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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 >>

Technology Overcomes Tyranny Of Distance

Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 9:43 am | SOUNZ

The latest communication technologies will help to overcome the tyranny of distance as composer Claire Cowan and the Hutt Valley Concert Orchestra collaborate over the next few months in the 2007 SOUNZ Community Commission. More >>

Triple Distinction for Finalists

Thursday, 16 August 2007, 11:52 am | SOUNZ

Each of the three works selected as finalists for the 2007 SOUNZ Contemporary Award have a particular claim to fame. One was composed by a top civil servant, another has already been enjoyed by thousands of New Zealanders and the third has been penned ... More >>

IAMIC Delegates To Experience NZ Culture

Friday, 15 June 2007, 3:26 pm | SOUNZ

More than 25 delegates from Music Information Centres around the world will be among those enjoying the host of concerts and activities surrounding the celebration of Matariki in the capital this week. More >>

12th session of NZSO-SOUNZ Readings

Thursday, 26 April 2007, 11:55 am | SOUNZ

An opportunity to hear an orchestral work begun by one composer and finished by another is one interesting and poignant feature of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings to be held in Wellington next week as Music Month 2007 gets underway. More >>

Kiwi composers in UK

Monday, 20 November 2006, 12:10 am | SOUNZ

A strong Kiwi contingent is representing New Zealand this week at the United Kingdom’s largest festival specifically dedicated to contemporary and experimental music. More >>

Rainbow Warrior composer visits New Zealand

Monday, 6 November 2006, 9:24 am | SOUNZ

Australian composer Colin Bright arrives in New Zealand today to take up the 2006 Trans-Tasman Composer Exchange which will see him spending time in residence with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. More >>

Triple SOUNZ Contemporary Award Winner Ross Harris

Thursday, 21 September 2006, 9:43 am | SOUNZ

“This work represents a fantastic accomplishment – to take the theme of war and to treat it so sensitively, and yet with such drama. It was an inspired decision to use a soprano soloist to convey the literary elements.” These comments from ... More >>