Upbeat for Monday 22 August 2016

1:40 PM.Stuart Maunder from New Zealand Opera talks about a fundraising concert for soprano Anna Leese and her husband Stefano Guidi, who has Motor Neurone Disease. The concert will raise funds for the couple… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand Soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold premieres a one woman opera in London this week.  Iris Dreaming is based on the life of New Zealand writer and pioneering feminist, Iris Wilkinson, who wrote… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.The Piano is a world-class centre for music and the arts which opened recently in Christchurch. Maja Burry talks to Director Bronwyn Bijl, Architect Alec Bruce and Sound Consultant John Farren about… Read more Audio