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Liisa McMillan

Her Career Thus Far

SOUNZ would like to congratulate Liisa McMillan on her new appointment as the RNZ Concert Manager. Liisa has been with RNZ for many years and has been a grea...

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

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...

Podcast

He Reo Tawhito

Season 4, Episode 2: A conversation with Tamati Waaka

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Meet the Team

Dr Hannah Darroch

Dr Hannah DarrochChief Executive | Tumu WhakaraeIn addition to being an active musician, Dr. Hannah Darroch brings 16 years of arts management experience in ...

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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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Meet composer

Reti Hedley

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I wear a number of hats including musician, composer, teacher, music producer and father to my 6month old son O...

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Rob Thorne

'Ko Tō Manawa, Ko Tōku: Puritia'

KM: Tell us about your piece.RT: Marc [Taddei] contacted Salina [Fisher] and I and asked if we would do a piece for this year. Salina was finishing her Maste...

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Gemma Peacocke

on Manta

Gemma Peacocke is the recipient of this year's SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra. Her new piece Manta premieres this Saturday 7 Octo...

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On Music, Relationships, and Making Music Spaces Safer for Everyone

Part III: Restorative approaches to musical-relational conflict

In Part I and Part II of this series, I discussed how musical activities and relationships are inseparable, and how being together musically in a collective ...