Upbeat

The Nelson School of Music's heritage auditorium is closed because of earthquake risk and about to undergo a major redevelopment which will transform the 121 year old building. Nelson musician and… Read more Audio

Music Director of the Orpheus Choir Brent Stewart spreads his net wider with a performance of Vaughan Williams' epic work A Sea Symphony. Inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman, this choral symphony… Read more Audio

The Kapiti Chorale gives the premiere of American composer Robert Hanson's oratorio Hiawatha this weekend. Robert is also a premiere conductor in Chicago and was leader of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra… Read more Audio

Auckland jazz singer and pianist Julie Mason talks about her sixth album Layers of Disguise, her first after many years where illness prevented her from performing. Audio

Dr. Sherr is a specialist in Holocaust remembrance music, as a composer, producer and lecturer. He's a guest of the New Zealand School of Music to attend the Australasian premiere of his sonata for… Read more Audio

Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has a reputation for being controversial due to his ability to make fun of each country's scared cows. What he will pillory on his Out of the Whirlwind New Zealand tour… Read more Audio

Director Frances Moore brings her company UnstuckOpera to Auckland's Basement Theatre for the first time. She's directing Purcell's Dido and Aeneas recomposed and conducted by Alex Taylor. Singers run… Read more Audio

Victoria Columbus leads the Contemporary Dance programme at the New Zealand School of Dance. Third year student Tristan Carter is working with her on the students' choreographic season, where the… Read more Audio

The New Zealand International Comedy Festival is underway this week bringing well known international and local comics to Wellington and Auckland. But they all had to start somewhere. Zoë George… Read more Audio

It's 20 years since some of the members of Split Enz and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra got together to record ENZSO. The album, which featured classic Split Enz songs arranged by the band's… Read more Audio

Juliette Sivertsen explores the serious business of clowning and tries to find her inner clown with group The White Face Crew in Auckland. Read more Audio