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No Man’s Land by John Psathas

Mar 25, 2016

No Man's Land is a genre-defying "mega-project" composed by John Psathas and directed by Jasmine Millet. Through film and live performance, the work addresses aspects of World War I in a narrative that criss-crosses between the present-day homelands of the cultures...

Gillian Bibby 70th Birthday

Jul 1, 2015

In July 2015, friends and family of the Wellington composer, teacher and musicologist Gillian Bibby gathered at the Adam Concert Room to celebrate her 70th birthday. Below are videos of performances of the concert, as well as interviews with this most storied yet, in...

Karlheinz company May 2015

May 10, 2015

Auckland based chamber music ensemble Karlheinz Company’s concert From Dylan to Xenakis featured New Zealand composers Eve de Castro-Robinson, Lyell Cresswell, John Coulter, and David Grahame Taylor.

NZTrio Composing Competition 2015

Mar 25, 2015

Winning works were performed by NZTrio in a ‘Winners’ Concerts at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington and at the School of Music

Low Noise2 at Toi Pōneke

Feb 11, 2015

SOUNZ spent time with the artists and recorded the occasion with a full length documentary of Low Noise2 exhibition at Toi Pōneke

IRMTNZ Conference 2015

Jan 21, 2015

In mid-January, the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers New Zealand hosted the IRMT's Conference 2015, named "Lilburn's Legacy: Fostering Musical Creativity" in acknowledgement of this Lilburn 100 year. Resound's cameras were in attendance...

Rare Earth Concert

Oct 21, 2014

Cellist Séverine Ballon and pianist Mark Knoop, well-known to London audiences for their finely-crafted, intimate performances, embark once again on an exploration of the limits of perception and virtuosity with a programme of ground-breaking new solo and duo works...

Stroma: Mirror of Time 3

Jun 26, 2014

Bridging three millennia of music, Stroma 's own string quartet teamed up with early music specialists Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) in the surroundings of Sacred Heart Basilica in Wellington. Works by New Zealand composers were interleaved with...

Composing Now: Presentations from the CANZ Composers Conference

Apr 2, 2014

In April 2014 the Composers Association of New Zealand convened a two day conference for the presentation of papers covering a wide range of topics under the heading “Composing Now”.

Karlheinz Company Concert at CANZ Conference

Mar 19, 2014

Karlheinz Company recently performed works by various NZ composers, demonstrating the diverse nature of compositional practice in New Zealand at the present time.