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Fraser Bremner

Born in New Plymouth (New Zealand) in 1982, Fraser Bremner is the youngest of the musically renown Bremner family. He is son of Trevor & Betty Bremner, a...

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Warwick Braithwaite

Warwick Braithwaite was born in Dunedin, one of the youngest children in a large family. His father owned a bookshop and later became Mayor of Dunedin. By th...

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal

Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāpuhi

Dr Charles Royal (Te Ahukaramū) is an independent composer, teacher, researcher and cultural leade...

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John Wells

John Wells is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he was organ scholar at King’s College Chapel under Sir David Willcocks. He received his organ doctor...

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Cameron Monteath

A composer and musician from Dunedin, Cameron will complete a MusB (Hons) at Otago University in 2024, studying piano under Blair Professor Terence Dennis an...

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Donald Nicolson

Dr Donald Nicolson undertook postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague, the Netherlands studying under Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot, focus...

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James Instone

James Instone is a Music educator, composer, performer and conductor who is passionate about Music education, new music and the musical cultures of South Eas...

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Louise Webster

Louise Webster has a dual career in music and medicine, working as a child psychiatrist and paediatrician at Starship Children’s Hospital and the School of M...

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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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Michelle Velvin

Michelle Velvin is a Wellington based harpist, composer and teacher. She has a special interest in writing harp music and performing New Zealand compositions...

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Ray Twomey

Ray Twomey was a contemporary classical music composer. Born in England in 1938, he moved to New Zealand after the war and completed his schooling. Ray immig...

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Philip Dadson

Phil Dadson is a sound and intermedia artist with an interdisciplinary practice including solo performances and exhibitions, building experimental instrument...

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Claire Scholes

Claire Scholes (nee Nash) is a mezzo-soprano and composer who was born in the Manawatū and is now based in Auckland. As a composer Claire was thrilled to at...

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Luka Venter

Luka Venter (they/them) is an award-winning composer and conductor from Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington, currently based in London, where they are training ...

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Yvette Audain

Yvette Audain is a prolific freelance composing musician who has lived and worked in Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne. Her music has been performed through...

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Robert Ibell

Robert Ibell was born in Dannevirke and brought up in Palmerston North. He began learning cello at Saturday morning music classes, and played in the Manawatu...

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Karen Batten

Karen was born and bred in Lower Hutt. She studied flute performance at Victoria University with Alexa Still, graduating with a Bachelor of Music with Honour...

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Llewelyn Jones

Llewelyn Jones lived from 1895-1978. He was a noted Auckland pianist and composer and began his musical career as a choirboy in Wales. He was brought to New ...

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Penny Axtens

Penelope Axtens completed an Honours degree in Composition at the University of Auckland, during which time she received a Lilburn Trust Student Award for co...

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Erin Fagan

Erin is a West-Auckland based composer, teacher, arranger, musical director and pianist. A post-graduate student of Auckland University, Erin achieved First-...

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Joshua Taylor

Joshua gained a Bachelor's degree in composition at the University of Auckland studying under Eve de Castro-Robinson. His music has been performed by the NZ ...

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Grant Cooper

Grant Cooper was born in Wellington in 1953. His early childhood was filled with music, as his mother was a member of Opera Technique and, later, a soloist w...

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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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Stephen Ralph Matthews

Born in Heretaunga, New Zealand, Stephen Ralph Matthews works in Auckland as a composer, lecturer, multi-media artist and performer. Most of his works refere...

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Ashley Heenan

Ashley David Joseph Heenan was born in Wellington on 11 September 1925. He was educated at Nelson College from 1939-1942 and attended Victoria University of ...

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Wayne Senior

Internationally recognized, Wayne Senior is highly regarded throughout New Zealand and Australia for his extensive experience and expertise as a composer, ar...

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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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Alexander Cowdell

Alexander Cowdell was born in Scotland in 1945 but educated in New Zealand, where as a student at Waihi College he first became interested in composition und...

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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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David Chaulk

David Chaulk was born in Canada, where his musical life began with the Canadian Salvation Army. He went on to study performance and composition in the United...

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David Mason

Te Rarawa, Rangitane, Ngati Kuia

David Mason is an Auckland-based composer who is completing his Master's degree in Music Composition. His teachers and me...

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Paul Schramm

Born in Vienna, Paul Schramm showed precocious musical talent from a young age, making his debut as pianist, conductor, and composer at the age of eight. Pri...

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Kit Powell

Born in 1937 in Wellington, Kit Powell met Brigitte, his Swiss wife, while studying in Europe in 1966/67. Since 1984 the Powell family have lived in Switzerl...

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James Tennant

American cellist, James Tennant, came to the staff at Waikato University continuing a long and lively career as a concert cellist, teacher and arts instigat...

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Sebastian Black

Sebastian Black is an NZ / British musician, born in 1996 in Colchester, UK. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music and the University of Oxford, before stu...

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Aaron Lloydd

Composer, librettist and conductor, Aaron Lloydd has lived in Wellington since 1985, and studied music and law at Victoria University. After three years work...

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Umar Zakaria

Umar Zakaria is a New Zealand bassist and composer filled with hope for the future. His music unites diverse musical traditions to inspire communication and ...

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Caitlin Morris

Caitlin Morris is a professional composer and cellist located in the South Wairarapa region. She began learning the cello aged fifteen under the tuition of A...

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Peter Walls

Peter Walls is an orchestral and choral conductor, a consultant specialising in the performing arts and advanced education, and a musicologist. He describes ...

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Sharon Joy Vogan

Sharon Joy Vogan is a New Zealand pianist, primarily known for her interpretations of the classical composers Haydn and Mozart and her recordings of works by...

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Ihlara McIndoe

Ihlara McIndoe is a composer and musicologist from Ōtepoti Dunedin, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Her work has been performed and recorded in Aotearoa...

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Michael F. Williams

Michael F. Williams is a well-known figure in New Zealand composition. He has received commissions from most of the country's major musical institutions incl...

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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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Tony Baker

Born in Newcastle, NSW, Australia on 2 March 1939, Anthony William (Tony) Baker was educated at Auckland's Monte Cecilia (1946-51) and Sacred Heart (1952-57)...

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Brigid Ursula Bisley

Brigid Ursula Bisley is a composer, arranger, transcriber, conductor, violinist, teacher and Kodály music specialist. She is a passionate community musician...

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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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James Dunlop

James Dunlop is a freelance composer and sound designer. While he works mainly in theatre, he has also been involved in film, television and dance production...

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David Chickering

Born and raised in upstate New York, David began his musical studies on the piano at the age of 5. The cello was added a few years later...a brief and sligh...

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Douglas Beilman

A native of Kansas, USA, Douglas Beilman studied with Dorothy Delay and Hyo Kang at the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory of Music. He then c...

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Tessa Petersen

Tessa Petersen is currently Senior Lecturer in Violin at the University of Otago and Concertmaster of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. Over a varied career as...