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Michael Norris on his Violin Concerto 'Sama' | SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2019

Michael Norris is a finalist for the 2019 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his Violin Concerto 'Sama'. It was written for violinist Amalia Hall a...

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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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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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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 ...

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Gareth Farr

Ngā Hihi o Matariki

We caught up with composer Gareth Farr before the premiere of his new work Ngā Hihi o Matariki. It will be performed in Auckland (July 2) and Wellington (Jul...

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Celeste Oram's 'a loose affiliation of alleluias'

SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2020 finalist

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How can our music sector lead cultural change?

Diana Marsh

Having recently returned from the annual International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) conference in Tallinn, Estonia, of which SOUNZ is a m...

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Tabea Squire

on Variations

December marks the release of three films of works by Te Whanganui a Tara-based composer, Tabea Squire, which were filmed in three consecutive months in 2022...

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Jazz in the Cracks

Part 1

The enormous impact of COVID-19 on music in Aotearoa is obvious. Concerts often can’t go ahead, and audiences often don’t want to go out. During lockdowns, m...

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Horomona Horo & Jeremy Mayall

He Pu, He Puoro, He Purakau

He Pu, He Puoro, He Purakau (A seed, an instrument, a story) is the result of a longstanding musical collaboration between composers and musicians Horomona H...