September 2013

Dear fellow followers of NZ music - there area a lot of exciting things happening this month. We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we've loved creating it.

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On our September homepage we feature: 

The boutique world of NZ harp music, introduced by leading harpists Carolyn Mills and Helen Webby (pictured).  

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Long-time champions of NZ music, Chamber Music New Zealand. CEO Euan Murdoch outlines their long history of commissioning new works. 

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Join us at 5.30pm at SOUNZ HQ on Monday 9 September for a FREE screening of the documentary Harps Make Fine Companions - and a Q&A afterwards with the maker/star Helen Webby.  

When the Christchurch city centre became an earthquake disaster area, and all the concert halls closed, Helen made plans to commission and record nine original pieces for solo harp written by some of New Zealand’s foremost composers. This documentary follows Helen as she produces her album, Pluck.

See the trailer here.

Seats are free but VERY limited. RSVP for your seat/s here.

Two Fully Represented SOUNZ composers talk about their new works being premiered in September -     

Gareth Farr (pictured) discusses his new work Te Tai-O-Rehua (The Tasman Sea) in a fascinating video interview here.

This co-comission from Chamber Music New Zealand and the Goldner String Quartet tours to ten centres starting September 21.

Find out how to WIN free tickets at the end of this email.

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Mike Nock writes from Sydney about the coming together of jazz and classical music in his piece Vicissitudes which will be premiered on 20 September by two of New Zealand's best loved trios - the Mike Nock Trio and NZTrio.

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CD: Raukatauri-Te Puhi o te Tangi is Hinewehi Mohi’s beautiful new album, a tribute to Raukatauri – Te Puhi o te Tangi (the personification of music) and many mentors, especially Drs Hirini Melbourne and Hone Kaa. A bargain at $20 - plus she is donating all profit to the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust.

VIDEOS: Jeroen Speak's Musik für witwen, jungfrauen und unschuldige and Alison Isadora's Cornish Pasty - both performed by Stroma last month. 

Our collection expands daily - today Hayden added 9 CDs, 7 Media on Demands and 3 scores! - so keep checking the New to SOUNZ section of our homepage. 

Congratulations to composer Maria Grenfell (photo) who won the Tasmanian State Award for "Work of the Year" at the 2013 Australian Art Music Awards. >MORE

Find out who received Best Performance of a New Zealand Work awards in the recent KBB Music Festival - and what they played >MORE

Three works by NZ composers will feature in this year's Asian Composers League Festival, 20-24 September in Singapore. David Hamilton's Canticle 5, Gillian Whitehead's No stars, not even clouds and a work in the young composer contest by Rueben Jelleyman. Samuel Hollway will attend as the CANZ chief delegate.    

To get you in the mood for Gareth Farr's new string quartet Te Tai-O-Rehua, listen to his work Owhiro, beautifully performed by the New Zealand String Quartet on this recording.

As Gareth explains at the beginning of his recent CMNZ video interview about his new work - there is a hint of circling back to the inspiration, and situation, of this early piece. The video also contains excerpts of Owhiro throughout.         

The Great Art War, Christchurch until 14 Sept. (poster, right)

APO - My Country, Auckland 5 Sept.  

Philip Norman - A Musical Journey, Christchurch 6 Sept. 

Strike - Between Zero and One, Christchurch 6-7 Sept.  (photo 1: Strike by Matt Grace)

Halcyon -The Journeys, Sydney 7 Sept featuring Gillian Whitehead’s epic Nga Haerenga. 

Orchestra Wellington - La Donna Ideale, Wellington 8 Sept.

Ave Maria - The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland 9 Sept. 

Harps Make Fine Companions, (free film/Q&A), Wellington 9 Sept.

Helen Webby - Pluck, Various centres, 11-14 Sept.

Mike Nock and NZTrio - Visscitudes, Christchurch 20 Sept. (photo 2: NZTrio by Kristian Frires)

DOLLYman - National Gallery, London 20 Sept. 

NZTrio with Chen Xi-Yao - Journey to the East, Wellington 21 Sept. 

Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane (CMNZ tour), Various centres 21 September to 5 October. 

Dunedin Youth Orchestra, Dunedin 26 Sept. 

NZTrio - Warsaw Autumn Festival Fringe, Warsaw 27 Sept. 

Find more events here. Remember to submit yours!  

Thanks to those lovely folks at Chamber Music New Zealand you can enter to win a FREE double pass to the Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane - at whichever of their concerts suits you best!  

Simply email us here with your contact details and name the concert date and centre you would like to attend. 

Entries close on Tuesday 17 September at noon. The lucky winner will be contacted by phone that day. Good luck! 

Keep up to date with NZ music news in between SOUNZnews - follow us on Facebook or come up and see us sometime (Mon-Thurs) at SOUNZ HQ! 

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