MARCH 2014

We suggest music to enter in the The Big Sing, continue to look at NZ works in the New Zealand Festival, share insights on Gareth Farr's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and give away a new Rattle CD!

Please forward this email to anyone who might also enjoy these NZ music upates.

Looking for NZ works suitable to enter in the BIG SING NZCF Secondary Schools Choir Festivals? We get you started with some repertoire ideas.

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And don't forget our handy list of suggestions to enter in the NZCT Chamber Music Contest. 

>READ HERE

We have updated our feature on the NZ composers and their music, in the New Zealand Festival in Wellington.

Image by David Downes from his audiovisual collaboration with Michael Norris, Inner Phases, in Tales from the Forbidden City, now on tour with Chamber Music New Zealand until 15 March.     

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Gareth Farr's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra will be premiered by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Wellington on March 28th.

Discover more about this work - including a special concert ticket discount for SOUNZ followers.  

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CONGRATULATIONS are also in order for Gareth Farr as he is about to receive a 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Auckland. >MORE

RAISE A GLASS to Jack Body at his 70th Year Tribute concert, 8pm Wednesday 30 April, Music Theatre, University of Auckland. This concert includes several of his works performed by NZTrio, Stephen De Pledge, Blas Gonzalez and Ya-Ting Liou, Jennifer Maybee, John Elmsly, Adrianna Lis and more. All welcome, free admission. Secure your seat by emailing concerts@auckland.ac.nz.

GOOD LUCK to The New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing Inc. (NEWZATS) who have just announced their 23rd Professional Development Conference 18-20 July in Nelson. The weekend promises an exciting and stimulating line-up of vocal experts and teachers of teachers. >MORE

DON'T FORGET to register for the CANZ Conference 2014, in Auckland on 12-13 April. >MORE

THREE CHEERS for the Pyramid Club - a new gallery/venue in Taranaki St (above Jaycar) run by the Sound and Light Exploration Society for creative music and art in Wellington. If you haven't checked it out yet, Phil Dadson and other sonic artists are playing there on 22 March, get along! 

STAY TUNED to SOUNZ online for new Resound films from SOUNZ filmaker Chris Watson. After a flurry of filming he is currently editing footage from four recent significant performances - Tales from the Forbidden City, Between Zero and One, Anthony Ritchie's Symphony No. 4, and Requiem for the Fallen. 

Speaking of Requiem for the Fallen - our lucky ticket competition winner said:

"The programme included several pieces, but the Ross Harris Requiem was definitely the highlight.  A beautifully constructed work and a great performance.  While presented as a WWI commemoration, it was very much a testament to the destructiveness of war, with no sense of celebration or patriotism.  We both found it very moving, and I hope it will be programmed frequently in future." - Paula Warren

Other reviews have been added to our NZ Festival feature HERE.

Thanks to David Squire for sending in this lovely post concert photograph of Ross Harris and Karen Grylls >

Jenny McLeod: 24 Tone Clock Pieces

One of the first projects from the new editor at Wai-te-ata Music Press, Michael Norris, was the complete publication of all 24 Tone Clock Pieces by Jenny McLeod. This monumental project for solo piano, containing works from the mid-1980s to the present day, represents a tour-de-force of advanced pianism, harmonic invention and evocative colourscapes.

Presented in three volumes, this new edition has been completely re-typeset to the highest possible standard, and has been printed on fine quality paper with stylish laminated covers.

All three books can be purchased for the special price of $75.00. Please email info@sounz.org.nz if you would like to take advantage of this offer.

Strange Terrain

A wide array of graphically-oriented musical scores range from 1967–2010, including a rare ‘visual score’ by Douglas Lilburn to The Return.

Box Set: A wonderful collector’s edition box set for the coffee table, or even for the wall.

Booklet with Digital Files: This booklet is accompanied by an audio CD and DVD collection of digital files.

On February 21st in Kingston, NY, baritone Kerry Henderson sang Douglas Lilburn's 'Sings Harry' at the event New Zeal and Song: a fusion of New Zealand cuisine and culture.

>VIEW VIDEO

Browse for upcoming NZ music events here. 

Photo: MY BED MY UNIVERSE: MASSIVE COMPANY & NZTRIO  2-5 and 9-12 April. Music by Chris O'Connor with NZTrio collaborating with Massive Company for what is sure to be a powerful and utterly unique theatrical experience.

Rattle Records are giving SOUNZ followers a chance to win their beautiful new album Rob Thorne: Whāia te Māramatanga.

To enter, email marketing@sounz.org.nz with your contact details including daytime phone number - and name one instrument on this album.

Entries close at 1pm on Thursday 20 March and the lucky winner will be contacted later that day.

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