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12:08 PM.Senior Lecturer in French Literature at Aix-Marseille University and Claude Debussy expert in NZ on behalf of the Alliance Francaise to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Audio

1:07 PM.UK based NZ tenor working as lay clerk at St George's Chapel, Windsor as well as singing with top chamber choirs including The Queen's Six, Tenebrae, Polyphony and the BBC Singers. Audio

12:40 PM.Raewyn Whyte reviews 'Language of Living' - the inaugural performance of Auckland-based contemporary dance company. Audio

12:17 PM.NZ Playwright whose latest work 'Man In a Suitcase' premieres at Court Theatre in Christchurch this weekend before premiering in Beijing. Audio

1:00 PM.Annell Husband speaks to NZSM Pasifika Music Co-ordinator about being the first Pacific Islander to conduct the NZSO in a concert celebrating the Treaty of Friendship 50th Anniversary. Audio

12:40 PM.Keith Clancy reviews last night's APO concert featuring British percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Audio

12:14 PM.NZ Opera Education Opera talks about 'The Magic Flute and the Stolen Sun' that the company has been touring as part of their outreach programme. Audio

1:20 PM.Auckland based composer and co-organiser of 'Searching for the New Sound' presented by new music ensemble The Committee. Audio

12:57 PM.NZ Baritone and Australian soprano performing in Day's Bay Opera production of Donizetti's 'Maria Stuarda'. Audio

12:09 PM.Music Director of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra presenting a concert called 'Stage and Screen' this and next weekend. Audio

1:08 PM.NZ pianist performing CPE Bach live for the premiere of choreographer Michael Parmenter's 'Tenerezza' at the inaugural season of the New Zealand Dance Company. Audio

12:45 PM.NZ Soprano briefly back in the country after a decade of studies and operatic performances in the UK and Europe. Audio

2:15 AM.Music Director of Hamilton's Cantando Choir presenting Viva Vivaldi this Saturday and Sunday. Audio

1:07 PM.Auckland based actors performing 'The Triumphants' which opens at Auckland's Q Theatre tomorrow night. Audio

12:17 PM.Queenstown-based director talks about his film 'Song of the Kauri' that screens tonight as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio

1:05 PM.Co-adjudicator of NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest reflects on this year's finals. Audio

12:40 PM.NZ soprano performing concert in Wellington tomorrow night before returning to US to continue her master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Audio

12:17 PM.Auckland actor starring in Silo Theatre production of 'The Pride' written by Alexi Kaye Campbell and directed by Sophie Roberts. Audio

12:07 PM.Charlotte Wilson speaks to winners of this year's NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest. Audio

1:00 PM.NZ Soprano presenting Boccherini's Stabat Mater in Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua this and next weekend. Audio

12:40 PM.Music Director of New Zealand Drama School, Toi Whakaari's production of Sondheim's 'Assassins'. Audio

12:15 PM.Author of novel 'Rangatira' which won the Fiction section of this year's New Zealand Book Awards. Audio

1:05 PM.Australian classical music broadcaster and conductor presenting 'Unwrap Mendelssohn' with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra tonight. Audio

12:45 PM.UK based NZ conductor about to move to Berlin to further her freelance career. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ Composer and New York-based NZ pianist on the recent released cd 'Gareth Farr: Horizon'. Audio