SOUNZ collaborates with Aotearoa’s leading arts organisations and manages a large number of projects that support the composition and presentation of New Zealand music through awards, workshops, wānanga, community projects, commissions and composer sessions.
The following are some examples of our projects:
Composer Projects
- NZ Composer Sessions
A collaboration among SOUNZ, NZSO and RNZ Concert provides composers with an opportunity to submit orchestral scores for consideration, and a selection of which are performed, filmed and recorded over a four day period. The aim is to create high-quality new recordings of New Zealand orchestral scores, promote these on the SOUNZ and RNZ Concert websites. Since 1998, 190 works by 91 composers have been included in the project. - SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra
An annual collaborative project led between SOUNZ, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley to work with a composer and specifically designed to give children an opportunity to participate and experience a unique music experience. Our aim is to impact local communities by providing greater access and opportunities to be involved in music. - SOUNZ Community Commission
Brings together New Zealand professional composers and community groups to create and perform a new work. Established in 1999, this project has resulted in works for diverse groups such as recorder choir, experimental sound artists and children’s theatre. - SOUNZ Wānanga and Workshops
We host wānanga and workshops for composers and specialists to share their expertise to support development and encourage collaboration. Some events are filmed to be shared on our platforms with the public. - SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project
The project’s purpose is to create films of music by New Zealand jazz composers, which are then promoted and available online. - APRA Art Music Fund
The Art Music Fund is managed by APRA who collaborate with SOUNZ to manage this award. It exists to commission new work that is innovative, displays professional compositional craft and represents a benchmark of excellence in its field.
SOUNZ Prizes
- SOUNZ Contemporary Award
In partnership with APRA, we select the finalists and winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award which is presented at the APRA Silver Scroll awards. The award recognises New Zealand’s premiere classical composition and rewards creativity, excellence and inspiration in music composition by a New Zealander. - SOUNZ-NZCF Te Reo Māori Choral Composition Award - Te Puoho Ki Te Rangi
SOUNZ, in partnership with the New Zealand Choral Federation has created a composition award as part of the 'The Big Sing' competition, to encourage young composers to write choral settings of texts in te reo Māori. The winning composer receives a cash prize and a trophy in the form of a beautiful Pūtōrino carved by taonga puoro player and maker Tāmihana Kātene. This award complements our existing composition award in the annual 'The Big Sing' competition for secondary schools. - Secondary School & Other Music competitions
SOUNZ collaborates with secondary school and other music competitions to present 30-40 prizes each year. The majority of these prizes are aimed at youth and those in the early stages of their musical careers to encourage and reward performance and composition of New Zealand music.
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Ka mahitahi a SOUNZ ki ngā whare matua o te ao toi o Aotearoa, ā, ko SOUNZ anō te kaiwhakahaere o te huhua o ngā kaupapa e tautoko ana i te titonga me te whakaatunga atu o ngā momo puoro o Aotearoa mā ngā hui whakanui, mā ngā papamahi, mā ngā wānanga, mā ngā kaupapa ā-hapori, mā ngā tono puoro me ngā huihuinga hei hāpai i ngā kaitito.
Koinei ētahi o ō mātou momo kaupapa puoro.
Ngā huihuinga mō ngā kaitito
- Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitito o Aotearoa
He mahinga ngātahi tēnei ki waenga o SOUNZ rātou ko NZSO, ko RNZ Concert e whai wāhi ai ngā kaitito ki te tuku mai i ngā titonga mō te rāngai puoro, kātahi ka whakaatuhia, ka whakaahuangia, ka hopungia ētahi i te roanga o ngā rangi e whā. Ko te whāinga matua, kia waihangahia mai ngā hopukanga puoro hou tino kounga nā ngā rāngai puoro o Aotearoa, kia whakatairangahia hoki ēnei puoro ki ngā pae tukutuku o SOUNZ me RNZ Concert. Mai anō i te tau 1998, kotahi rau e iwa tekau ngā titonga puoro o tēnei kaupapa nā ngā kaitito e 91.
