tama Waipara has been awarded the 2023 Kiwibank Local Hero aw... News SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a SOUNZ recipient announced. Michael Costeloe and his group ‘The Mike Costeloe Quintet’ have been selected for the 2022 SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a SOUNZ. News Jennifer Helen McLeod 1941 - 2022 The unique, mercurial, and larger-than-life composer Jenny McLeod died peacefully in Palmerston North hospital on Monday, aged 81.Jenny was deeply special, a... News Eve de Castro-Robinson the willing air How did the willing air come into being? I’d been mulling over the piece for months, making false starts and often finding it intractable, then during a visi... News He Reo Tawhito wins at the 2022 NZ Podcast Awards SOUNZ is delighted to announce that the SOUNZ podcast series 'He Reo Tawhito: Conversations about Mōteatea' has been awarded a silver and two bronze awards i... News AWE EMERGING COMPOSER COMPETITION AND MENTORSHIP Application details DOWNLOAD THE RULESAWE is seeking a young New Zealand composer to receive personalised composition mentoring to write a string chamber work to be performed du... News Tūtira Mai Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Concert The Tūtira Mai Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Concert was held yesterday, 19th March, at Pipitea Marae in Wellington, and was supported by many of the Wellington, ... News NZ Composer Sessions Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa In association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert, SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is proud to announce the selection for the latest 2023 NZ Composer Sessions. Se... News Riki Pirihi Te Hou Nui Riki Pirihi's (Ngāti Wai/Patuharakeke/Ngāti Māhanga Hourua) Te Hou Nui, a SOUNZ community commission for over 100 performers, was recently premiered at this ... News SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra winner announced. SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley are delighted to announce that Wellington/New Jersey-base... News 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... News AWE Emerging Composer Recipient announced Ahead of At the World’s Edge Festival’s 2023 programme announcement on 1 June, SOUNZ is thrilled to announce that Georgina Palmer has been selected as the 20... News 10-Year-Old Composer Pax Read’s Debut It is said that Beethoven wrote his first complete piece of music at the age of 12. Pax Read did not want to wait until he was 12.10-year-old Medbury School ... News United in discord at proposed Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand School of Music Cuts A protest concert against proposed staff cuts at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) has been organised for this Thursday, 13 July. Professional, stud... News SOUNZ and Mahi Moana Partnership SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is delighted to announce our partnership with Mahi Moana Inc. to undertake work on the SOUNZ Instrument Revitalisation Pro... News Sounds of the Moana Composer Fono Recap Last week, SOUNZ proudly hosted the Sounds of the Moana Composer Fono, a celebration of the diverse and captivating world of Moana Pacific Composition.Led by... News 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, with APRA AMCOS NZ, is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, celebrat... News Community project for Christchurch City Libraries chosen as the 2023/24 SOUNZ Community Commission. The winning project for this year’s SOUNZ Community Commission will see composer Noel Meek work alongside a team of Christchurch librarians to create a new p... Next × Borrow/Hire: To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.