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New Zealand String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet is New Zealand's premiere chamber music ensemble.

The NZSQ has established an international reputation for its insightful i...

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Gillian Ansell

Gillian Ansell, born in Auckland, made her concerto debut as a violinist with the Auckland Philharmonia at the age of 16. At 19, an Associated Board Scholars...

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Stacey Dixon

Stacey is from Christchurch, and studied the oboe and cor anglais at Victoria University in Wellington, before moving to the UK in 2000. She holds a PGDip in...

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Timothy Deighton

Timothy Deighton is professor of viola at Penn State University, and enjoys a wide variety of performance opportunities. He performs regularly with Orpheus C...

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Karen Grylls

Karen Grylls ONZM is Associate Professor in Choral Conducting at the University of Auckland. She conducted the New Zealand Youth Choir from 1989 to 2011, fou...

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Carol Hohauser

Flutist and Educator, Carol Hohauser-Nizza is a National Recording Artist with Radio New Zealand, having won a Mobil Award for a recording of Debussy’s Sonat...

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Jack East

Jack East was born in Paeroa on 25 October, 1944.

He was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland from 1955-62 and enrolled at University of Auckland fr...

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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is New Zealand’s full-time professional Metropolitan orchestra, serving the country’s largest and most vibrant city with a co...

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Charlotte Yates

Charlotte Yates is a New Zealand independent singer/songwriter & recording artist. She's released seven solo albums, including 1991's _Queen Charlotte So...

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Stephen Lange

Stephen Lange (b.1977) grew up in Havelock North, and started composing at high school. After attending “Music ‘95” in Wellington, an event organised by CANZ...

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Annea Lockwood

Born in New Zealand in 1939, Annea Lockwood moved to England in 1961, studying composition at the Royal College of Music, London, attending summer courses at...

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Rachael Morgan

Rachael Morgan’s compositional interests lie in the nature of sound and timbral nuances.

Rachael's compositions include a work for Ensemble Reconsil Wien...

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Richard Mapp

Richard Mapp showed musical promise early. He made his solo debut at the age of 12 with the Christchurch Civic Orchestra, playing Mendelssohn's First Piano C...

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Laughton Pattrick

Former Head of Music at Wellington College of Education and singing tutor at Toi Whakaari, Laughton Pattrick wrote, arranged and directed music for professio...

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Emma Sayers

Emma Sayers teaches classical piano, accompanying, keyboard musicianship and chamber music. As an accompanist she also coaches students in the classical perf...

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Reuben Rameka

Iwi: Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kurī , Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Ārawa, Tuhourangi

Hapū: Ngaituteauru, Ngāre Hauata, Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Korokoro, Ngā...

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Jonathan Mandeno

Jonathan Mandeno is a composer based in Wellington. In 2011 he received his Master of Music degree with first class honours from the University of Auckland. ...

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Jason Post

Jason Post is a composer and sound artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. His main interests and composition techniques stem from spectral music, soundscap...

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Christopher Norton

Christopher Norton was born in New Zealand in 1953. He began composing at the age of 14, and, by the age of 16, had an orchestral work performed and broadcas...

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Richard Madden

Richard Madden was born in Dunedin in 1953. He was educated at Otago Boys’ High School (1966–1971) and University of Otago (1971–1976). He studied compositio...

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Te Tiki Aroha Richard Puanaki

Ngāti Kahungunu

The photo above was taken with his tupuna whare (ancestral house) named Pourangahua.

Richard Puanaki was a Māori composer who taught i...

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David Farquhar

David Farquhar was born in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1928 but spent most of his early years in Fiji. He was educated in New Zealand and began his university...

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Alexandra Hay

Alexandra Hay has worked as a composer, sonic artist and teacher. Her work often explores processes of gradual transformation: the unfolding of figures, timb...

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Jonathan Ladd

Jonathan Ladd was educated at Rathkeale College, Victoria and Auckland Universities before moving to Sydney and studying contemporary composition with the (t...

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Robin Toan

Robin Toan started composing at the age of 15 while she was at high school. She went on to graduate from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Music ...