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 ...

Instrumentation 3*222; 3211; timp.; 3 perc.... In Māori mythology, Te Ihorangi is the god who personifies rain and is one of the off-spring of Rangi (Ranginui - the sky father) and Papa (Papatuanuku - ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Peter Russell Crowe was born Palmerston North on 25th February 1932. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch NZ 1945–8; Victoria University College 1953–8 (DipMus 1956, BMusHons 1958).

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 ...