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Ihlara McIndoe

Ephemeral Bounds, NYO 2021

We caught up with Ihlara McIndoe, NZSO NYO Composer in Residence 2021, to talk about her new work Ephemeral Bounds, which will be performed by the NZSO Natio...

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Rotterdam in the digital age

SOUNZ Executive Director Diana Marsh attended Classical:NEXT followed by the IAMIC Annual Meeting and General Assembly in Rotterdam in May 2018. Approximatel...

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Composer Spaces

James Gardner

In our Composer Spaces series, we ask composers to share a bit about their working environment and to give us a brief insight into their process. This week w...

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Jazz in the Cracks

Part 2

This is Part 2, read Part 1 here.New residencies and concert series sprang up all throughout Aotearoa during the pandemic. Saxophonist Jimmy Rainey, who was ...

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Neville Hall

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2021

Neville Hall is a finalist for the 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his orchestral work 'so flamed in the air'. We caught up with Neville to...

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A few memories of Professor Frederick Page first Professor of Music at Victoria University, Wellington

By Graham ParsonsI read with interest Marcus Jackson’s account on the SOUNZ site, of Frederick Page’s first meeting with Stravinsky. I first heard Page’s acc...

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Nathaniel Otley

the convergence of oceans

Nathaniel Otley is this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra Composer in Residence. His new work the convergence of oceans will premiere on 30 June at the Mi...

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Liisa McMillan

Her Career Thus Far

SOUNZ would like to congratulate Liisa McMillan on her new appointment as the RNZ Concert Manager. Liisa has been with RNZ for many years and has been a grea...

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Composer spaces

Michaela Cornelius

In our Composer Spaces series, we ask composers to share a bit about their working environment and to give us a brief insight into their process. This week w...

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Meet Composer Alissa Long

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Alissa Long.