Lunchtime Concert: The Lost Ideals of Youth
David Barnard (piano), Hamish Robb (piano & typewriter) & Jian Liu (piano)Piano duet collaboration is…
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New minors in the BMus
Minors in Composition, Music Technology, Performance or Popular Music Studies are available for most BMus students, and students in some other Bachelor degrees.
Performance course open to all University students
Feel like doing something practical and ear-opening in 2021? Choose to study either Māori music performance or Javanese gamelan, with no audition required.
2020 Opera: Behind the scenes
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the audio recording for NZSM’s 2020 opera project, filmed in our Adam Concert Room last year.
Upcoming events
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Lunchtime Concert: Jasmine Lovell-Smith
NZSM Artist Teacher Jasmine Lovell-Smith presents a programme of original compositions for jazz quintet, featuring…
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Concerto Competition Final
This year, the NZSM Concerto Competition has six finalists on trumpet, piano, violin and guitar.…
Latest news
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NZSM Jazz Project
The Jazz Project is an opportunity for staff and senior students of the NZSM Jazz Performance Programme to work alongside visiting guest artists (international guests, in non-COVID years), resulting in performances in a number of venues including an evening concert as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival.The event also incorporates an educational outreach to New Zealand secondary school jazz ensembles providing performance, workshop and competition opportunities to support and inspire both the next generation of jazz musicians, and their band directors and teachers.The NZSM Jazz Project has a partnership with the Wellington Jazz Festival, which takes place at the same time.
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Alumni in major opera competition final in UK
New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī alumni Katherine McIndoe and Pasquale Orchard are finalists in the UK’s Clonter Opera Prize.
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Farewell Donald Maurice
After a combined teaching career of 50 years and over a decade with Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM), Professor Donald Maurice MNZM is retiring.