Upbeat

It's easy enough to buy an instrument off the shelf, but how about making one yourself? Dave Gilberd of Goldbeard Guitars left behind a career as an aircraft engineer to pursue the art of guitar… Read more Audio

Writer /lead actor and director are taking their play "All Your Wants and Needs Fulfilled Forever" on tour to London. The successful team from Auckland's Playground Collective discuss the challenges… Read more Audio

English tenor starring in Festival Opera's production of Puccini's La Boheme this month. He reveals how his family circumstances have impacted on his operatic career, and mean he can identify with… Read more Audio

Hilary Halba discusses playing Sarah Churchill, the daughter of the great British politician Sir Winston Churchill. Sarah Churchill was an actress and dancer known for her vibrant love life as much as… Read more Audio

General Manager of Footnote New Zealand Dance Richard Aindow previews the company's 2016 programme including an international tour. Audio

NZSO Education Manager previews the National Youth Orchestra's upcoming concerts in Tauranga and Hamilton. Read more Audio

New Zealand born artist Jess Johnson talks to Melbourne correspondent Vincent O'Donnell about her exhibition Wurm Haus : a series of geometrical, pastel-toned psychedelic prints that bring to mind… Read more Audio

New Zealand film Producer Finola Dwyer has been nominated for an Oscar for her film "Brooklyn" based on a Colm Tóibín novel. She talks about the phenomenal success she's had working with British… Read more Audio

Michael Jamieson has established the NZ Classical Saxophone Summer School to provide an intensive course for advancing saxophonists. Set in stunning Puritawa Estate, in the shadow of Mt Taranaki… Read more Audio

Auckland composer Chris Artley has just won a competition in the US, the 2015 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Contest. Audio

Two partners in Spektrum Arkitekter of Denmark are visiting New Zealand to give lectures and share their unique approach to architecture. Audio