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LISSY

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tūhoe and Kai Tahu. Also Irish, German and Spanish descent.

Larissa Huata-Lucas aka '...

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John Ritchie

John Ritchie was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1921. He graduated in music at the Otago University and trained as a teacher at Dunedin Teachers' Colleg...

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Richard Haynes

Richard Haynes was born in Brisbane, studied at Griffith University, Australia (Bachelor of Music Advanced Performance) and at the Hochschule der Künste Bern...

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Margaret Wegener

Margaret Wegener was born in North-west London in 1920 and began composing as a child, continuing composition into her late 80s. After studying at Maria Grey...

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Hamish McKeich

New Zealand-born conductor Hamish McKeich has forged an impressive international conducting career on the world-stage. His partnership with the New Zealand S...

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Larry Pruden

Larry Pruden was born in New Plymouth on 28th July 1925. He began learning the piano at about age 8, became church organist at 13 and joined the music staff ...

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Edward Ware

New Zealander Edward Ware has been involved with music and performance all his life, from early childhood piano lessons and choir through the discipline of t...

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Paraone Gloyne

Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Maniapoto

Paraone Gloyne is a prominent composer, orator and performing artist. Paraone, a graduate of Te Panekireta...

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Kathleen Candy Colbert

Kathleen Candy Colbert is a Composer, Arranger, Educator, Professional Violinist and Violist. She lived in rural areas as a child and learned to sing and pla...

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Bella Kalolo

Ngāti Porou, Samoan, Tongan

Bella is bold, dedicated, and renowned for her dynamic and vibrant performances, whether recorded or live. Her soulful style i...

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Bic Runga

Nō Ngāti Kahungunu me Rongomawahine ngā iwi.

Since the release of her first single Drive in 1996 (a top ten hit when she was just twenty), Bic has been ...

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Marcus Norman

Born and bred in Christchurch, New Zealand, Marcus completed a Master of Music with Distinction at the Royal Northern College of Music, generously supported ...

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Seth Haapu

Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Tahitian

Seth Haapu is a modern-classic image of South Pacific identity who writes, produces, and sings. Yet, he has hardly purs...

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Adrien de Croy

Adrien de Croy was born in 1968 in Wellington, and grew up in Hamilton and later Cambridge. He graduated with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Auckl...

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Liam Hotter

Liam Hotter is a freelance film and media composer and an independent music producer, based in Wellington New Zealand. His journey with music began when he w...

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Thomas Goss

Thomas Goss has worked as a professional composer, arranger, and educator in New Zealand and the United States. He has created orchestral education programme...

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Mike Crowl

Mike Crowl is a Dunedin pianist and composer, and is well-known in his home city as an accompanist of singers and instrumentalists. After living most of his ...

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David Grahame Taylor

Described as having a “radiant and ear-catching quality worth many further listens” (Straits Times, 2012), David Grahame Taylor has enjoyed numerous commissi...

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Ria Hall

Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Waikato

Born and raised in Maungatapu, Tauranga, fell into music at a ...

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Noel Rawiri Woods

Te Atiawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāruahinerangi

Noel Rawiri Woods grew up near Waiwhetu marae, surrounded by improvisation in garages and parties, and his whānau ...

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Teina Moetara

Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga ā Mahaki, Ngai Tāmanuhiri, Te Whanau ā kai, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui

Ko Whīria, ko Manawarū ngā Maunga Ko Pakanae, ko Manutuke n...

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Thomas Botting

Tom Botting is a double bassist and composer originally from Hamilton working predominantly in jazz and improvised music. After relocating to Sydney in late ...

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Gemma Peacocke

Composer Gemma Peacocke grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand, and she moved to New York in 2014. She writes a broad range of music including art-pop chamber musi...

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Jerome Kavanagh

Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahungunu me te rohe o Mōkai Pātea.

Grammy award winning soloist and Maori musical instrument specialist Jerome Kavanagh (Poutama) ...

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Mallory Elmo

Mallory Elmo is a composer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She is devoted to noise, her friends, God, the sky, and Pierre Boulez. Xyr compositional work starte...