Concert

Wood

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Gareth Farr's exciting and virtuosic 'Marimba concerto' opens this programme, followed by Josiah Carr's slowly unfolding 'redwood', which is inspired by the ...

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Waiata Māori Music Awards 2021

14th ANNUAL WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARDS – ON MĀORI TELEVISION AND ON-DEMAND!Māori Television game show presenter Luke Bird of LUCKY DIP fame and radio personal...

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Two SOUNZ composers win Waiata Māori Music Awards

On Friday the 13th, Club Hastings buzzed with energy as some of New Zealand’s leading Māori composers, performers and musicians gathered for the 2019 Nationa...

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Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival Opening Weekend

by Keri-Mei ZagrobelnaThe first festival of its kind in the region, Gisborne’s Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival (October 4th - 20th) is a celebration of “artists ...

Podcast

He Reo Tawhito

Season 1, Episode 1: A conversation with Dr Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal

Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry; a great literary and musical art form that expresses the powerful portrayal of storytelling and...

News

Gillian Whitehead: Tribute to Richard Nunns

Kua hinga te tōtara o te wao nui a TāneAs a trumpet and flute player from a jazz and brass band background, and a teacher with an enquiring mind and thirst f...

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Composer Spaces | Alistair Fraser

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

Ruby Solly

 Please tell us about yourself and what you do.Kia ora! I'm Ruby Solly, or you might have seen my name as Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly which is my full name. Som...

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A Te Reo Māori Journey

Interview With Our Kaiāwhina Tari

As part of our Māori Language Week celebrations, we sat down with Grace Newman, our fabulous intern-turned-admin-assistant, who worked tirelessly to caption ...

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Artist Spotlight

Anna Coddington 

Te Marama puoro o Aotearoa is here (New Zealand Music month). This week SOUNZ shines the spotlight on Anna Coddington. Nina Lesperance from SOUNZ spoke with ...