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Natalie Hunt To Write For Arohanui Strings+ And Orchestra Wellington
Friday, 27 March 2026, 3:24 pm | SOUNZ
Arohanui Strings+ is a Sistema-inspired music tuition programme that uses the pursuit of musical excellence and ensemble performance to bring about positive change in the lives of children in the greater Wellington region. More >>
Callum Allardice And Jasmine Lovell-Smith To Compose For Southern Jam
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 11:47 pm | SOUNZ
The two composers were chosen from a competitive field of 30 proposals from 16 New Zealand composers. More >>
Jake Baxendale Announced As 2025/26 SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project Recipient
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 6:45 pm | SOUNZ
Jake’s proposal was selected from a competitive field of sixteen composers, working across a variety of jazz genres in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. More >>
Ihlara McIndoe Wins The 2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Te Tohu Auaha
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 9:13 am | SOUNZ
The 2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalists were Chris Gendall (Wow Signal), Dylan Lardelli (Drift Aspect), Flo Wilson (In the Stars), and Ihlara McIndoe (of coral and foam). More >>
SOUNZ Community Commission Awarded to Kane Parsons
Monday, 22 September 2025, 11:32 am | SOUNZ
Funded through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the SOUNZ Community Commission is now in its 28th year. It provides a professional composer with the opportunity to work closely with community ensembles in the creation and performance of a new ... More >>
2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 12:04 pm | SOUNZ
Four finalists have been selected this year - an increase from the usual three - highlighting the exceptional quality and depth of submissions received for the award. More >>
SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission Awarded To Joshua Pearson
Friday, 29 August 2025, 2:30 pm | SOUNZ
A panel with representatives from each of the orchestras worked together to select Joshua’s work from an impressive pool of proposals from 42 early-career and emerging composers. More >>
Nathaniel Otley Wins The 2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha With The Convergence Of Oceans For Orchestra
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 7:02 pm | SOUNZ
This was Nathaniel Otley’s second nomination for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, having also been a finalist for the award last year. The talented young composer explores ecological themes in his compositions, creating dynamic, ... More >>
2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:54 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, with APRA AMCOS NZ, is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha More >>
He Reo Tawhito: Conversations About Mōteatea (Season 4) - Hōtaka Māori | Insights From Mātanga Reo Language Experts
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 2:10 pm | SOUNZ
Mōteatea connects past to present, a taonga harboured by the ritual of performance, a practice that preserves how iwi Māori spoke and shared stories and ideas, pre-colonisation. More >>
SOUNZ Hōtaka Māori - Inspiring Journeys Through Music
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 7:14 pm | SOUNZ
These conversations explore their lives and livelihoods, achievements and struggles, and offer insight on identity, resilience and seeking inspiration. More >>
Solace And Wonder Through Taonga Puoro And Nature
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 1:50 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music proudly presents the release of the first of three series from Hōtaka Māori: Puoro Ki Te Ao, three ataahua pieces featuring taonga puoro artists Reti Hedley, Horomona Horo and Komako Silver. More >>
Victoria Kelly Wins The 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha With Requiem For Soprano, Tenor, Orchestra & Choir
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 5:58 am | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is delighted to announce that Auckland-based composer Victoria Kelly has won the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha with Requiem for soprano, tenor, orchestra and choir. Victoria Kelly says, “Writing ... More >>
2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists
Friday, 11 August 2023, 10:21 am | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music , with APRA AMCOS NZ , is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2023 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha , celebrating excellence in contemporary composition: Joshua Pearson for 'No ro hunu ake' for TTBB ... More >>
Reuben Jelleyman Wins The 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha With Catalogue
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 5:40 am | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is delighted to announce that Auckland based composer Reuben Jelleyman has won the 2022 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha with Catalogue . Reuben Jelleyman says, “I toa ahau! I’m super thrilled to win ... More >>
SOUNZ Announces Moana Pacific Musics Specialist
Monday, 23 May 2022, 4:12 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Arapūoru is delighted to announce the appointment of Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava as the Moana Pacific Musics Specialist | Kaiārahi, Ngā Puoro o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Tau’ili’ili Alpha Maiava has been ... More >>
SOUNZ Wins Gold At The Prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 9:15 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Arapūoru is thrilled to announce that the SOUNZ podcast series ‘ Sounds of the Moana ’ has won Gold (the highest category award) at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards (NYFRA). Entries for this ... More >>
Plan 9 Wins The 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha With The Bewilderness For Altered String Quartet & Voices
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 7:15 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is delighted to announce that Wellington based collective Plan 9 (David Donaldson, Janet Roddick and Steve Roche) has won the 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha with The Bewilderness for altered string ... More >>
SOUNZ Is Proud To Release Episode 2 ‘The Vegetable Club’ Of The Podcast Series ‘The Magpie House’
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 11:36 am | SOUNZ
In 1951 a modernist, black and white house is built at 22 Ascot Terrace in Wellington. Meanwhile, in post-war New Zealand there's a stark division between left and right. It’s hard to fully comprehend the paranoia of the time against Communism and the ... More >>
SOUNZ Is Proud To Announce The Release Of The Podcast Series - The Magpie House
Friday, 19 November 2021, 5:11 pm | SOUNZ
The Magpie House is the story of the modernist, black and white house at 22 Ascot Street, Thorndon, Wellington, where composer Douglas Lilburn lived for more than 40 years. Lilburn was the father of classical music composition in Aotearoa and today ... More >>
