New Zealand School Of Music
Aotearoa Audio Arts
Music...sound...noise... They all intersect in a new festival of experimental performances, live electronic music, audio-visual works and sound installations. Aotearoa Audio Arts is being hosted by… Audio
Lullabies: from Brahms to The Beatles
Listeners have two more weeks to prove themselves great lullaby music writers. To help you along here at Upbeat we feature a few different lullabies, from Brahms to Tiki Taane.
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Orchestras skirting around pants no more
Women wear pants in all walks of life but they are unable to do so in a formal concert setting in New York. What about in New Zealand?
A History of Vocal Jazz: Female Icons
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae and Sarah Vaughan take centre stage for a new six-week course being offered at Victoria University. Jazz singer-songwriter Bruce Brown gives Nick Tipping… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 8 June
We look ahead to the weekend with the DSO and NZGQ, mark the upcoming winter solstice, Bruce Brown gives us a history of female jazz icons and we round out our series recognising important classical…
Music: a transcendent form of communication
Music is a transcendent form of communication . It crosses divides between cultures, countries and identities. That’s the background to composer and jazz musician Lucien Johnson’s newly completed PhD… Video, Audio
NZSM & Orpheus work together for the first time
NZSM Orchestra is working with the Orpheus Choir for the first time this weekend to give a performance of the full orchestral version of the Duruflé Requiem, a piece that has been an obsession for… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 25 May
A piano playing burglar, a successor for King’s Choir, and a collaboration between the New Zealand School of Music and Orpheus Choir make up today’s show.
A musical path without sight
Georgia Steel is a high-flying young violist and conductor who is legally blind. Audio
Te Kōkī NZSM’s new leader
Sally-Jane Norman recently took over as the head of Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University. She brings a wealth of international experience to the role, having founded a number of… Audio
Special concert by former Jack Body student
Composer professor Nalin Shen studied with famed New Zealander Jack Body. He’s back at the New Zealand School of Music for China Crossing concert tonight featuring both traditional and contemporary… Audio
Kiwi culture inspires international trio
Tom Warrington and his trio are back in their adopted homeland for a small North Island tour. The bass player finds the New Zealand environment so restful and stimulating he has decided to make the… Audio
The Cunning Little Vixen
Singers from the New Zealand School of Music are finding their inner animal as they bring to life Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Director Jon Hunter is turning convention on its head with… Audio
Te Kōkī Trio’s first release
Te Kōkī Trio from New Zealand School of Music in Wellington has just put out its first release on the Rattle label, a CD of Debussy sonatas and Piano Trio. Violinist Martin Riseley, cellist Inbal… Audio
NZSM composer in residence Alison Isadora
Alison Isadora brings her complex and multi-leveled musical works to the New Zealand School of Music as the composer in residence. She follows in the footsteps of other composers including Dame… Audio
Auckland’s Graduation Gala Concerto Competition
The University of Auckland presents the 10th anniversary of its Graduation Gala Concerto Competition tomorrow night. Sara Lee (piano), Joella Pinto (violin) and Julie Park (viola), will each perform… Audio
Rebecca Turner
New Zealand born cellist Dr Rebecca Turner is home at the moment to perform the work Hearing Voices. The piece combines solo cello and electrically modified cello; Rebecca will talk about this new… Audio
Jennifer Newth: Harpist
Wellington-based harpist talks about her upcoming performance of Ginastera's Harp Concerto with the New Zealand School of Music Orchestra. Audio
A Short History of Jazz - The 1950s (Cool Jazz & Latin)
Recorded live at the Museum of Wellington City and Sea in August last year, these four sessions trace the evolution of jazz from its early beginnings in the 1900s through the 1930s and 1940s to the… Audio
A Short History of Jazz - The 1940s (Bebop)
Recorded live at the Museum of Wellington City and Sea in August last year, these four sessions trace the evolution of jazz from its early beginnings in the 1900s through the 1930s and 1940s to the… Audio