SOUNZ news October 2015

Chris Watson wins SOUNZ Contemporary Award
Once again congratulations to Chris Watson, who won the 2015 SOUNZ Contemporary Award with sing songs self, a single movement piano concerto, at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards last month.

“It's a strange feeling to see the SOUNZ Contemporary Award trophy sitting atop my piano at home. I've seen it sitting on shelves in various friends' houses over the years, looking very much like it belonged in those places. It will take some time for me to get used to the idea of it spending a year with me!” Read more here...

Free concert of the works takes place on 26 Oct, 4pm at St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington.

Aroha Quartet-RNZ Concert-SOUNZ Recordings
The recordings for this new collaborative project take place this week. Aroha Quartet is rehearsing the selected works over this week, prior to the recording sessions, which take place over the weekend. The sessions will be filmed by SOUNZ and recorded by RNZ Concert, producing 70 minutes of string quartets.

Aroha Quartet Cellist Robert Ibell said: "It has been a great experience coming to know these seven diverse works. What an exciting range of styles, moods, colours and textures they contain! There's something for everyone in this programme. We're so looking forward to working with the composers as we record their pieces and to presenting them to a wider audience at the free public concert."

Lilburn100
November, Lilburn's birth month, is approaching fast and there are plenty of events for you to choose from. You can browse a selection of Lilburn events on SOUNZ online. See below for three special events organised in celebration of the elder statesman of New Zealand music:

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Lilburn Residence Trust Open Home, 1 Nov, 1–5pm
The Lilburn Residence Trust and their current resident John Elmsly invite you to an open home to celebrate Douglas Lilburn’s 100th birthday and 10 years of composers in residence. This event is supported by SOUNZ.

Stroma: Nine Echoes
2 Nov, 7.30pm
Nine new works written by NZ composers, each responding to one of Lilburn's Nine Short Pieces for piano. Don’t miss out on the birthday cake, provided by SOUNZ as Stroma's event partner.

Free pre-concert event:
The annual Lilburn Lecture, presented by the Lilburn Trust, featuring Chris Bourke, at 5.30pm.

New Zealand Musicological Society Conference: Searches for Tradition
31 Oct-1 Nov
In the year of Lilburn’s centenary, Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music hosts the 35th annual meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society.

Take a look at the full conference programme on the NZMS website...

CANZ at 2015 ISCM World Music Days
Representatives of CANZ recently attended the ISCM World Music Days in Slovenia.

Chris Cree Brown was NZ’s represented composer for this year and his work Sound Barrel was performed at the festival. CANZ President Glenda Keam, is currently serving a two-year term on the ISCM executive committee. Read more here…

The Auckland Jazz Festival, presented by the CJC Creative Jazz Club, continues, providing a great opportunity to see some of the best jazz on offer in Aotearoa today. Check out the programme here...

NZ Music Awards Best Classical Album
Recorded Music NZ announced the nominees for the 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. The albums of NZ composer Jack Body (Passing By and Songs of Death and Desire) and pianist Michael Houstoun (Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas) were named as the finalists for the 2015 Vodafone NZ Music Award for Best Classical Album. More...

Our Resound team has been super busy - as you can tell by looking at the recently published resources...

Did you know that Resound is celebrating its 5th birthday this year? That is five years of documenting NZ art music, thanks to our funder NZ On Air and partner RNZ Concert. So far there are 510 works available to listen, 350 works by 90 composers have been filmed and 75 documentaries and interviews created.

You can explore this fantastic resource by following the weekly Resound Audio of the Week. And don't forget the RNZ Concert's Resound broadcasts, Fridays at 7pm.

This Other Eden
An opera composed by Anthony Ritchie and libretto by Michelanne Forster. The opera was premiered by Opera Otago as part of the Arts Festival Dunedin.

Salina Fisher is the 2015 NZSO National Youth Orchestra Composer-in-Residence. Her work Rainphase, premiered on 2 July by the NZSO NYO. You can view an interview with Salina here...

This May, chamber music ensemble Karlheinz Company's concert From Dylan to Xenakis featured NZ composers Eve de Castro-Robinson, Lyell Cresswell, John Coulter and David Grahame Taylor.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performed Jack Body's Melodies for Orchestra this August. Alex Taylor gave a pre-concert talk, which can be viewed on SOUNZ online along with the film of the concert.

The premiere of Kenneth Young's Symphony No.3, performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra with Woolston Brass, took place at the Air Force Museum of NZ with the composer conducting, in September last year.

Other recent resources
Peter Godfrey: Father of New Zealand Choral Music (book), draws on conversations with Peter himself, colleagues, friends and pupils throughout his life.

Redaction: Richard Nunns and Mark Lockett (cd), a recording of artistic collaboration between taonga pūoro master Richard Nunns, percussionist Mark Lockett and composer Jeff Henderson in conjunction with photographer Veronica Hodgkinson.

Chris Gendall: Suite for String Quartet (score). A suite of movements, each inspired by a historical model: plainchant, gigue, tango and the music of the second Viennese School.

In June this year the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra premiered Ko te tātai whetū, concerto for taonga pūoro, by Phil Brownlee and Ariana Tikao.

You can now read a recent article, including an interview with Ariana, Ko te tātai whetū: A Potent Direction for NZ Music, by Charlotte Wilson.

Browse other resources at SOUNZ online…

CMNZ announced their 2016 season recently and it will be packed with NZ music as usual.

When the Kaleidoscopes Concert Season starts, you can hear Enso String Quartet presenting two new works by Alex Taylor (CMNZ Commissions), Suyeon Kang accompanied by Stephen De Pledge perform Kenneth Young’s Gone, Julian Bliss & NZTrio feature Ross Harris’s new CMNZ commission There may be light, and James Dunham & NZSQ present Salina Fisher’s new CMNZ Commission.

In addition, heaps of NZ works will be played in the Regional Encompass Concert Season and of course the Contest – always featuring interesting NZ works.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Opportunities
Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) at Victoria University of Wellington invites applications for the Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence for 2016-2017.
Deadline: 27 November 2015.

The Opera Factory Trust’s Chamber Opera Composition Competition invites composers to submit works for A Short Chamber Opera Contest.
Deadline: 18 January 2016.

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