Upbeat for Thursday 1 December 2016

1:45 PM.The semi-finalists have been selected for the 28^th Gisborne International Music Competition.  Juror Nick Deutsch talks about selecting the 13 players for the next round with fellow juror Julia Joyce. … Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Delvin Lin was one third of Aurelian Piano Trio who won the Pettman/Royal Over-seas League chamber music scholarship last weekend.   Delvin, along with violinist April Ju and cellist Matthias Balzat… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Visual arts critic David Alsop talks through what to soak in this summer, including Te Papa’s latest visual arts announcement; Auckland Art Gallery’s Dark Matter by artist Ann Shelton and celebrating… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Michael Fletcher, Director of Music at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, has just returned from the UK where he spent two months studying cathedral choirs and repertoires and attending a… Read more Audio