Te Tono Mahinga a SOUNZ mā te Rāngai Puoro me te Rāngai Puoro Taiohi o Sistema
I ia tau ka kōkiri ngātahi a SOUNZ rātou ko Orchestra Wellington, ko Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley i tēnei kaupapa ki te taha o tētahi kaitito puoro kia whai wāhi mai ngā taiohi ki tētahi kaupapa puoro motuhake. Ko te whāinga matua, kia kuhu mai ngā hapori o te rohe ki ngā momo āhuatanga o te ao puoro.
Te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a SOUNZ
Kei raro i tēnei kaupapa ka whakahuihuingia ngā pūkenga kaitito o Aotearoa me ngā rōpū ā-hapori ki te waihanga, ki te whakaatu hoki i tētahi titonga hou. He mea whakatū i te tau 1999, kua whakaputaina mai e tēnei kaupapa ngā momo puoro mō te huhua o ngā rōpū, pērā i tētahi tira rehu, i tētahi kāhui whakamātau puoro me tētahi tira whakaari tamariki.
Ko ngā wānanga me ngā papamahi a SOUNZ
Ka whakatū mātou i ngā wānanga me ngā papamahi kia āhei ngā kaitito me ngā pūkenga puoro ki te tautoko i te whakawhanaketanga mai o te puoro me ngā mahinga ngātahi. Ka whakaahuangia ētahi o ngā hui hei whakairi ake ki ngā momo pae pāpāho mā te marea.
Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a Sounz
Ko te whāinga o tēnei kaupapa, he waihanga i ngā ataata o ngā ringatoi puoro tautito. Ka whakatairangatia, ka whakairia hoki ēnei titonga ki te ipurangi.
Te Pūtea Toi Puoro o APRA
E whakahaerehia ana te Pūtea Toi Puoro e APRA rāua ko SOUNZ. Ko te whāinga o tēnei kaupapa, he rapu i ngā mahinga puoro hou, arā, me auaha te mahi, me rongo te mātau o te kaitito, ā, me eke hoki te mahi ki ngā taumata tiketike o taua momo puoro.
Ngā Tohu Puoro o SOUNZ
Ka whakatauria ngā kowhiringa whakamutunga me te toa o Te Tohu Auaha e APRA rāua ko SOUNZ, kātahi ka whakawhiwhia te tohu i te hui whakanui puoro o APRA Silver Scroll. E whakanui ana tēnei tohu i te auaha, i te hiranga me te hihiko o tētahi titonga ōkawa whakahirahira nā tētahi tangata nō Aotearoa.
- Te Puoho Ki Te Rangi
Kua whakatū a SOUNZ rāua ko Te Kotahitanga Manu Reo o Aotearoa i tētahi tohu mō ngā titonga kei raro i te kaupapa o te whakataetae waiata tira o ‘The Big Sing’ hei whakatenatena i ngā taiohi ki te tito i ngā waiata tira i te reo Māori. Ka whakawhiwhia te toa ki tētahi tahua pūtea me tētahi pūtōrino, he mea hanga nā Tāmihana Kātene, he ringapuoro Māori, he kaiwaihanga taonga puoro hoki. E tautoko ana tēnei kaupapa i te tohu mō ngā titonga e whakawhiwhia ana ki ngā kura tuarua i te whakataetae ā-tau o ‘The Big Sing’.
- Ngā whakataetae o ngā kura tuarua me ētahi atu whakataetae puoro.
Ka mahi ngātahi a SOUNZ ki ngā kura tuarua me ētahi atu whakataetae puoro, ā, kei tōna 30—40 te nui o ngā tohu e whakawhiwhia atu ana e SOUNZ i ia tau. He rangatahi te nuinga o ngā kaiwhiwhi, arā, kātahi anō rātou ka tīmata i tō rātou ara puoro. He tohu tēnei hei hāpai, hei whakanui hoki i ngā whakaaturanga me ngā titonga puoro nō Aotearoa.