Robbie Ellis

Jenny has to rethink her direction in life after losing her boyfriend and taking up a job in a government-funded agency. A satirical musical cabaret about real stuff. Audio

Auckland's Short and Sweet Theatre Festival is back, but with a twist. This season of ten minute plays and dances now has a new category; song. And not before time according to composer Robbie Ellis… Audio

This week on The Critic's Chair, Robbie Ellis reviews recent discs from New Zealand labels Rattle and Atoll that bring together local and international composers and performers.  Audio

Austin, Texas is home to annual mega-music fest South by Southwest. It's grown to be about more than music and now incorporates film and technology into its programme. Robbie Ellis talks with Kiwi… Audio

Robbie Ellis reviews festival performances by Montreal based ensembles 'Le Vent du Nord' and 'H'Sao'. Audio

Robbie Ellis gives an introduction to cellist, teacher, conductor, pianist, commissioner and not to mention composer Mstislav Rostropovich. Audio

Review of the Vienna Boys' Choir and violinist Leopold Amadeus performances at the Otago Festival of the Arts. Audio

Otago University Mozart Fellow and Auckland Youth Orchestra Composer in Residence previews upcoming AYO Premiere. Audio

Radio New Zealand Concert producer, and muscial improvisor Robbie Ellis is at Q Theatre in Auckland. Audio

At Brewery Ommegang in upstate New York, Robbie Ellis talks to Jason Parrish and Morgan Micucci who are working with the Glimmerglass Festival to design an operatically inspired beer. Audio

Robbie Ellis from Radio New Zealand Concert raises his baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters... Dave Lisik & Richard Nunns, The London Quartet. Audio

Wellington-based composer who has just been announced as the 2012 Otago University Mozart Fellow. Audio

Radio NZ Concert Producer reports from Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York. Audio

We talk to Pietari Inkinen, Peter Walls and Claire Lewis from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, then we meet the five participants. This episode focuses on the first day of sessions in the Hunter… Audio

Robbie Ellis speaks to NZ composer Susan Frykberg about the recent Australasian Computer Music Association 2011 Conference in Auckland. Audio

Brainstorm Vocal Workshop at the Adelaide Fringe Robbie Ellis goes along to the Brainstorm workshop for vocal arranging run by The Idea of North, an a cappella quartet from Sydney. Audio

Robbie Ellis takes a tour of the new gallery and arts centre at the Pah Homestead in Auckland's Monte Cecilia Park. Audio