News

Tribute to Lyell Cresswell

Lyell Cresswell. Born Wellington 1944, died Edinburgh 2022.The Aotearoa New Zealand music community is in mourning for one of our most significant and most l...

Article

Meet composer Tom Jensen

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Tom Jensen.

Article

Finding agency in the [classical] arts - Jimmy Rainey & JY Lee

The third instalment of a three part series by Leah Thomas

Creating for the Community: Chatting to JY and Jimmy In April 2021, I inherited the Pōneke Classical Sessions project which brought classical music to a bar ...

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Community project for Christchurch City Libraries chosen as the 2023/24 SOUNZ Community Commission.

The winning project for this year’s SOUNZ Community Commission will see composer Noel Meek work alongside a team of Christchurch librarians to create a new p...

Article

Meet composer

Mark Baynes

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I am a composer and performer based in Auckland. I am drawn to performances using analogue keyboard instrumenta...

Tips, guides, and knowledge

Books available for purchase from SOUNZ

History Jazz Aotearoa Staying in Tune: CMNZ at 60 Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of NZ Popular Music 1918-1964  Song of a Young Country The Oxford History of New ...

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Jake Baxendale & Jasmine Lovell-Smith

on their new album 'Sanctuary'

SOUNZ talked with Jake Baxendale & Jasmine Lovell-Smith on their new album 'Sanctuary.' The new Jazz album will be released on Saturday 12th June at the ...

Concert

Retrospective

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

This week we explore past winners and nominees of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha.

Tips, guides, and knowledge

Selected Operas and Operettas

With ensembleChris Adams: River Lavalle 60’Philip Brownlee: Phyllis Remembers 11’ Dorothy Buchanan: Greenleaf 43’ Dorothy Buchanan: The Woman at the Store 25...

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United in discord at proposed Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand School of Music Cuts

A protest concert against proposed staff cuts at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) has been organised for this Thursday, 13 July. Professional, stud...