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SOUNZ Community Commission
Te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a SOUNZ

Click here to apply for the 2024 SOUNZ Community Commission.

The SOUNZ Community Commission is made available through the generosity of an anonymous donor and is administered by SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music.

The SOUNZ Community Commission aims to bring together New Zealand professional composers and community groups to create and perform a new work. It was established in 1999 and has resulted in works for diverse groups such as recorder choir, experimental sound artists and children’s theatre.

Each year proposals are submitted by community groups and/or composers for musical projects that will see them working in a creative partnership. The successful proposal, which is selected by the donor of the commission, results in a grant (currently $2,000) being given to the composer involved in the project. The project is usually completed by the following May with a performance either having taken place or planned.

A score and/or recording of the work is lodged with SOUNZ and SOUNZ Licence or publishing arranged so that it can be performed by other similar groups.


Te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a Toi te Arapūoru

I hua ake te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a Toi te Arapūoru i te ngākau ohaoha o tētahi tangata i hiahia kia noho huna tōna ingoa, nāna te koha i tū ai te kaupapa nei, he mea whakahaere nā Toi te Arapūoru.

Ko te kaupapa o te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a Toi te Arapūoru, kia whakakotahitia ngā kaitito ngaio o Aotearoa me ngā rōpū i te hapori ki te tito, ki te kawe anō i tētahi mahinga puoro hou. Nō te 1999 i whakatūria ai, ā, nāna ko ētahi titonga mā ngā rōpū matahuahua, pērā i te tira waiata-rehu, i te kāhui whakamātau oro, me te tira whakaari mā te tamariki.

I ia tau tae mai ai he whakaaro i ōna anō rōpū i te hapori, i ngā kaitito hoki/rānei mō tētahi mahi puoro e mahi tahi ai ngā kaitito me ngā hapori ki te whakatinana i tētahi mahi auaha. Ko te tono ka waimarie, ka tīpakohia e te kaituku nāna te koha, ā, ka hoatu he tahua ($2,000 te rahi i tēnei wā) ki te kaitito o te kaupapa. Te tikanga ka oti te kaupapa i mua i te paunga o te Haratua o te tau whai i muri, ā, kua tū kē rānei te mahi ki te atamira i taua wā, kua whakaritea rānei kia tū.

Ka tukuna te tānga, te hopuranga hoki/rānei o te titonga ki a Toi te Arapūoru, ā, ka whakaritea hoki te raihana a Toi te Arapūoru, kia whakaputaina rānei, kia hikina ai te mahi e ētahi atu rōpū.


SOUNZ Community Commission recipients:


2023 Noel Meek

2022 Sarah Ballard

2021 Riki Gooch

2020 Jessie Leov

2019 Michelle Velvin

2018 David Hamilton

2017 Rosalind Manowitz (Rainbow Rosalind)

2016 Julian Raphael

2011 Alex Taylor: between

2010 Anthony Young

2010 John Rimmer: Riffs 'n Ructions

2010 Ryan Youens

2009 Rosie Langabeer

2008 Sam Hamilton

2008 Passchedaele

2007 Claire Cowan

2006 Robin Toan

2005 Ross James Carey

2004 Rachel Clement

2003 Jeff Henderson

2002 Stephen Gallagher

2001 Helen Bowater

2000 Leonie Holmes

1999 Jonathan Besser