New Zealand School of Music Orchestra
The New Zealand School of Music Orchestra performs its only concert for 2020 at St…
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- Classical Performance
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- Instrumental/Vocal Composition
- Jazz Performance
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- Musicology
- Music Studies
- Music Therapy
- Performance
- Popular Music Studies
- Sonic Arts and Music Technology
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Read moreUpcoming events
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The Collaborative Pianist Series: Outer Worlds for Inner Thought
The Collaborative Pianist Series showcases duo and sonata works for Wind, Brass, Strings, Percussion and…
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Lunchtime Concert: Asia/Pacific Sounds
For this Lunchtime Concert, we have two halves of music highlighting traditional music practice from…
Latest news
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Silver Scrolls award winners in the running once again
NZSM Associate Professor Michael Norris has been nominated for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, and MFA (Creative Practice) Teaching Fellow David Long is a finalist for the APRA Best Original Music In A Series Award at this year’s APRA Silver Scrolls Awards.
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New Zealand School of Music Orchestra to perform special one-off concert
The orchestra will perform its only concert for 2020 at St Andrews on the Terrace on 26 September.
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Fine Arts (Creative Practice) projects turn studio album
Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice)—Music/Sound (MFA(CP)) graduate Jack Woodbury’s debut electro-acoustic album, inst. 19–20, featuring a suite of eight pieces composed by Jack during his studies, has been released by Rattle Records.