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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...

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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...

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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...

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Meet composer

Dave Flynn

Please tell us about yourself and what you do. I'm a composer, guitarist and orchestra director, originally from Ireland, now resident in NZ.I work across a ...

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Retrospective III

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Part 3 of our series exploring past winners and nominees of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha.

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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

Alastair White

 Please tell us about yourself and what you do.My recent work concerns the research project ‘Contingency Dialectics,’ an attempt to develop a contemporary le...

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Meet composer

Julius Magpantay

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I am a recent Composition graduate from the University of Auckland, focusing on creating orchestral, electroaco...

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NZ Composer Sessions II

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Here are three more pieces from recent NZ composer sessions to inspire you over the summer.

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Meet composer

William Philipson

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I compose and edit music for film, television, and theatre productions.My two passions are music and filmmaking...