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Pacific Music Animations

Dulali Bitu Ceguvi - Bamboo nose flute

‘Dulali Bitu Ceguvi’, the ancient Fijian art of bamboo flute playing, can be traced back to the ancestral god Ramacake, a master flutist from the island of V...

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Western Animation

The Art of Composing

Composition is a kind of magic. Shaping sounds to tell stories. The hardest thing is often how to start. Perhaps with a pencil and paper? Or how about utilis...

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Meet the Team

Grace Newman

Grace NewmanKaiawhina Tari | Office AssistantIn our Meet the Team series, we invite you to sit down and learn more about each SOUNZ staff member. Today we in...

Podcast

He Reo Tawhito

Season 3, Episode 1: A conversation with Paraone Gloyne

Season 3, Episode 1Please note: This podcast is spoken in te reo Māori & English“Kimihia he huarahi hou, e ora mai ai ērā taonga tuku iho, kei moumou noa...

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Album release: Shortland Street

Original Score Highlights 2023

Scheduled for release on the 15th of March 2024, the album 'Shortland Street - Original Score Highlights 2023' celebrates the role of original music behind t...

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Compose Aotearoa!

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Enter your submission here.Compose Aotearoa! is a national initiative to stimulate the creation of new and diverse New Zealand music for choirs. Designed as ...

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Finding agency in the [classical] arts

The first instalment of a three part series by Leah Thomas

The sky above Te Moana-o-Raukawa was a gentle blue when I was carried away from the shrinking shoreline of home. The sparkling notes of “What Dreams May Come...

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Finding agency in the [classical] arts - Arjuna Oakes

The second instalment of a three part series by Leah Thomas

Far from home: Catching up with Arjuna Oakes Arjuna Oakes is a New Zealand-born, London-based singer/songwriter, pianist, composer and producer. Arjuna is a ...

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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 ...