JANUARY 2014

Happy New Year!  

In this month's update we look forward to this year's musical treats, profile 2014 resident composers, suggest music to enjoy over the longer summer days, and highlight some new items and videos!

Please forward this email to anyone else who might enjoy it. 

While the days are long and summery, take time to explore the SOUNZ collection. Leisurely listen to that piece you've been meaning to. Read that book you've heard about. Watch a concert video or three.

To give you a starting point, a few SOUNZ staff share some of their favourites:

>READ HERE

Looking forward to hearing some new and great New Zealand music in concert around the country in 2014?

Here are a few key dates to book in your diary - and at the box office.

>READ HERE

Photo of Strike Percusssion by Matt Grace.

This year ahead is looking full, exciting and challenging for composers in residence around New Zealand.

Who are they - and what are they up to in 2014?

>READ MORE

Photo of Sarah Ballard

THANK YOU to all the music-lovers who swooped in with offers of support to the Adam Summer School after the closure of the Nelson School Of Music was announced. Everything is now back on track to being it's usual wonderful event in February. >MORE

CONGRATULATIONS to Associate Professor Glenda Keam who has been appointed to the role of Head of the School of Music at the University of Canterbury. >MORE

THREE CHEERS to Mike Nock who will be honoured by the Australia Council for the Arts with the 2014 Don Banks Music Award on 1 February. This is in recognition of his outstanding contribution as a jazz pianist, composer and bandleader. >MORE

GOOD LUCK to Rattle Records by jazz ensemble The Jac for the launch concerts fof their album NERVE, tonight in Wellington and 12 February in Auckland. >MORE

ALL THE BEST to the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir on their upcoming South Island tour later this month. >MORE

The New Zealand Youth Choir toured to the USA and Canada in November-December, and performed the following NZ Music:

Andrew Baldwin: Magnificat 
Douglas Mews (arr.): Two Folk Songs of the Sea
Te Whanau Wehi: Wairua Tapu 
Te Whanau Weh (arr.)i: Te Iwi E 
David Hamilton: Una Noche de Verano 
Stephen Lange: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Richard Madden: I Sing of a Maiden 
Franz Gruber, arr. Terence Maskell: Silent Night/Po Marie
Douglas Mews (arr): Pokarekare Ana
Guy Jansen(arr.) God Defend New Zealand
Christopher Marshall (arr. Trad. Samoan): Minoi, Minoi 

Photo: Choir performs 'Te Iwi E' at the NZ Embassy in Washington DC 

CD: Anika Moa: Songs for Bubbas

The cheeky and beautiful songwriter Anika Moa returns with her fifth album - half Te Reo Maori, half English - full of songs about love, laughter and… animal noises!

Kids will be wowed - and parents will have something to sing along to that’s not the Wiggles!

BOOK: Allan Thomas (ed.):LDA, LD Austin's Life in Music

LD Austin became a household name in New Zealand through hundreds of letters to the editors of the daily papers — and as an outspoken advocate of classical values as a controversial music columnist for Dunedin’s Evening Star.

His earlier decades as an accompanist for silent movies, especially with a renowned orchestra in the De Luxe (now Embassy) Theatre in Courtenay Place, also provide fascinating detail and entertaining anecdotes.
 

Recent videos by SOUNZ videomaker Chris Watson include -

Anthony Ritchie: Spring String Trio (9:30 mins)

Ross Harris: Symphony No. 5   (46:00 mins)

>VIEW MORE VIDEOS

Bookmark and keep checking New to SOUNZ for ongoing additions to our collection.

Speaking of New to SOUNZ, we have added a new feature page on our website called Latest Items.

This page highlights a few items recently added to our collection, which we will keep updated throughout the year.

>MORE

Many events have been covered above in the Dates to Diary feature. However our events listings are always being updated - as people submit their information. 

Find all events listings here. 

Image 'Music for Four People' by Cilla McQueen from upcoming Wai-te-ata Press launch of STRANGE TERRAIN graphic score publication.     

The NZ FESTIVAL are giving SOUNZ followers the chance to win a FREE double pass to Requiem for the Fallen in Wellington on Feburary 28. 

This will be the world premiere of a dramatic new work by composer Ross Harris, poet Vincent O’Sullivan and taonga pūoro composer Horomona Horo.

To enter email us at marketing@sounz.nz with your contact details including daytime phone number - and answer: What occasion does this piece commemorate?

Entries close 1:00PM on Thursday 13 February - and the lucky winner will be contacted later that day.

Thank you for following our NZ music news.

SOUNZ is a Charitable Trust that relies on your support to survive. Please consider joining, or gifting, a SOUNZ Friend membership and buying your New Zealand music through us.

This email has been sent to you because you've expressed an interest in receiving communications from SOUNZ. If you have received this in error just delete it and unsubscribe here.

You can update your subscription preferences here.

Request email updates at:

www.sounz.org.nz

Join us on Facebook
 Forward to a friend