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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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Joshua Pearson

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2023

Joshua Pearson is a finalist for the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his work, No ro hunu ake. We caught up with Joshua to find out more ab...

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Victoria Kelly

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2023

Victoria Kelly is a finalist for the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for her work, Requiem. We caught up with Victoria to find out more about t...

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Nathaniel Otley

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2023

Nathaniel Otley is a finalist for the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his work, Mycelium. We caught up with Nathaniel to find out more abou...

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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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Luka Venter

on their new chamber opera Lanternfish

Composer Luka Venter had their new chamber opera Lanternfish premiered in London in July as part of the Guildhall School's 'Opera Makers' programme. The oper...

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Meet composer

Nicholas Denton Protsack

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Nicholas Denton Protsack.Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I work primari...

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Westlake Symphony Orchestra Recordings

In 2015, SOUNZ facilitated the Westlake Symphony Orchestra Recordings, a project to record and promote New Zealand orchestral works suitable for school and n...

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Salina Fisher

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist

Salina Fisher, whose work Rainphase won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award in 2016, is nominated for the second time with Tōrino - echoes on pūtōrino improvisation...

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Chris Gendall

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist

Chris Gendall, who won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award in 2008 with Wax Lyrical, is nominated for the fifth time with Incident Tableaux Part One, an excerpt fro...