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Rodger Fox is one of New Zealand’s foremost jazz trombonists, big band leaders, a jazz educator, an arranger and a producer. In our Composer Spaces series, w...

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Jazz in the Cracks

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The enormous impact of COVID-19 on music in Aotearoa is obvious. Concerts often can’t go ahead, and audiences often don’t want to go out. During lockdowns, m...

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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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SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra winner announced

Te Tono Mahinga a SOUNZ mā te Rāngi Puoro me te Rāngi Puoro Taiohi a Sistema – winner announced.

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley are delighted to announce that Wellington-based composer ...

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We have a long history of silencing women’s voices in Western music, and while society has taken steps towards gender equality, it is important that we keep ...

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The All Seeing Sky, a new double percussion concerto by John Psathas will be premiered this week by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, with a second perfor...

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Episode 6: Composers of Māori Boarding Schools

Join host Toni Huata and three guests — Maisey Rika, Jerome Kavanagh, and Ngahiwi Apanui — as they explore the influence that Māori boarding schools had on t...

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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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