Upbeat for Friday 22 September 2017

1:50 PM.New Zealand-Samoan artist Andy Leleisi'uao’s work Harmonic People has won the 2017 Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award. He wins a six month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra is mixing it up in 2018, bringing fan favourites and different flavours to their 60^th anniversary year. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Prokofiev and Beethoven… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.This week the VoCo Festival is on in Auckland. It celebrates singing in all its shapes and forms and has attracted groups from around the world. The festival includes a cappella, choral and barbershop… Read more Audio