“Meek’s composition is about alliances.” – Su Ballard, author of Art and Nature in the Anthropocene: Planetary Aesthetic. Noel Meek is a Pākehā musician, composer, and artist based in Ōtautahi, ...

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 - ...

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 ...

Mere Tokorahi Boynton is a singer and actor, well known for her role as Mavis in the internationally acclaimed movie Once Were Warriors. Her true passion, however, is singing. She has had formal vocal ...

Dr Andrew Perkins was born in Warkworth, New Zealand. He attended Auckland University from 1980 till 1985, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Music (1983) then the degree of Master of Music ...

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 ...

David Guerin studied at Victoria University with Judith Clark, and at the University of Auckland with Janetta McStay. Study at the Musikhochschule in Cologne focused initially on contemporary music ...

In this episode of ‘Instruments of the Moana’ we delve into the wooden slit drum family, which inhabits many realms amongst the Moana Pacific islands and oceans. Our journey spans the Cook Islands, ...

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

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, ...

To borrow items or hire parts please email SOUNZ directly at [email protected]. Performed by instrumentalists from among the following group: Charlie Matthews, Hirini Melbourne, Robin Mohi, Richard ...