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1:01 PM.International judge Yvonne Kenny has spent the last few weeks working with the 2016 Lexus Song Quest finalists. She explains how hard it was to pick just one winner out of the four very talented… Read more Audio

1:41 PM.Love and Loss was the poignant title for last night's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert featuring the new 6th Symphony from Ross Harris written with poet Vincent O'Sullivan who used a letter… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.British clarinetist Julian Bliss is touring the whole country with NZTrio, for Chamber Music New Zealand. The centrepiece is Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, complemented by a new piece by NZ… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.The Lexus Song Quest final is this Saturday night in Auckland. Today, finalists soprano Madison Nonoa and tenor Filipe Manu, both from Hamilton tell Eva about dealing with nerves, what they enjoy… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Australian mezzo soprano Fiona Campbell is in New Zealand to perform alongside the Auckland Philharmonia in the world premiere of Ross Harris' Symphony No 6 Last Letter. Harris' work tells the true… Read more Audio

12:59 PM.Self confessed Wellington based entertainer Michael Nicholas Williams is busy juggling three projects - Upstage a film he wrote, directed and acted in based on what happens behind the scenes in a… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The final four in the Lexus Song Quest was named on the weekend. Baritone Benson Wilson and bass baritone Tavis Gravatt, both from Auckland, tell Eva Radich about their road to the final, their… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Sister Corita's Summer of Love is coming to City Gallery. Described as a "Joyous Revolutionary" the Roman Catholic nun captured the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War and condemns… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.Mickey Myers first met artist and activist Roman Catholic nun Sister Corita Kent when she was nine. That first interaction sparked a lifetime of mentorship, friendship and creativity. Mickey has… Read more Audio

1:29 PM.In the latest episode Upbeat producer Zoë George gets Virginia Kennard to bare all regarding life drawing classes. What would possess someone to volunteer to be a life drawing model? If you are an… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Loved Australian star of long running TV soap Home and Away, Ray Meagher talks to Zoë George about sliding from the silver screen to the stage for the New Zealand season of Priscilla, Queen of the… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Young Russian classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach has won more than 10 of the most important international competitions and is nothing short of a magician with the breadth of scintillating music he… Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.The story of the Little Mermaid is being retold in a new way at the Court Theatre these school holidays. Playwright Allison Horsley has intertwined the Maori myth Pania of the Reef with Hans Christian… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.New Zealand Opera's La traviata opened last night in Christchurch. Francis Yapp critiques the story of love, sacrifice and heartbreak, with soprano Madeleine Pierard making her debt as courtesan… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Wairua Sinfonietta Conductor Elizabeth Lau draws on old friends and new for a Winter Soirée Fundraiser Concert. Yuka Eguchi and Matthew Cave are guest Concert Master and Double Bass soloist for this… Read more Audio

1:43 PM.A new collaboration between the Hamilton Civic Choir and the University of Waikato School of Music is allowing young voices to soar. Students of Dame Malvina Major's vocal program gain experience… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Susan Haldane has developed a course for parents, teachers, and others who interact with teenagers who think differently. Her workshop series, Mind Over Manner, is designed to teach strategies to cope… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Coming home from the UK for his first performance in Verdi's La Traviata, is baritone Phillip Rhodes. He's had a hectic twelve months since last year's star turn as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca for New… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Organist Robert Costin has spent the past four years lovingly working on a recording of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier. He brings the results of his labours to performances of the first book in Dunedin… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.NZ On Air and Youtube have created a new fund to help New Zealand based You-Tubers create webseries content. Skip Ahead will provide $300,000, along with networking and skill development… Read more Audio