In this episode of ‘Instruments of the Moana’, we journey across the Moana Pacific to uncover the hidden stories of the pan pipe. Though commonly linked in Western traditions to the god Pan, the pan ...

The Wellington branch of IRMTNZ (New Zealand Institute of Registered Music Teachers) announced a call for scores in late 2023 to address the shortage of published solo music for grades 3-5 level by ...

Sieni Richardson comes from Samoa.

Sarah McCallum was born in Sydney, Australia in 1983 to New Zealand parents. Her father is a singer-songwriter, her mother, a music teacher, and her two older brothers have also pursued musical ...

Penelope Axtens completed an Honours degree in Composition at the University of Auckland, during which time she received a Lilburn Trust Student Award for composition. She undertook her Masters at ...

Antonia Barnett-McIntosh is a composer, performer, sound artist and freelance curator with an interest in working across disciplines, particularly with speech and language. She has collaborated ...

Ngāti Raukawa, Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou. Grounded and powerful musician Aja is spirited by the everlasting, the elemental and the kindred balance. Her voice and ...

Instrumentation: Descant, treble, tenor and bass recorders; flutes,oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, alto and tenor saxophones; percussion (xylophone ...

for orchestra with electric guitar, bass guitar, and SATB choir ...

Born in 1964, New Zealand pianist Jonathan Crayford began playing piano at the age of 3, studying with Sister Henry of Sacred Heart convent in Lower Hutt, NZ. At 18 he was composing music for films, ...

Arli Liberman is an award-winning New Zealand composer, producer and guitarist who creates vibrant, immersive music for film, documentary and live experiences, using his distinctive approach to ...

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