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New Year, New Faces at SOUNZ
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 2:36 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music, is welcoming the new year with new staff. In January, Delia Shanly took up the role of Communications and Marketing Manager and Karlo Margetic as Office Assistant. Late last year SOUNZ appointed Jim Rush as ... More >>
Musical Treasure Trove Unlocked
Sunday, 17 October 2010, 5:38 pm | SOUNZ
The first collection of recordings of New Zealand music that have come to light through SOUNZ’s Resound project, will be released to the airwaves on Radio New Zealand Concert’s Sound Lounge on Tuesday evenings over the next ten weeks. More >>
Diverse Musical Works Contest For Top Prize
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 3:58 pm | SOUNZ
“It is a little like comparing apples with soufflé with pizza! These three works once more highlight the depth and diversity of musical composition in New Zealand.” More >>
SOUNZ On The Move
Thursday, 15 July 2010, 2:11 pm | SOUNZ
SOUNZ the Centre for New Zealand Music, is moving to the literal hub of creative activity in the capital. More >>
SOUNZ Community Commission 2010
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 5:46 pm | SOUNZ
Involved with a community group and looking for a way to engage, enthuse and motivate your members? More >>
New SOUNZ Director encourages engagement
Monday, 1 February 2010, 4:22 pm | SOUNZ
‘Engagement’ is one of the key objectives that Julie Sperring has as she takes up the role of Executive Director of SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music. Listening to and performing the music created by Kiwi composers is such a relevant cultural ... More >>
Fancy a game of musical volleyball?
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 2:58 pm | SOUNZ
Or ever wondered what birds convening on telephone wires might sound like if you read them like sheet music? More >>
Moves at the top for SOUNZ
Friday, 30 October 2009, 4:51 pm | SOUNZ
Some significant leadership and governance changes are taking place at SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music. Executive Director Scilla Askew will depart her post at this national arts organisation in February 2010. Elizabeth Kerr will join the ... More >>
Making Trans-Tasman Music
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 9:21 am | SOUNZ
Composition of a new Trans-Tasman work has begun this week as NZTrio and Australian Stuart Greenbaum work together in Auckland. More >>
Ross Harris a four-time winner
Friday, 18 September 2009, 10:29 am | SOUNZ
One of the awards presented in Christchurch last night as part of the APRA-hosted Silver Scroll event was the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the most prestigious annual prize for New Zealand composers. In an outstanding achievement, Ross Harris has won ... More >>
Finalists Selected For SOUNZ Contemporary Award
Friday, 21 August 2009, 12:44 pm | SOUNZ
The three finalists selected for the 2009 SOUNZ Contemporary Award include a multi-media work written in response to the 1970’s Cambodian genocide, a symphony inspired by the imagery of painter Marc Chagall, and a piano concerto which at one point requires ... More >>
Support for NZ composers buoyant despite recession
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 5:19 pm | SOUNZ
“We are delighted that, despite the prevailing economic gloom, New Zealand music lovers are excited about this opportunity to bid for their own special piece from one of our leading composers” said Lloyd Williams, Chair of the Board of SOUNZ, ... More >>
SOUNZ Community Commission celebrates 10 years
Monday, 18 May 2009, 12:25 pm | SOUNZ
In 2009 SOUNZ will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the SOUNZ Community Commission. This project, funded by a generous and committed anonymous donor, has proved an effective way to bring together amateur musicians and professional composers to create new ... More >>
SOUNZtender hits right note for music lovers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 10:49 am | SOUNZ
“Five great composers, five new works! We are delighted to be able to offer SOUNZtender, a unique project that allows music lovers to tender for their own special piece of music created by one of New Zealand’s leading composers,” says Lloyd Williams, ... More >>
SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2008
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 3:58 pm | SOUNZ
Wax Lyrical, a work written by young New Zealand composer Chris Gendall for an octet of flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and string quartet, has won the 2008 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the most prestigious annual award for ‘contemporary classical’ composition ... More >>
NZ Music Month Ideal Time For Inspiration
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 12:28 am | SOUNZ
"New Zealand Music Month is an ideal time for community groups to gain inspiration to become involved in a musical project over the next year," says Scilla Askew, Executive Director of SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music. ”Each year, around ... More >>
Ken Young Trans-Tasman composer
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 10:27 am | SOUNZ
Kenneth Young, composer and conductor, has been awarded the Trans-Tasman Composer Exchange and is currently enjoying Hobart’s hospitality as he works with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. More >>
SOUNZ sails in a new direction
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 11:34 am | SOUNZ
In one of New Zealand’s iconic pieces of music, Landfall in Unknown Seas, composer Douglas Lilburn provided a setting for words by Allen Curnow. The opening lines describe the pioneering spirit that brought our forebears to Aotearoa: “Simply by sailing ... More >>
Sounz Takes Roadshow on City Tour
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 11:12 am | SOUNZ
SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music will be taking a Roadshow to Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin and Christchurch in the first two weeks of October. (It is hoped that the presentation will be taken to other centres will be visited later in the year or ... More >>
SOUNZ Contemporary Award Winner 2007
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 9:52 am | SOUNZ
In May this year These Arms to Hold You by Eve de Castro-Robinson brought a children’s choir and New Zealand’s national orchestra together in a 100th birthday celebration. Last night [Ed:On Tuesday night], at the APRA Silver Scrolls evening, it won the ... More >>
