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12:15 PM.Director of WOMAD Taranaki Festival discusses 2011 season which was launched last night. Audio

1:03 PM.Melbourne based jazz trio featuring Jon Crompton on saxophone, Nick Martyn on drums and Michael Story on bass. Audio

12:46 PM.Clarissa Dunn interviews the NZSO operations team ahead of their extensive international tour. Audio

12:15 PM.Director and performer in Auckland Theatre Company's production of Cabaret. Audio

1:06 PM.Author of 'Staying in Tune: Chamber Music New Zealand at 60'. Audio

12:47 PM.Director of 'Fredstock' music and art festival presented by Frederick St Sound and Light Exploration Society. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ bass baritone singing the role of Christus in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's performance of Bach's 'St Matthew's Passion'. Audio

1:10 PM.Catherine 'BB' Bowness and Alex Borwick perform live and talk about their music ahead of Wellington Folk Festival performances. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ singer and songwriter embarking on countrywide tour this week. Audio

12:40 PM.Chamber Music New Zealand Chief Executive annouces 2011 season. Audio

12:15 PM.Te Papa Museum Photographic Curator presenting the work of NZ photojournalist Brian Brake. Audio

1:07 PM.Wanganui Collegiate School Director of Music staging a 12-hour, non-stop performance of Bach music in the school chapel. Audio

12:08 PM.Author of recently released book 'Blue Smoke:The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964'. Audio

1:05 PM.US jazz pianist working with New Zealand School of Music Big Band and touring country. Audio

12:10 PM.NZ novelist, biographer, playwright and one of three recipients of this year's Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. Audio

1:08 PM.Australian theatre artist who'll be at the Nelson Arts Festival this weekend with her solo work 'Fraudulent Behaviour'. Audio

12:15 PM.New Zealand jazz pianist now living in Paris who's in Auckland on Thursday night to perform at the Hopetoun Alpha with poet Bill Direen. Audio

1:00 PM.Peter Hoar reviews last night's APO concert featuring violin soloist James Ehnes. Audio

12:15 PM.Cello soiloist for Bach Musica's concert in Auckland this weekend featuring Boccherini's Cello Concerto. Audio

1:05 PM.Brazilian samba-rock legend and organiser of Wellington's Live Brasil Festival. Audio

12:35 PM.Janina Nicoll speaks to Wellington based composer and producer Grayson Gilmour ahead of his Wellington City Gallery performance under the alias 'Siamese'. Audio

12:17 PM.Senior Lecturer in piano at Auckland university adjudicating Rönisch Auckland Secondary Schools Piano Competition. Audio

1:00 PM.Reviews Australian choir 'The Song Company' after their performance last night at the Auckland Town Hall. Audio

12:40 PM.Artistic director of the Nelson Arts Festival, which is in its 16th year and opens tomorrow night. Audio

12:15 PM.Playwrite, director, and actor who's returned home from London this week to see the launch of her latest play about the life of Katherine Mansfield 'Bloomsbury Women and The Wild Colonial Girl'. Audio