FEBRUARY 2014

We highlight NZ works in the New Zealand Festival, suggest music to play in the NZCT chamber music contest, salute the IRMTNZ's support for NZ music, feature some great new items in the SOUNZ collection, and give away tickets!

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

We highlight some of the NZ music and composers to check out in this year's New Zealand Festival, starting this week in Wellington. 

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Looking for works suitable to enter in the NZCT Chamber Music Contest? We get you started with some repertoire ideas.

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Photo of by Simon Darby

Julie Sperring, SOUNZ Executive Director, recently joined the Council of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers (IRMTNZ). 

She introduces some of the ways this dedicated group of teachers supports NZ music.

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Stayed tuned for our homepage article about The BIG SING in early March.

In the meantime, you can hunt for repertoire ideas in this handy list of ideas.

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CONGRATULATIONS to winners in the 'new music for harp' composition competition run by University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music and the New Zealand Harp Society. David Hamilton took out the main prize, while Blas Gonzales received a merit award.

RAISE A GLASS to Wai-te-ata Press, Jack Body, plus a new series of scores and initiatives. Come join their celebration on 27 Feb. >MORE

GOOD LUCK to Victoria University Press and Rattle Records on their first joint album release Te Whaia Te Maramatanga by Rob Thorne. The national album release tour starts with a free event on 28 Feb.  >MORE

SPREAD THE NEWS New York! New Zeal and Song: a fusion of New Zealand cuisine and culture is happening this Friday 21 February in Kingston, NY. Featuring baritone Kerry Henderson singing Douglas Lilburn's haunting song cycle Sings Harry. >MORE

THERE'S STILL TIME to register to attend PANNZ/Sounds Aotearoa next week in Wellington.  >MORE

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

The New Zealand music and education communities were very sad to hear that Judith Clark CNZM, preeminent music educator and indomitable champion of New Zealand music, passed away in Wellington on the 9th of February, 2014.

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Photo courtesy of Joy Aberdein, Ritmico

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music welcomes a new staff member for the Resound Project, and celebrate as filmmaker Chris Watson joins us full time.

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CD: Donald Maurice and Richard Mapp: home is where...

Three works with different sense of cultural identity, each belonging to a physical location.

This CD features Douglas Lilburn's Salutes to Seven Poets, arranged by Donald Maurice for viola, piano and narrator.

Living Echoes: The First 150 Years of PIano Music from New Zealand

In this new 'must have' piano album are 54 of the most charming, scary, funny, and dance-like pieces of piano music written by 32 New Zealand composers over 150 years. Their manuscripts were mostly unpublished – until now.

The music is suitable for a wide variety of pianists. Some are very easy and can be played by beginners. The pieces become successively more advanced, up to grade 7 level.

Recent videos by SOUNZ filmmaker Chris Watson includes:

Eve de Castro-Robinson: The glittering hosts of heaven

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There are lots of upcoming NZ music events to diary and get amongst. Browse events over the next month here. 

Photo: Sounding Tiritiri Matangi 8 March. A unique open-air sonic experience curated by Phil Dadson, featuring 20+ musicians including Jeff Henderson, Don McGlashan and Tim Finn.

The New Zealand Festival and Chamber Music New Zealand are giving SOUNZ followers the chance to win a FREE double pass to Tales from the Forbidden City (9-15 March) to the concert of your choice.

To enter, email marketing@sounz.org.nz with your contact details including daytime phone number - and answer: Which concert date and city would you like to attend?

Entries close 1:00PM on Monday 3 March - and the lucky winner will be contacted later that day.

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