Search SOUNZ Toroa Toi te Arapūoru Find music, resources, composers and artists Find news, interviews, podcasts and videos Search Showing results for: Orchestra Clear all × Catalogue Works 1,617 People Library Films & audio Shop Content Refine ▼ Type of MusicStrings (Bowed) Woodwind Brass Percussion Mixed Chamber Groups Sonic Art Vocal Solo Vocal Ensemble (2-8 voices) Orchestra Choral Music Keyboard Vocal Music for the Stage Jazz Strings (Plucked) Māori Music Moana Pacific Music Music for Screen Subcategories Please Select Primary Category Wind Band/Concert Band Wind Band or Orchestra Opera and Operetta Percussion Ensemble (7+) Recorder - solo or with keyboard Other keyboard instruments solo Musical Percussion Trio Wind Duos String Orchestra Violin - solo or with keyboard Percussion Quartet Wind Trios String Orchestra with soloist/s Viola - solo or with keyboard Percussion Sextet Wind Quartets Contralto or Alto with other instrument Wind Quintets Countertenor - solo or with keyboard Countertenor with other instrument Tenor - 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The first thirty s... 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work For Young Nick2002 Leonie Holmes for orchestra As I listened to media reports on the ownership of Young Nick's Head, I began to wonder about the life of the real 'Young Nick', who first sighted this land ... 2 film/audio 5 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 1 resource Work Solstice1997 Leonie Holmes for orchestra Solstice was written at the time of the Winter Solstice, and my thoughts were of the cold earth, and the rituals that have been performed through the ages to... 1 film/audio 7 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples Work Aquae Sulis2013 Leonie Holmes for winds, strings, harp and percussion The worship of the Celtic Goddess Sulis and the Roman Goddess Minerva gave rise to the cult of Sul-Minerva at the ancient springs situated in Southwest Engla... 6 film/audio 4 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 1 resource Work Elegy1998 Leonie Holmes for orchestra 4 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 1 resource Work Ancient Rhythms2005 Leonie Holmes for orchestra Ancient Rhythms was written during my year as Composer in Residence with the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra. It was inspired by the poem The Journey by ... 2 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 3 resources Work Frond2004 Leonie Holmes for orchestra A scene from childhood, remembered as a half peaceful, half eerie dream sequence. Deep in the bush where there were no cicadas singing, the moist smell of so... 2 film/audio 5 buy/borrow 3 scores 2 samples 7 resources Work Seconds1994 Leonie Holmes for string orchestra Commissioned by Westlake Girls High School, this work in one movement is scored for string orchestra and is suitable for an amateur or secondary school group... 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Tango Mangle2007 Leonie Holmes for orchestra 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Scenes1990 Leonie Holmes for youth orchestra 1 buy/borrow 1 score Work Starting Point1990 Leonie Holmes for orchestra This orchestral fanfare, commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as one of a series of "Fanfares" for 1990, was also performed by the New Zealand... 1 film/audio 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work River Stories1997 Leonie Holmes for orchestra and narrator Work I watched a shadow Leonie Holmes Work Whim2015 Leonie Holmes for orchestra Written for St Matthews Chamber Orchestra in 2015, this piece is a lighthearted look at the epic versus the whimsical in an all-out stylistic battle. -LH 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample Work Landscapes for Orchestra1987 Leonie Holmes 1 film/audio 1 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work Manukau Suite2000 Leonie Holmes for orchestra Work arc of the sun1999 Jeni Little for orchestra This work borrows ideas from the Cook Islands where I spent 6 months in 1988. I studied the traditional music and instruments and have been greatly influence... 1 buy/borrow 4 scores 1 sample 4 resources Work Continual Letting Go2005 Jeni Little for orchestra This is a love note to my parents which fuses musical ideas from Balinese gamelan, Cook Island drumming and alternative popular music. It is song-like and ex... 1 buy/borrow 3 scores 3 resources Work Unlearned Lines James Gardner for bass clarinet and orchestra 1 buy/borrow 1 score 1 sample Work Gyre (Ghosts with Accents) James Gardner for percussion quartet and orchestra James explains that he wanted to find a way of “acknowledging that the soloists and orchestra were located on different sides of the Pacific Ocean, so I read... 1 film/audio Work Concertino1995 Maria Grenfell for clarinet, cello, double bass and string orchestra Scored for clarinet, cello, double bass and string orchestra this work was commissioned for the New Zealand Composing Women' s Festival in 1995. It takes th... 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work Maui tikitiki a Taranga1998 Maria Grenfell for flute and orchestra Maui Tikitiki a Taranga ("Maui formed in the topknot of Taranga") was a demi-god found in the tribal myths of the Māori people of New Zealand. Maui, th... 2 film/audio 5 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Tarraleah2014 Maria Grenfell for chamber orchestra In the early 1900s, electricity was just arriving in Tasmania. The state government began building power stations in the midlands, opening the first power st... 1 film/audio Work Hinemoa2006 Maria Grenfell for orchestra 1 film/audio 3 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample Work Alegria2004 Maria Grenfell for orchestra 'Alegria' is an education piece for children of primary school age. It focuses on aspects of rhythm and ostinato, and it is based on the flamenco principle ... 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work ...serenades and skirmishing1994 Maria Grenfell for chamber orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Triptych1992 Maria Grenfell for orchestra Commissioned by the Canterbury Philharmonia this work in one movement is scored for full orchestra. 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Clockwerk1991 Maria Grenfell for string orchestra 2 film/audio 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 resource Work River Mountain Sky2004 Maria Grenfell for orchestra Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra to mark Tasmania's Bicentenary, 'River Mountain Sky' suggests an impression of the beautiful island that has... 1 film/audio 4 buy/borrow 3 scores 1 sample 2 resources Work On a Theme1975 Philip Dadson for orchestra, chorus and drummers Work Of Secrets, Echoes...2000 John Elmsly for orchestra 2 buy/borrow 2 scores 1 sample 1 resource Work Sinfonietta1981 John Elmsly for orchestra Work From Dancing Light2003 John Elmsly for orchestra 2 buy/borrow 1 score « First ‹ Prev 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next › Last » × Borrow/Hire: To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at info@sounz.org.nz.