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Music lecturer challenges global arts community
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 1:57 pm | NZ School of Music
School of Music lecturer John Coulter is challenging the global arts community on what it means to be a 21st century musician. More >>
Schubert performance has echoes of the past
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 10:41 am | NZ School of Music
It will almost be a case of history repeating itself, when two of Wellington’s leading musicians perform Franz Schubert’s masterpiece, Winterreise (Winter Journey) at the New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) on October 9. Twenty years ago, the then ... More >>
School of Music Proudly Presents . . . GONG CRAZY!
Friday, 11 September 2009, 3:00 pm | NZ School of Music
Media Release for Immediate Use: September 2009 The New Zealand School of Music Proudly Presents . . . GONG CRAZY! A concert of new music for gamelan & other instruments More >>
Handel’s most scandalous opera : Semele
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 3:27 pm | NZ School of Music
Upon the 250th year of Handel’s death, the New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) proudly presents his most scandalous opera Semele. This blindly ambitious, erotic and highly comic production, directed by Sara Brodie, promises to transform the Adam Concert ... More >>
Rarely performed work showcased by musician
Friday, 10 July 2009, 3:32 pm | NZ School of Music
Wellington music lovers are in for a treat when highly-acclaimed musical duo Xenia Pestova and Pascal Meyer perform the rarely heard Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Mantra for two pianos and electronics at the Hunter Council Chamber at 6pm on July 19. More >>
Inaugural Concert by new Wellington brass ensemble
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 4:30 pm | NZ School of Music
On Wednesday 27 May at 7pm the New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) Brass Ensemble will give its inaugural concert. More >>
Music therapy helps special needs students
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 11:49 am | NZ School of Music
Research that aims to improve the use of music among New Zealand special needs students is drawing international attention. More >>
NZSM Supporting Oxfam
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 4:47 pm | NZ School of Music
The concert is on Friday 19 October, 6pm at the Adam Concert Room at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University. Entry is by donation with the proceeds collected by Oxfam. More >>
Rare rave review for student big band album
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 4:48 pm | NZ School of Music
A new album of jazz classics from the New Zealand School of Music’s Big Band has attracted an enthusiastic review in the United States. More >>
Rhapsody in Blue a highlight of NZSM
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 4:28 pm | NZ School of Music
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue will be the centrepiece of a New Zealand School of Music concert next month. More >>
NZSM students perform opera
Monday, 6 August 2007, 10:50 am | NZ School of Music
New Zealand School of Music is transporting opera-goers back to a time of pirates, slave traders and convicts with a performance of Johann Christoph Pepusch's ballad opera Polly. More >>
School celebrates first graduation ceremony
Friday, 25 May 2007, 12:51 am | NZ School of Music
The New Zealand School of Music—a centre of musical excellence established by Victoria and Massey universities—celebrates a special occasion next week with a reception for its 17 first graduates to be held at Parliament. More >>
Composer in Residence 2007 announced
Monday, 8 January 2007, 11:27 am | NZ School of Music
A former Victoria University staff member and high profile composer has been appointed as the New Zealand School of Music Composer in Residence for the 2007-08 period. More >>
Young musicians on the road
Monday, 14 August 2006, 9:53 am | NZ School of Music
Since January 2005 Victoria University and Massey University have been operating the joint New Zealand School of Music (NZSM), a centre of musical excellence. Now the students in the orchestral studies course are reaching out to the greater Wellington ... More >>
Dutch bass-baritone to sing in Wellington
Monday, 10 July 2006, 9:58 am | NZ School of Music
The New Zealand School of Music is to host a recital and public singers’ workshop by renowned Dutch bass-baritone Harry Peeters this month. The Public Singers’ Workshop will be held on Friday 21 July (10am to noon) at Victoria University’s Adam Concert ... More >>
Gamelan concerts for Indonesian earthquake victims
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 10:19 am | NZ School of Music
The New Zealand School of Music’s two Indonesian percussion orchestras are to hold a series of benefit concerts to raise money for the relief effort in Yogyakarta, recently hit by a devastating earthquake. More >>
Flute convention draws world's best
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 2:04 pm | NZ School of Music
Leading international and New Zealand flutists will gather at the New Zealand School of Music at Queen’s Birthday weekend for public concerts, competitions and “master” classes. More >>
School celebrates appointm't of inaugural director
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:46 am | NZ School of Music
The New Zealand School of Music is forging ahead, with the Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington joint venture appointing its inaugural director and its board holding its first meeting. More >>