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NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa

2022 NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoain association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert and SOUNZ

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Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava appointed as Moana Pacific Musics Specialist | Kaiārahi, Ngā Puoro o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Arapūoru is delighted to announce the appointment of Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava as the Moana Pacific Musics Special...

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SOUNZ Brass Composition Prize

2022 results

L to R: John Elmsly (winner), Jacob Barrett and David Woodcock (highly commended)SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, together with the Brass Band Association...

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Hitting the High Notes

Victoria Kelly’s Requiem was to be a highlight of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid had other ideas. After the concert was cancelled, the composer spoke with...

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ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS

ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYSTāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtautahi Christchurch23–30 August 2022ASIAN COMPOSERS LEAGUEŌtautahi Christchurch28–31 August 2022Te Rō...

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Call of the Ocean

A look back at the collaborative process

For a period of nine months across 2020 and 2021, composer Jessie Leov and community group Nelson Bays Harmony Chorus worked together to create a new piece f...

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ISCM & ACL Festivals

Interview with Glenda Keam

We caught up with composer Glenda Keam, current President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), who is undertaking the mammoth task of ...

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SOUNZ appoints Jerome Kavanagh as Chair | Toihau of Composers Advisory Panel

SOUNZ is delighted to announce the appointment of Jerome Kavanagh as the new Chair | Toihau of our Composers Advisory Panel (CAP).Jerome Kavanagh is a Grammy...

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SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, with APRA AMCOS NZ, is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, celebrat...

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Neville Hall | SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2022

Neville Hall is a finalist for the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for the work ‘more full of flames and voices’ for clarinet, accordion and ce...