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12:40 PM.Waikato University composition student who's travelling to the U.S. in July to attend the 'Bang on a Can Contemporary Music Festival'. Audio

12:15 PM.Director of Education at London's Shakespeares Globe who's visiting Wellington this week for the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand's University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shapespeare Festival.. Audio

1:08 PM.Actor and Director of one-man Shakespeare show 'All the World's a Stage' - opening this Friday Circa Theatre Wgtn. Audio

12:40 PM.Director of NZSM Brass Ensemble performing their inaugrual concert in Wellington tomorrow evening. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ tenor back in the country for a brief visit and to give a recital at the Auckland Town Hall on June 4. Audio

1:12 PM.Peter Mechen reviews last Saturday night's Wellington concert 'Alleluia: A Newe Work!'. Audio

12:08 PM.NZ Mezzo singing the lead role of Isabella in the NZ Opera's production of Rossini's 'The Italian Girl in Algiers'. Audio

12:55 PM.Fellow in Music at Trinity College, Cambridge - In New Zealand for NZSM Haydn Conference and to direct the Wellington Cathedral Choir. Audio

12:12 PM.NZ human rights lawyer and Director of the '2009 Human Rights Film Festival' discusses this year's programme. Audio

1:00 PM.Organiser of NZSM's 'Joseph Haydn: Forms of Expression' conference - commemorating the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ violinist and member of the Tasman String Quartet who are touring the country this month. Audio

1:05 PM.Auckland based comedian who this week appears in Wellington as part of the 'New Zealand International Comedy Festival'. Audio

12:40 PM.Phil Brownlee reviews Stroma's Sunday night concert, 'Dreams'. Audio

12:15 PM.Southern Opera Ensemble's new director, Holly Mathieson talks about the groups South Island tour of '7 Deadly Sins', starting this Saturday in Nelson. Audio

1:00 PM.Canadian author of 'Reading by Lightning' - visiting New Zealand for the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. Audio

12:15 PM.Presenting curator this Thursday as part of Te Papa Museum's celebrations marking the centennial of the Ballets Russes. Audio

1:05 PM.Wellingtion based trombonist talks about his fight with focal dystonia and the release of his latest album. Audio

12:15 PM.Richard Mapp reviews last Friday and Saturday nights' NZSO concerts featuring Scottish pianist Steven Osborne. Audio

1:15 PM.Canadian novelist and finalist in Commonwealth WritersÂ'Prize to be awarded at Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. Audio

12:55 PM.Peter Hoar reviews last night's APO concert under Principal Guest Conductor Roy Goodman. Audio

12:40 PM.Auckland based composer talks about the Karlheinz Company's concert of contemporary works on this Sunday at Auckland Uni. Audio

12:15 PM.Founding director of The New Yorker Festival and chair of the New Yorker Night at Auckland's 'Readers and Writers Festival'. Audio

1:05 PM.A composer whose new work 'Bliss Mechanism' will be premiered in Wellington this weekend at Stroma's concert 'Dreams'. Audio

12:18 PM.SOUNZ Executive Director, Scilla Askew presents a new fundraising initiative that involves 5 award winning composers. Audio

12:07 PM.Long time friend Max Cryer talks about the life and work of one of New Zealand's most succesful Opera stars. Audio