Percussion
Jet plane engine used for percussion on just released album
You might wonder what a jet engine and music have in common? Well University of Canterbury Associate Professor and expert percussionist Justin DeHart has used a large piece of a 747-jet engine as an… Video, Audio
Percussion in popular music
Today's music feature guest is Eric Renick, the Principal Percussionist for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. He's put together a playlist for us featuring keyboard percussion instruments in… Audio
Steve REICH: Clapping Music
Performed by Eric Renick and Steven Logan of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the 'Kia Kaha!' concert without audience, Auckland Town Hall, 12 June 2020. Audio
The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet land in Christchurch
Percussion quartets are rare, and their list of instruments number in the hundreds, from marimbas to found scraps of metal and plastic. The Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Percussion Quartet is heading… Audio
ROSAURO: Marimba Concerto No 1
Yoshiko Tsuruta (marimba), Orchestra Wellington Percussion Ensemble/Brent Stewart. Audio
Pasifika drum strikes a chord
Twins Rachel and Jeremy Hall are bringing the beats of the Pacific into the digital age with the Patō – an electronic log drum inspired by the traditional Tongan lali. Video, Audio
The spell-binding percussion concerto
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s principal percussionist Eric Renick will perform Einojuhani Rautavaara’s spell-binding percussion concerto Incantations with the APO this week. RNZ’s Adrian Hollay… Video, Audio
James MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Performed by percussionist Colin Currie and the NZSO National Youth Orchestra in Auckland Town Hall, 15 July 2017. Audio
Edward Ware - NYC / Barcelona / Nelson
In 1990, Edward Ware took a punt and left NZ to become a musician in New York. He established himself as a composer, performer, and teacher there. Audio
Avant garde percussion
Norway based percussion soloist Jennifer Torrence works at the edge where theatre and music combine. She uses her body like an actor, sometimes armed with drumsticks. Jennifer is in Wellington to… Video, Audio
Deep listening with sound artists
Gerry Hemingway and Sarah Weaver are sound artists who are currently touring the country with a series of concerts, films and workshops relating to the art of listening. Hemingway is considered to be… Video, Audio
Music of the Eiffel Tower
Composer and musician Joseph Bertolozzi has revealed the music of the Eiffel Tower - harvesting sounds with microphones placed on its surfaces. His work Tower Music / Musique de la Tour uses only the… Video, Audio
Good vibrations, Evelyn Glennie
Classical musician Dame Evelyn Glennie is one of the world's finest virtuoso percussionists whose solo work is unrivalled, with 80 international awards under her belt.
She is also profoundly deaf… Video, Audio, Gallery
Hermitude
Sydney electronic multi-instrumentalists Hermitude will take the stage of St Jerome's Laneway Festival in the New Year. Ahead of the duo's latest visit, Angus Stuart aka El Gusto talks with Emma… Audio
Evelyn Glennie - Percussion Champion
Evelyn Glennie talks about her quest to commission percussion repertoire from composers all over the world. Audio
Phil Dadson: Sonics from Scratch
The sonic explorations of From Scratch founder and intermedia artist Phil Dadson are explored in Simon Ogston and Orlando Stewart's documentary, Phil Dadson: Sonics From Scratch. Emma Smith talks to… Audio
ONZA Marimba Festival 2014
The Orff approach aims to introduce children to music through song, dance, and performance, and with the use of easy-to-play, melodic percussion instruments, like the marimba. ONZA, or Orff NZ… Audio
The Sampler: Tune-yards
Nick Bollinger reviews the latest set of off-the-wall, sometimes slightly subversive, always bangin' songs from Merrill Garbus, a.k.a. tUnE-yArDs. Audio
Estère
Wellington producer/ vocalist Estère Dalton and her MPC Lola share insights into their debut album Estère with Emma Smith. Audio