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Reuben Rameka

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I am a New Zealand Māori composer, conductor and teacher based in Auckland, and I am primarily of Ngāpuhi and T...

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Meet composer

Mina Ripia

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I am of Ngā Puhi, Te Aupouri and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Born and raised in a beautiful little northern coun...

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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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Meet composer Te KuraHuia

Te KuraHuia

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Te Kura Huia Arikirangi Faith Oriwia Henare-Stewart.Ngāi Tara ki te Muaūpoko o te ika...

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Meet the Composer

GiGi Crayford

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce GiGi CrayfordPlease tell us about yourself and what you do.A songwriter and artist fr...

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Meet composer Rob Ruha

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Rob Ruha.

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Meet Composer Jerome Kavanagh

In this series we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Jerome Kavanagh.

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Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh

on Papatūānuku

SOUNZ caught up with Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh, co-creators of Papatūānuku, a work for taonga pūoro and orchestra premiered in August 2023 by Jerome ...

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Dame Gillian Whitehead at 80

a music of our own

Early in 2020, just before New Zealand locked down in the face of COVID-19, composer Dame Gillian Whitehead wrote a commissioned piece for five viols. She ca...

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Meet the Composer

Tom Knowles

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Tom Knowles Please tell us about yourself and what you do.Im an all ages multi instru...